Eduardo's most common move, the ankle breaker
This is the most obvious Funny
Feeling Friday selection in history - but the selection completely fits the award for the week - an
unpopular, out of form, or underrated player who we think will perform over the next few weeks.
Couldn't be more obvious: it's Eduardo (7.
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Above average finishing ability, Average rat-tail, Below average fitness
history
The Premier League is back, and while the World Cup is still top of mind
(especially for those Irish and French fans), the greatest league in the world is back from a two
week hiatus. Let's get to it:
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Looks like a carry to me, but if it was Iverson they'd let it slide
The Daily
Mail has a nice assortment of photoshopped Thierry Henry specials sent in by jokesters around
the internet - and this one seemed to me to make the most sense because of Henry's past professed
love for the Chicago Bulls.
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Not nearly as bad as the Hand of the Frog - Henry's double handball that led France to the World
Cup over the deserving Irish, we have the overshadowed goal that wasn't today from Daniel
Nardiello, the Bury striker.
Funny stuff here. What a watered down pitch. Brilliant goalkeeping by the puddle there, as Kasper
Schmeichel of Notts County was well beaten.
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The Hand of the Frog
Thanks to the 50 + of you who participated in our World Cup
Playoff Prediction Contest sponsored by Soccer Pro, and I'm pleased to announce our winners...
1st Place: Jon (wins a team jacket of his choice from Soccer Pro!)2nd Place: Daniel (wins an
official World Cup replica ball!
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Can he do it on his own without Torres, Benayoun, and Riera?
Steven Gerrard looks
set to start for Liverpool this weekend against Manchester City as his long road to recovery from a
groin problem looks almost complete...
Gerrard has used the international break to step up his rehabilitation program - and the news will
surely make Liverpool fans happy.
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With Dutch striker Robin van Persie operating as the focal point of a deadly 4-3-3 this season,
Arsenal have been nearly unstoppable.
But now, with the Dutchman out of action for 6 weeks because of torn ankle ligaments - of which he
is treating with new-age medicine including massage with placentas in Serbia, Arsenal are looking
for an answer.
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I wish Arteta was fit so I could replace Lampard with an absolute on the ball
genius
This international break has not been meaningless by any means- in fact, it's
been quite exciting as Nic Anelka gave France a 1-0 lead over Ireland, and former Fantasy Premier
League stars Obafemi Martins (Nigeria) and Amr Zaki (Egypt) got their countries one step closer to
South Africa as well.
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Is that Knight wearing a ship as a hat? Suffolk must be a magical place.
This
week's winner: Daniel PuntTeam Name: Suffolk'n Good
THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE. Fantastic. My job is really quite easy when you give me some
creative, punny names to select. Daniel probably has a ton of friends, because that is one sweet
name (also, his team name is pretty fantastic too).
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With the Premier League news slowing down, and the World Cup qualification news speeding up, I
figured I'd take the down time that so often comes with international breaks, put the Fantasy
Premier League to the side, and focus a bit on predicting the European World Cup qualifiers...
Caveat: While my predicting/gambling skills have been refined over the past ten years through
various online and offline channels, I rarely go with deep statistical analyses to back up my
predictions.
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If only those scarves were bandagesFresh news out of Anfield is reporting that Albert Riera and the Israeli Landon Donovan (Yossi
Benayoun) are going to be out for a month with muscle injuries.
It's been a rough season for the Merseyside Reds, with most of their stars having sat out for at
least a few games.
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Usually when the injury news pops up over the International Break it comes in the form of pulled
hamstrings or strained thighs - as in Frank Lampard's case with England today.
But this year continues to be the year of sad and scary high speed road accidents in world
football.
First the d(r)iver Cristiano Ronaldo wrecked his Ferrari.
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Butt BuddiesChelsea's captain Frank Lampard picked up a thigh injury while training today and will be out of
England's friendly with Brazil this weekend.
Lampard has been a hot topic for us this season - he started off incredibly slow, but then finally
scored from open play a few weeks ago and has been on fire ever since.
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"Look at Nani - his free kick goes right into the wall, again!"
It's been all doom
and gloom for Liverpool over the past few weeks - the losses keep mounting, as do the injuries -
and the club finds itself in its most precarious state in years.
On the other hand, Chelsea are being touted as "Champions" before we've even hit December, and with
over six months of football still to be played, it seems as if journalists, bloggers, and pundits
alike are claiming that The Blues have what it takes to win it all.
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