Archive | November, 2009
Gabriel Milito returns from injury after 580 days!
Barcelona and Argentina center back Gabriel Milito will finally join the rest of the Barca squad after being sidelined for an astonishing 580 days with an injury. Back in the 2007/2008 Champions League semi-final against Manchester United, Milito suffered a cruciate ligament injury to his right knee. Milito participated in training back on November 18th [...]
Continue reading...A football wasteland?
30. November 2009
We head over to the Sunday Mirror for the day’s pick of the sports reads. We’ve selected a column by Michael Calvin ahead of the Merseyside derby. And he’s none too impressed with Everton and Liverpool. Today’s 212th Liverpool derby is bottom of the bill, behind Chelsea’s visit to the Emirates and El Gran Clasico between Barcelona [...]
Continue reading..."A triumph for the forces of light and beauty"?
30. November 2009
Rarely does a weekend boast so many standout games of football, On Sunday alone, the Merseyside derby precedes Arsenal v Chelsea and el clasico between Real Madrid and Barcelona. One man in particularly exciteable mood is the Independent’s James Lawton, who is rooting for Arsenal and Barcelona. For what reason? Purely artisitic, as he explains in [...]
Continue reading...Mr Fixit has angered Fergie
30. November 2009
Professional Manchester United fan and rather good writer Jim White is always keen to cast a wry eye on the goings-on at Old Trafford and consider their implications. Jim writes for the Daily Telegraph and says Fergie’s best-laid plans have taken a jolt this week. Sir Alex Ferguson is a planner. He likes it when [...]
Continue reading...Far from the maddened crowd
30. November 2009
Poor old Rafa Benitez. Having escaped scrutiny in most of Wednesday’s papers following Liverpool’s Champions League exit, he’s now getting the painful benefit of the analysis of some of England’s best-known writers. Henry Winter in the Daily Telegraph, for one, has been putting Rafa under the microscope and thinks the Liverpool boss has been enjoying too [...]
Continue reading...Video technology: The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems
30. November 2009
The two massive stories from yesterday were Liverpool’s exit from the Champions League and Portsmouth sacking boss Paul Hart – so it’s surprising that plenty of the writers out there have decided to tackle other issues this morning. Martin Samuel in the Mail has chosen to examine the issue of video technology in football [...]
Continue reading...Lennon knocking on heaven’s door
30. November 2009
The papers are still salivating at the performance of Spurs in their 9-1 thrashing of Wigan with discussions aplenty about the title credentials of Harry Redknapp’s side. But as per usual, there’s always one eye on South Africa 2010, with Henry Winter at the Telegraph choosing to talk up the World Cup chances of fleet-footed [...]
Continue reading...Will the Spark go out?
30. November 2009
While the Thierry Henry row continues to rumble on – with a number of columnists now coming out in support Ireland’s nemesis – we turn our attentions away from the most talked about incident in football this year to focus on a story from the Premier League this weekend. Like a shark sensing a drop of [...]
Continue reading...A humourless, nasty, violent, foul-mouthed, selfish, disloyal thug
30. November 2009
Piers Morgan may be best known to those in the USA as a host of “America’s Got Talent”. He fulfils a similar role in Britain despite never quite convincing many that he possesses any talent himself. Lampooned in Private Eye as “Piers Moron”, the former Fleet Street editor is now a shock jock of the [...]
Continue reading...Football transfer rumours: Nemanja Vidic to Barcelona? | Barry Glendenning
30. November 2009
Today’s tell-all is also available for children’s parties Today’s Rumours are brought to you by the Chelsea and England captain John Terry. Well, they’re not, but if we can come up with enough money, future editions of the Rumour Mill may well be. The England captain’s “people” have been subtly hawking their client’s availability as a [...]
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30. November 2009
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