After his side's lethargic start to their match against Lyon, Tottenham manager Andre Villas Boas needed to vent some frustration. The target for his anger was an advertising hoarding that he felt was blocking his route back to his dugout. He gestured towards the hoarding and then somebody he obviously felt was responsible for the [.
Jose Mourinho is under a fair bit of pressure at Real Madrid right now and he gave a very public display of his frustrations during last night's match against Celta Vigo. The Special One scurried from his dugout to collect a ball and drop kick it in the general direction of a terrified member of [...
I grow weary at the constant deluge of "stories" and "reports" of potential signings this summer. I also grow weary of the seemingly endless gullibility of the Arsenal faithful in believing said stories, yet this is hardly not understandable.
What does it mean to keep hold of a top player? by FH
Many comments recently from fans of Arsenal, ex-players and even players (e.g Bacary Sagna) show anger at the fact that we, as a club, can't hold onto top players. The anger seems to be justified too – in recent seasons, we have seen the likes of Flamini, Henry, Adebayor, Toure, Nasri, Fabregas, Clichy, Song and the infamous Robin Van Persie all leave, some of them to our rivals.
Why can't we just accept the truth? by Vinay Hi All, Has the disappointment settled in? Has the
anger subsided? Has the ranting ended or are we still keeping some things in store waiting for
upcoming results? Yes its pretty obvious to make out an Arsenal fan in a crowd, see anyone sulking
and you [..
There is obviously going to be a lot of anger from Arsenal fans after the news that Van Persie has
moved to our biggest historical rivals Manchester United, after inferring that there was no way he
would move to another Premiership club. But what really annoys me is that just THREE days ago
Wenger stated [.
The Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has told journalists that he didn't think that
Arsenal's Robin Van Persie would end up at the Etihad Stadium this summer, but he was probably
forced into a statement like that because of Arsene Wenger's anger last year on Man City's
proclamations about Samir Nasri.
By now you must have seen this statement on RvP's official website announcing his decision to
not renew his contract with Arsenal.
This was probably an unsurprising yet gut-wrenching moment for many Arsenal fans. Ever since his
decision to postpone talks to the summer, which only led to a ban on media interaction imposed by
the club, there have been indications that Van Persie was not happy at the club and will not renew
his contract.
It has been quite an eventful 24 hours for Arsenal Football Club. First, Robin van Persie
announced on his personal website that he would not be signing another contract. That alone is
perfectly reasonable a man approaching 29 who has one big contract left in him is entitled not to
sign a new one with his current employer.
Aroused from my blogging slumbers again, now what is it this time? This had better bloody well
be important.
Well, it's Robin van Persie to all intents and purposes handing his notice in, without actually
handing his notice in. Not extending his contract is all down – he says – to the fact that "we
in many aspects disagree on the way Arsenal FC should move forward.
There is no need to repeat the details but it seems safe to say most, if not all, Arsenal fans
were seething with disappointment, anger, or worse after the way events transpired last summer.
Of the millions of words written on the transfer business and the subsequent season, few have
covered the fact that Arsene Wenger had a massive tactical challenge in front of him after the
departure of his talisman and captain, the player who could have taken his place in midfield, and
that of a very hardworking and reliable defender who even though popular opinion was to the
contrary remains one of the best at his job in the League.
There is no need to repeat the details but it seems safe to say most, if not all, Arsenal fans
were seething with disappointment, anger, or worse after the way events transpired last summer.
Of the millions of words written on the transfer business and the subsequent season, few have
covered the fact that Arsene Wenger had a massive tactical challenge in front of him after the
departure of his talisman and captain, the player who could have taken his place in midfield, and
that of a very hardworking and reliable defender who even though popular opinion was to the
contrary remains one of the best at his job in the League.
It's the Monday morning after the nightmare weekend before and not only are we facing up to the
reality of no Champions League football, there is the gloating of West Ham supporters whose team
climbed the mighty summit of finishing third in division two and scraping into the top tier.
Inboxes across the country have actually been flooded with such gloaters from West Ham, Chelsea
and Arsenal and it has been a tough couple of days.
Following his last-minute decision to snub Italian duo Fiorentina and Juventus for a move to
Fulham, former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has drawn strong criticism from Juve
sporting director Beppe Marotta.
Marotta, who was speaking to Sky Sport Italia regarding the Bianconeri's
pursuit of Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner on the deadline day, slammed Berbatov for poorly
communicating his decision to Fiorentina.
Liverpool have agreed a £12million fee to make Fabio Borini the first signing of new boss
Brendan Rodgers' Anfield revolution.
The Italian striker arrived on Merseyside on Friday morning and is expected to have a medical at
noon, after the deal was sealed when the English club offered Roma a swift profit on their
investment in the young striker.
John Terry: excellent defender, questionable dude. Innocent (currently), but questionable.
As an important story necessary to keep journos busy from making up too much nonsense in the
summer, the Terry-Ferdinand/Terry-Ferdinand race/Three Lions battles provided ample juice. Alas,
it's over and John has been acquitted of his charges, despite using the Luis Suarez Defense.
It's been a fraught and sometimes farcical week in Scottish football, as the authorities in the
SFA and SPL have been scrabbling desparately to find a solution to the Rangers problem, in the face
of staunch supporter opposition that they seem not to have anticipated. It culminated in
yesterday's SPL meeting, at which Rangers were, as expected, denied their application to transfer
their share to a new company.
With one match left against Chelsea left to play, Blackburn have completed the alienation
process with their fans by sealing their relegation from the Premier League after a dismal season
of protests, anger and frustration. The following is a transcript of Blackburn manager Steve Kean's
season-end performance review as conducted by the Blackburn Chicken.
Andres Iniesta won the 2012 UEFA Best Player in Europe award, beating out heavily favored
accolade vacuums Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. It was a surprising recognition from
journalists representing each of UEFA's 53 member nations who voted live at the Champions League
draw.
Messi, of course, scored a world record 73 goals last season and Ronaldo led Real Madrid to a La
Liga title while also reaching the Champions League semifinals and Euro 2012 semifinals while also
scoring 63 goals himself.
Nicklas Bendtner equalized twice for Denmark before they ultimately lost 3-2 to Portugal in
their second Group B match at Euro 2012. This was an impressive performance that was only
surprising to everyone but Nicklas Bendtner, who has been championing Nicklas Bendtner for years,
and one that brought his total to six goals in five matches against Portugal.
Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly joined Liverpool in the race to sign Swansea City's Joe
Allen.
The Anfield club was the only side reported to have a serious interest in the Team GB midfielder,
but now a report in The Sun claims Spurs have joined the race.
Allen was impressive for the newly-promoted Swans last season and, when boss Brendan Rodgers made
the switch to Merseyside earlier this summer, it was quickly being reported that he wanted his
former charge to make the same move.
Eager to make their rivals Manchester United feel a little less self-conscious about their new
gingham tablecloth kit, Liverpool have unveiled their radical new third kit, which may or may not
have had design input from a UFC fighter.
Though not as horrifically bright as the version that has been the subject of rumors for months,
Liverpool's officially unveiled 2012/13 third kit is primarily purple (officially labeled as
"nighshade," which is a poisonous plant) with orange trim and white shirt sleeves that feature some
kind of tribal design on them.
The launch of the new Liverpool home kit has prompted an angry response from a number of the
families of those killed in the Hillsborough disaster.
The club's home shirt for the 2012-13 season, designed by American company Warrior, was revealed on
Friday.
Fans have welcomed the design, but the decision not to consult some families over the decision to
move the symbol honouring the dead, has angered many.
After an incident in the Galaxy's loss to San Jose on June 30th, the MLS Disciplinary Committee
decided to suspend Galaxy ace David Beckham for his actions.
Late in the match, Becks was frustrated with the time-wasting antics of the Earthquakes. He
displayed his anger by kicking the ball at a San Jose player down in the Earthquakes' penalty
box.
If you are one of the several thousand season ticket holders and waiting list "holders" that did
not purchase tickets to the Reserve Team games, get your arse down to the Jelly tonight for the
7:30 pm match vs. LA Galaxy Reserves. If you're still holding on to anger from Wednesday night, let
it go and know that many of the guys playing tonight were not on the pitch Wednesday night.
Whether because of prices or anger at the team, many who sit in Section 133, home of the IllegitimateS, are reportedly not renewing their season tickets. Nate Emeritz explores what this might mean.
Sunderland star James McClean is lucky his international career before it's really started,
according to Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni. The 23-year-old took to Twitter to
vent his anger at being left on the bench during Ireland's 2-1 win over Kazakhstan on Friday
evening. He claimed the decision not to use him was a [.
The other night I was out at a party and I found myself talking about the current Portland
Timbers, as is what usually happens at social events these days. What I found though was a lot of
anger and general confusion about what the current Timbers team is doing, why they're doing it, and
where the team was heading in the future.
Verona defender Emanuele Pesoli was given a three-year ban by the Italian football federation
(FIGC) on Friday as verdicts were handed down on the country's latest betting and match fixing
scandal. On Saturday, Pesoli chained himself to the gate outside FIGC headquarters and announced he
was going on a hunger strike, armed only with bottles of water, a pair of jean shorts, a neon green
shirt and sunglasses (and his mobile phone, of course).
For those blissfully unaware, the Kickette F5 list tends to rage controversy and war across the
land. No matter that these "hot list" choices are entirely subjective and based on the mercy of our
whims and alcohol intake for the day; we remain braced for the inevitable threats, bribes, anger,
elation and tears from the [.
China: Football, rivalry and identity in the Middle Kingdom is a post from: Just Football
In his article-cum-essay, ‘From the Capital To Beijing; Angry Youth On Guoan's
Terraces', the always excellent blogger ‘bcheng' talks about the cultural importance that
Beijing Guoan has to the natives of current home;
Getting into a top university is hard and even if one does what's needed, it's still very
possible they'll graduate and enter the ranks of the unemployed or, at best, underemployed.
When the US women square up against France tomorrow (noon EST), they will be facing one of the
tournament's toughest opponents. Les Bleues lost the 2011 World Cup semifinal to the Americans and
players didn't hold back in expressing their anger at the result. Louisa Necib put it plainly
enough to L'Equipe: "The worst is that we were better than them.
Obviously the news that Newcastle are trying to bring Andy Carroll back to his hometown club may be
stirring up some anger among those Newcastle fans who thought he should never have left in the
first place. So in order to gauge how the Newcatsle supporters feel about Newcastle's reported
move, do you approve of Newcastle trying to get [.
In this installment of Hot Cast In Old Town, Stephen Piggott makes his grand debut, the gang
discusses the 2-0 loss to Los Angeles, preview the upcoming game against Vancouver, debate the
Marco Pappa imminent transfer to Wigan Athletic (complete with a terribly awesome pun from Tweed),
catch up on the PDL/Academy teams, encourage Tweed to go to more away games besides D.
I may have been a little hasty to dare criticise Chelsea's Champions League triumph and the quite
delectable way in which this fine football club has been managed under the fine and principled
leadership of the most benevolent of dictators, Roman Abrahmovich. I have to say that my original
article was just a sarcastic piece, intended to whip up anger in all those idiots who would dare to
