UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, Fulham have reached an agreement with
Roma to sign striker Stefano Okaka on loan. It is reported that Fulham will have the option of
making the deal permanent at the end of the season.
January 4th, 2010 According to Salvatore Landolina at Goal.
photo courtesy of Thad Bell
Following up on what he said yesterday, Robb Heineman got behind the "wheel" of one of those
machines sitting out at the Legends stadium site and made the first breaking of ground. The photo
above is from Heineman's first dig in the ground. After the ceremonial dig, Heineman made way for
the professionals and they started moving dirt in the southeast corner of the complex, around the
area where the entrance to the Cauldron Club will be.
Freddie Ljungberg speaks and I listen, simple as that. (Getty Images)
I won't lie to ya, anytime I see something Freddie Ljungberg says I believe it to be the truth.
That is unless something morally tells me not to do so but 98% of the time I take his word for what
it is. Today is no different.
UPDATE: According to Salvatore Landolina at Goal.com,
Tuttomercatoweb.com is reporting that Roma striker Stefano
Okaka is all set to join Fulham on loan. His agent Domenico
Scopelliti said,
"Fulham have spoken to Roma so we can define all the details, but we have to wait for
[Giallorossi director] Daniele Prade to return from Dubai .
This was shown at halftime of the otherwise dreadful final Giants game. Even with the edit
taking away the bridge and the last verse, I think this video is the highlight of our season. Love
the shot of Mr. Mara at the end.
Now when all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust
And all our youth and beauty, it's been given to the dust
And your game has been decided, and you're burning the clock down
And all our little victories and glories, have turned into parking lots
When your best hopes and desires, are scattered through the wind
And hard times come, hard times go
Hard times come, hard times go
And hard times come, hard times go
Hard times come, hard times go
Hard times come, hard times go
Yeah just to come again
Bring on your wrecking ball!
UPDATE: According to Ian Herbert at The Independent, Manchester
City boss Roberto Mancini is not going after Rubin Kazan
defender Cristian Ansaldi. When asked if he was, Mancini said,
"No, in that position we have Bridge .
In a packed Saturday Premier League football evening, Liverpool will visit Stoke City and try to
win back some respect. After a string of losses and being knocked out of FA Cup by Reading, The
Reds are low on confidence but will still be the better side on paper. Though without Steven
Gerrard, Fernando Torres [.
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Why didn't Taj Minniecon's pass to Joel Porter get mentioned time and time again.
Robb Heineman got to do what Wizards fans have begged for and little boys dream of. Use heavy
machinery to dig in the mud and start construction of the new Wizards stadium. The first bucketful
of dirt (mud) was Robb's honor. I did find out that there will be two webcams setup in the near
future. One a pole on the State ave bridge that crosses France Family Dr.
Didier Drogba...yes we can!
Drogba is set to return to Chelsea sooner than expected after the Ivory Coast was bounced out of
the quarter final stages in the African Cup of Nations.
I am going to hold off on bringing Drogba back into my fantasy line up, because who knows if
he'll see the pitch this Wednesday against Birmingham at The Bridge (especially since I've already
burned my transfer on Tim Cahill.
