Looking for goalscoring robot? I've moved to she loves football (on tumblr). Enjoy.
I know next to nothing about collective bargaining or unions or whatever, all I know is that unions
have worked well for my parents (who are both educators), but they cause a lot of strife in other
areas. I don't like shut downs or strikes or walk outs (who does?). After all, the 1994 (I think)
baseball season (where my parents bought us tickets to the Indians' brand new stadium) was ruined
The Sweeper: Man Utd Ban Their Players From Twitter (Pitch Invasion)Messi quietly stealing the
limelight from Ronaldo (Reuters): Real Madrid forward SOCCER-CHAMPIONS/Cristiano Ronaldo has not
not been shy in trumpeting his intention to win back the FIFA World Player of the Year award, but
current holder Lionel Messi appears to have other ideas.
1. Jonathan Wilson article about the African Cup of Nations. Thanks to Amanda for linking me to it.
I need my Jonathan Wilson, what can I say?2. Can someone please explain to me what the point of
this post is? Honestly, I want to know. I really don't get it. Unless their goal is celebs who have
nothing to do with soccer.
I don't have much to say about this right now because a) I missed most of the MBM because I was
working and b) I couldn't actually watch the game itself, because I was working. Suffice to say
that Hertha got their first win of 2010 in the first game of 2010. This also means that Hertha won
their second game of the season.
Roger Johnson (and Brum) know where it's at. It's too bad Manchester City doesn't. Wouldn't it be
awesome if Joe Hart went to the World Cup and (except against the US) did really well (seeing he's
pretty much the only fit English keeper at this point) and the when he comes back to England -- he
sits on the bench at Man City?
I had a long post I wanted to write up, but the draft and work pissed me off. So have some links
instead. Amy Lawrence writes about Leverkusen and Twente, including the idea that Twente was
Wilshere (hopefully just on loan). Which I don't support, but I'm not getting into that
here.Melanie Slade (Theo Walcott's girlfriend) proves, yet again, how awesome she really is.
Just two and both from the Guardian.You know Nigeria are in trouble when the call goes out for
Okocha: Nigeria's lack of midfield creativity at the Africa Cup of Nations has produced a desperate
response in the pressI have no real interest, one way or the other, in Nigeria. But if an article's
written by Jonathan Wilson, I read it.
Arsenal fans freak out about possible Sol Campbell signing! The Daily Mail posted a rumor about
it. Arsenal fans linked to an article that was basically a tribute to Campbell, but totally could
be read as though he was resigning with the club. And now, maybe 15 minutes later, that article no
longer works (See?
It's not entirely misleading, but just enough that the article was definitely not what I thought
it was about.Chelsea skipper Terry: Trio of players run the club (ESPN Soccernet)Instead of being a
story about how Terry, Lampard and Droga are actually running club and Ancelotti is just a
figurehead, it's .
Here's the deal. If you're not reading Mal Peet's books (especially about soccer), then you're
really missing out. I picked up Keeper on a whim. A coworker recommended it to me, saying that she
was pretty sure it was perfect for me. The thing is, it was. The book is a beautifully written
novel about a famous goalkeeper from an imaginary South American country (widely assumed to be
Brazil, but
"City will take Joe Hart back at the end of the season," said the Birmingham manager. "There is no
chance of us signing him in January. We asked the question and they said that won't happen. We
never had an option from City to buy him. They said he was going out for experience to improve and
he has improved.
You want to know why we won't have an out gay footballer? This video is why (not embedding because,
hello offensive). So when they sing "songs" like that at footballers, most of whom are perceived as
being straight, what will they sing to an outed footballer? I cannot even imagine it -- because
even the idea of what songs they'd sing makes me sick.
The only reason I cheer for Birmingham City (well, mostly the only reason, because I like Seb
Larsson and I still have a soft spot because they took Nicklas Bendtner, et al., on loan) is
because Joe Hart's on loan there. He's on loan because Mark Hughes decided that Manchester City
needed a better goalkeeper instead of using what they had -- Joe.
