By WAG Watcher

Introducing: Patty Orue, a.k.a, Paraguay's second most famous football 'superfan' (read: disinterested famewhore on the make) behind you know who and foremost trashy Copa America bandwagon-jumper-on'errer...

Go on then, make the call: Larissa or Patty?

By Chris Wright

"Top row, from left to right: Pirlo, Forlan, Robben..."

When the vast Man City bandwagon rolled into town on Tuesday evening, Greek side Aris Thessaloniki pulled out all the stops to impress their uber-wealthy guests by providing City executives with an advanced copy of their matchday programme which included the picture above under the proviso that it was the Premier League side's official squad photo.

The greatest pleasure a celebrity can have is not from doing what people say he or she cannot do, it's by doing what people say he or she shouldn't do.

Inspired by her 'Sport Relief' training regimen, as well as her own sister's personal tales of dieting and sharing germs on the elliptical machines, Frank Lampard's fiancée has officially jumped aboard the fitness DVD bandwagon.

Another Saturday comes around and the usual suspects are still being linked with Arsenal.

Ricardo Alvarez, yes the player were supposed to have signed on a free transfer, who then become subject to a tug of war between Arsenal and Manchester United, is back in the frame or perhaps not.

1. Gareth Bale- It's easy to jump on the Gareth Bale bandwagon. We all did it after his fabulous hat trick at the San Siro. We all did it after his Player of the Year Award. I'm doing it again now. ...
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It's not even been a year since he's joined the Arsenal bandwagon and in this short span he's pulled us out of one too many sticky spots. Arsene Wenger's blatant preference to get him on board last season was obvious to all. And finally at the end of May 2010, all the way from Bordeaux came a big man with a big heart and swept us off our feet with his charm.

Why It's OK Not to Panic

Jose de Jesus Ortiz helps ease the mind with a few select reasons why Saturday's loss to the Union shouldn't have Dynamo fans leaping from the bandwagon just yet.

Since CONCACAF redesigned the Champions Cup into the Champions League MLS sides have struggled. Except for one, and with even a poor performance tonight they could still advance to the CCL final. They face former Sounders opponent Saprissa, down in Costa Rica, but start with a two goal advantage and no away goals against.

Johnny Two-Saints finishes off Chicharito's hard work and seals the Gold Cup final for Mexico. The bandwagon is growing. Why shouldn't GDS be Rafael Van Der Vaart's understudy at Spurs? VDV can't finish matches because he's too fragile. Why not have GDS available with fresh legs to come into those matches?

Like a cat-fight between sellers at a farmer's market, everybody is entertained by handbags. In any context. At any time. And the soccer blogosphere is no different. While I have mocked via tongue-and-cheek the Archer disciples that rely on personal-attack laced rants, I realized that my traffic could increase exponentially by expanding to the "I hate my life and take it out on soccer" soccer fan demographic.

BFZ Note: We at BigFourZa have never underestimated the wonder of EA Sports, but we never quite believed that a video game could convince a sane person to start supporting the moneybags that are Manchester City. Until now. Presenting Kashyap Swaroop, the first (and only, as far as we know.

Remember when MLS teams couldn't buy a win in Mexico?
Way back in like 2010 and before, MLS teams did pretty bad south of the border. It was a little sad to see MLS teams go there, knowing that no matter what they did, it would not be good enough for a win. Heck, a draw would have been seen as an accomplishment.

The Galaxy claimed the Western Conference title Sunday in Carson against Real Salt Lake. But the silverware they really want is the MLS Cup trophy (Photo by Staff Photographer Sean Hiller).

One more game. One more win. After Sunday's vintage performance against a very good, but weakened, Real Salt Lake team just one more step remains for the Galaxy to claim a third league title: MLS Cup 2011 Nov.

Several weeks ago, when this video was made, no one gave a flying oil drum about Qatar and its relationship to football not, at least, in the mainstream world. Now it appears they won't be able to get away without several million journalists masquerading as white-glove inspectors, turning over each and every move they make from now until 2022.

EFW meets IBWM
You would own a collection of bruised fingers if you clapped every quality article that appeared on the pages of the delightfully named football blog In Bed With Maradona.
Not many days go by with some form of mutual backslapping and high fiving between European Football Weekends (EFW) and In bed with Maradona (IBWM).

There has been a whole lot of criticism surrounding Andrey Arshavin recently, fans don't like the way he does not tack back and help out in defence like the other options out on the wings and his seeming nonchalance on the ball and giving it away too easy. Many don't seem to mind whether he stays or leaves, however, I think it would be a massive mistake to let him go.

Following Liverpool's loss to arch rivals Manchester United, Ryan Babel proceeded join the bandwagon and plunge into the debate via Twitter. Babel is fairly famous for using Twitter as I am sure most Liverpool FC fans are aware, but was he out of order?
Of course, Babel isn't the only player who uses Twitter, many of the QPR players are blasting El Hadj Diouf over the popular site for his unkind words towards Jamie Mackie who suffered a double fracture to his leg for things that he said.

It's been an interesting, yet quiet week for me. I'm really not a fan of the transfer window periods, there's so much nonsense being regurgitated. Some of it by people who don't know any better, but mostly by people who know full well that they're peddling baseless speculation in search of traffic.

The GPJ bandwagon rolls on to our good friends at Caught Offside. They're sent us this letter, which was washed ashore near Caught Offside HQ, for your reading pleasure. Psychic cephalopod talks of daring escape and life on the run. We have not revealed his location in order to protect his anonymity, and also because [.

THE DAY IS AT HAND.

It's put up or shut up time for the old Arsenal. Today we host Barcelona in the fabled Champion's League in a game which surely the entire world will be watching. When we have a global audience for big games like this I get extremely excited and extremely worried.

For one, the lads have the opportunity to really strut their stuff and make what many people say is "the best team in the world" look like a bunch of school kids.

Ran into this article at Football 365.comIt's a great look at the other side of this Bara-worshipping bandwagon..The original article is here.Sorry, But Barca Bore Me To Death...by John Nicholson
.As I watched the Arsenal-Barcelona game, I realised something; it was a heinous thought; something blasphemous, something considered evil in the world of football.

Blackbaud Stadium
I love the weight loss doctor ad right next to the piggly wiggly ad
Ugly was the look, ugly is the feeling. We know we are watching a mixed bag of a squad. Players who may be dropped from the team tomorrow are having their last chance to impress. Players who may be fighting for a spot on the reserves are competing against the Charleston Battery (and losing 2-1).

Well after reading the amount of comments on here after my last two blog posts asking you all to have some perspective and your view on whether our season has been a failure, it seems to me that opinion is split amongst you lot. Press coverage has gone through the roof since the final whistle blew at Old Trafford and as per usual people are either jumping on the "Chelsea clear out" bandwagon or suffering from ridiculous knee jerk-isms!

Naturally, there is no firm set of initiatives every club could implement to ensure it consolidates in the top flight after winning promotion from the Championship. Were there such an identifiable formula, it would likely have already been posted for review similarly to Manchester City's "Bluffer's Guide" which seems to outline how a gloryhunting fan can jump onto the blue bandwagon properly, after purchasing a new Carlos Tevez home shirt from the online shop of course.

For those of you who remember my tidbits posts, it's where I rant about 3 or 4 different subjects related to VCF and then open the floor to debate.

So ... here, a new tidbits post.
- The less said about Saturday's 4-0 destruction to Real Zaragoza, the better. The team was demoralized, physically and mentally after the midweek Champions League elimination to Schalke 04.

After the Chicago Bulls drubbed the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals, fans have jumped off the Heat bandwagon in a major fashion. Just a couple days ago, their bandwagon was full. Now it's difficult to find a fan who still believes that the Heat can beat the Bulls.

But it's still very much possible.

Six seasons without a trophy will eventually start creeping up on you. Especially if you're a gooner (or a 'goner', according to some disgruntled chicos!) So of course, when the fans jeered Arsenal players during their 'lap of appreciation' after their dismal 2-1 loss to Villa yesterday, it was to be expected!

The tough part about being a glory hunter is the occasional opprobrium that comes with it. Maybe you don't remember the name of 'your' club's all time goalscorer, or know what the most recent (adopted this very year!) fashion on the terraces is. Maybe you don't even know the name of the club's anthem, or even where the club plays its home games.

By Puck Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into the Happy Hour. What a week it has been for soccer fans across the country. If you are one of the seven people left in the US not paying attention to the Women's World Cup, there is still plenty of room left on the bandwagon; jump on [...]

Liverpool FC have jumped on the bandwagon and plan to reduce the away allocation for United's trip to Anfield next season due to our fans standing.

Last season, 2,948 tickets were given to United fans, but now they plan to give us just 1,965.

Manchester City, Sunderland and Bolton are amongst the clubs to have already reduced our away allocation for persistent standing.

You hate to pile on a guy who is having a rough season, but it's pretty obvious we've got the Kenny Cooper who scored a couple goals overseas rather than the Cooper who scored 18 in 2008 for FC Dallas.

Most people were discussing Cooper's late miss against Houston, but this one was probably even bigger:

What do we do with this guy?

Deja vu could well be the most commonly used phrase by Arsenal fans during the summer break (among other slightly more inappropriate ones). It was supposed to be the summer that Arsene Wenger finally opened his famously closed eyes, the summer that he addressed the weaknesses within the Arsenal squad, that appear to be obvious to all but the Frenchman.

David Farris with his TSG debut.

Alvaro Negreda....listen up!

The Third Wheel.

Mal tercio.

To the casual outsider, La Liga exists as a fierce and epic battle between two clubs: Real Madrid and Barcelona. As if El Classico weren't enough to keep people's attention, last year's race between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the top of the scoring list was spectacular.

Happy Friday to you! With national team thoughts, Real Salt Lake/Philadelphia coming up and the transfer window, here's whats on my mind for this Friday.
Jurgen Klinsmann and the National Team: Klinsmann is certainly making waves in the media despite only being in charge only a month.

BFZ Note: We at BigFourZa have never underestimated the wonder of EA Sports, but we never quite believed that a video game could convince a sane person to start supporting the moneybags that are Manchester City. Until now. Presenting Kashyap Swaroop, the first (and only, as far as we know.

All the so-called experts and many fans on football forums denigrated Australia for their recent World Cup Qualifier against Thailand.
Why?
Because we allowed Thailand to score first, we didn't pass with fluency, we launched the ball high into the box too many times, or maybe because we didn't win 6-0.

After Persib appointed a Wikipedia page less Croatian coach, Drago Mamic, now Persija have jumped on the bandwagon. They have appointed Dejan Gluscevic to be their coach for the upcoming season...which should start next month.
For all Dejan's track record, check this Jakarta Casual post from last year, like Drago he lacks his own Wikipedia which of course is totally irrelevant but still funny!

Steven Gerrard's groin is in the news again, Jonjo Shelvey's already made an impact on loan for his new club, and your nearest Evertonian is still pissed about Jack Rodwell's red card on Saturday. Plus we've got a bit of catching up to do, so we should probably get to it. Just watch out for abuse and improvised missiles raining down from the peanut gallery.

No games won and no points on the table, this has been a dismal start to the season for Liverpool's reserves team. Or, rather, that would be conclusion if you fail to look at the most significant column, that for games played, the one that shows that this week's defeat at Newcastle was only their second game of the season.

There have been many times when I have blasted ex-Arsenal players, that have become TV and newspaper pundits, who continue to knock Arsenal when we are down.
These 'experts' claim to love the club yet jump on a bandwagon that has gained more pace than Frank Lampard chasing an ice-cream van down a hill.