Not for the faint-hearted this one. Following in the limping footsteps of many a footballer giving us an intimate look at their injuries, Tottenham Hotspur's Sandro posted this picture on Twitter. The rather gruesome shot harbouring more staples than a stationery hoarder shows the midfielder's knee following his operation to reattach torn knee [.
Watch out Ashley Cole, Rio is on the hunt and he's all tooled up! Taking a break from Man Utd's
pre-season tour of South Africa, Rio Ferdinand hooked up with some of the locals for a spot of
hunting, apparently, or so he claimed on Twitter here.
szólj hozzá: EVERTON 1-0 MANCHESTER UNITED Full highlights
Marouane Fellaini was a beast. You knew it was coming as he battered a makeshift Utd defense
unceasingly with his physical presence. Utd finally broke in the 57th minutes as Fellaini rose
above Michael Carrick to thump a header past David De Gea from a Darron Gibson corner.
Looks like the IOC have shut down any official highlights and we can only rely on shaky handcams
and cell phones to follow the progress of the US women's team. The long and short of it. The USA
faced an uphill climb after a very good French side took a 2-0 lead within the first 15
minutes.
Much like the 'I can still run dead good' videos (but with much higher
production values) that landed Owen Hargreaves a gig at Man City last summer thanks to some Grade
A jogging on the spot and World Class rubber band stretching, mountainous Wolves' left-back George
Elokobi has released a 'fitness' video entitled 'BEAST WORKOUT' to show prospective employers that
he's back fit again following a nasty hamstring tear at the end of the season.
With Wayne Rooney frenzied and ready to enter the Euro 2012 arena later tonight, Nike have
released the following viral; which sees a sullen Rooney apparently sat naked on a stool in a
darkened room while the voices in his head tell him to burn things, kick old ladies, etc, etc.
Hopefully you'll forgive me for eschewing a league-wide Grinder this week in favor of Texas Derby
coverage. The Grinder is a flexible beast, and this week it bent into BBVA Compass Stadium for a
great game and horrible prepackaged media sandwiches. If you want me to come to your town to put
down a marker on some MLS action, feel free to send a plane ticket my way.
Valencia star Mehmet Topal decided to try his luck as matador Topal... but was soon regretting his
decision. Although faced with just a young bullock, Topal soon lost his nerve when the beast was
eventually coaxed into charging at him. In other words, he dropped everything and run. The bull
caught him easily and gave [.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes... and not losing to Spurs. They may score from the half
way line in the last minute, plain for all to see, but it won't be given. They may be 3-0 up at
half-time, but we'll score five in the second half. They may believe they have a freekick after one
of our players blatantly handballs it, but the ref will play advantage and we will score a goal
regardless.
Hands up all those who breathed a huge sigh of relief at the end of the first 45 minutes of
yesterday's game? Moi. I say that because I think like most I didn't have a clue what to expect.
Usually, we get minor changes enabling us to have a pretty good idea of what to expect but with
last season's and this window's signings everything seems to be up in the air making it very
difficult to calculate what to expect.
Union Tally: FARFAN'S BAN LEADS TO TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT IN WEAKENED UNION BACKLINE
"I think Ray does a great job, but he's still a kid and he's still got a lot of inexperience and
he shows flashes of being a brilliant player, but he needs more games," Danny Califf said. "When we
lose Sheanon on the right and an attacking guy on the left, it hamstrings us when we're trying to
play out of the back.
Hands up all those who breathed a huge sigh of relief at the end of the first 45 minutes of
yesterday's game? Moi. I say that because I think like most I didn't have a clue what to expect.
Usually, we get minor changes enabling us to have a pretty good idea of what to expect but with
last season's and this window's signings everything seems to be up in the air making it very
difficult to calculate what to expect.
What Is To Become of Ryo Miyaichi? This is a tough subject. Ryo Miyaichi has shown some absolutely
"beast-like" attributes since coming onto the premier league scene; but what is to become of him,
now that he has proven to be such a killer on the flanks in the most difficult league in the world?
[...
My goodness. Who knew that drinking shitloads of rum and bourbon and beer could result in a
*boilk*.
This is certainly new territory for me, I have to say. Anyway, it doesn't matter too much
because it's Sunday and really nobdy should care too much about anything on Sunday other than to
find a place which has slow roasted a beast from the forest, or a field even, and then eating the
living crap out of it.
Aymen Abdennour "the Tunisian beast" – By JG For a short while a couple months ago, Aymen
Abdennour was at the top of Arsene Wenger's transfer list (in relation to defenders). This was
exciting news because I had been watching his games for months and was extremely impressed.
Abdennour was named defender of the season [.
Last Sunday was yet another game at home and, while we didn't get the result we all wanted,
looking back it was a sad occasion for more than just the draw. It was Troy Perkins' last game as a
Portland Timber. Of course, we didn't know it at the time, but with the recent trade, it's almost
hard to remember the game at all.
Today's training report already had enough going on in it, so I thought I would go ahead and
start a new thread for the day's quotes from Jack Jewsbury and Jake Gleeson. Here we go!
Quotes
Jack Jewsbury
On the Troy Perkins trade
Yeah, it is tough. I saw him before we came out here.
The Portland Timbers played against the Houston Dynamo yesterday in their brand new, sparkley
stadium BBVA Compass Stadium. The good news here is that the Timbers did not, in fact, lose which
is great! A draw away from home is actually an alright thing to get. Granted a win is always better
and the Timbers are definitely in need of a solid three points from a game, but given the
circumstances with the new stadium and everything I'll notch this closer to the "win" column.
With the 4 game losing streak finally broken the Portland Timbers can now look to earning their
first away win of the year. Getting that away win is always a big step and Portland didn't get that
last year until late over halfway through the first season. If they can get it earlier then last
year it will be a big step in recovering from the early funk they were in.
Sporting Kansas City will aim to end the Seattle Sounders' three-year reign as U.S. Open Cup
champions in Wednesday night's final, but exactly what Honduras Olympic hero Roger Espinoza's role
will be in helping the club try to accomplish that is uncertain.
Let's play a little game, since it's a bye week. Imagine for a moment that it's July and the
Sounders are healthy and their new players have been integrated into the fold. One way of gauging
the strength of a team is to look at its potential for growth and improvement using just the
players it currently has on the roster.
Saer Sene was a noticeable absence from the Revolution's starting XI on Saturday. (Photo: Kari
Heistad/CapturedImages.biz)
It wasn't a win. But then again, it wasn't a loss, either.
On Saturday, the Revolution may have fallen short of three points. But, they proved that all
draws aren't created equal in hijacking a valuable point at LIVESTRONG Sporting Oven, er, Park
against the first-place-turned-second-place Sporting K.
So it may seem awkward time for a rant on the U.S. Men's National Team #USMNT two days before the
start of Euro 2012, but I actually sat through 45 minutes of the Canada game, so I feel I'm
entitled after all. Still amazes me how well I slept Sunday night, regardless...
Two reasons to smile I'm an American, and aside from Portugal, I truly do root hard for the U.
Andy Carroll started the last two Liverpool games, and they were important games in some respect.
Liverpool ended a four game win-less streak with a hard-fought 3-2 win over Blackburn Rovers. The
Reds followed that up with a come-from-behind FA Cup victory over Everton, thus maintaining their
hoodoo spell over the blue of Merseyside.
As Americans, we pride ourselves on many things – especially those things which are men's
sport-related. Football? Self-explanatory; we're beast. Basketball? There's not a team one could
put together on the planet that could touch our players. Baseball? We certainly have the
highest-paid, most popular athletes.
Returning home for their first game at Jeld-Wen Field in two weeks, the Timbers showed some
fight in an ultimately futile 1-0 loss against Chivas USA last night. Several Timbers showed well,
and but for some poor finishing and one mistake at the back the Timbers should have taken all three
points from the match.
I wasn't expecting this game to be a 0-0. Persegres have the worst defence in the Indonesia Super
League, they concede fours and fives for fun. But Arema failed to break them down.
And with good reason. Their crossing was abysmal. With Herman Dzumafo in the box, the man is a
beast, all they had to do was put it in the air, close to his head, and let him do the rest.
It's almost game day. Unfortunately, we still have to suffer through Friday to get there,
though. There wasn't a whole lot of Revs news to get out to you, but there's plenty of other links
for your to peruse. Also, if you haven't already, check out yesterday's content brought to you by
The Indirect Kick.
I'm gonna be super quick on this one, today is another day where the day job has me swamped.
One MLS game tonight (yes there is a CCL game with Toronto and Santos too), as the Montreal
Impact play at Real Salt Lake for the first time. Jesse Marsch's club is going through all the
usual expansion club pains and going to Salt Lake won't be an easy thing after coming off a 5-2
beating in New York last weekend.
