Aaron Ramsey has finally come out in public with his opinion about the Shawcross tackle. Here is
what the young Welshman said,
I remember it all, I don't believe he [Shawcross] wanted to break my leg, but I think he wanted
to go through both the ball and me to take me out and make sure I felt the tackle.
Andoni Giokotxea - maybe the most violent player ever
In the old days, when the tackle from behind was legal, and defenders were given respect not for
their play but out of fear, the golden boys of soccer were afraid to turn their backs on goal.
Lurking behind them like blood thirsty sharks were tough nuts like Spain's Andoni Goikoetxea, the
Butcher of Bilbao, his nom de guerre, or the inappropriately named Claudio Gentile, an
Italian on a mission to stop anything that moved.
Trying to spot Brazil at their hotel... photo by Christina Holmes.
We've had a busy day today. I have to comment first on Italy being out of the World Cup. It is
the first time ever where finalists from the previous World Cup do not even reach the round of
16th. Not too sure if that is good or bad.
Confidence maybe low and the scars from the two previous defeats may still be gaping, but we
really need to get a grip of ourselves as its gonna be a fight now. We really need to dig deep.
It's no good hiding behind excuses, every game from now until the end of the season is a cup final.
The players and the manager need to roll up their sleeves and yes that includes the fans too.
In the old days, when the tackle from behind was legal, and defenders were given respect not for
their play but out of fear, the golden boys of soccer were afraid to turn their backs on goal.
Lurking behind them like blood thirsty sharks were tough nuts like Spain's Andoni Goikoetxea, the
Butcher of Bilbao, his nom de guerre, or the inappropriately named Claudio Gentile, an
Italian on a mission to stop anything that moved.
Macclesfield Headline of the SummerUpwardly Mobile. Gary Simpson did a very good job taking over
from the sadly deceased Keith Alexander. He has brought continuality and stability to the Silkmen,
who continue to be hard to beat. Having managed to keep leading players Emile Sinclair, Ricky
Sappleton and John Rooney, Simpson has added to his side with established League 2 players Richard
Butcher
By Ollie Irish
As predicted, Aston Villa have agreed to sell James Milner to Manchester City.
The English midfielder will undergo a medical at Eastlands later today. Shouldn't be any problem
there Milner is as fit as a butcher's dog.
The fee is reported to be £18m, plus City reject Stephen Ireland.
Have not got much time to say a lot this morning, which will please most, off on a weekend trip to
the beautiful Fistral Beach... for those who have never been... GO!
Along with 2 friends, we purchased a holiday property overlooking the beach about a decade ago,
and it has easily proved to be the best investment we have ever made, not just financially
speaking, but being able to jump in the car and spend less than 4 hours driving to a place that you
would never guess was on this island, is bliss.
A very interesting comparision here of ankle injuries suffered by Maradona and Messi.
Maradona was hacked down from behind by Andoni (the butcher of Bilbao)Goikoetxea in 1983.He
subsequently took to drugs during the time he was out of the game with a shattered ankle.Messi's
injury thankfully is not so severe.
Back in the 1980s there was a Spanish player from Atlético Bilbao known as "the Butcher from
Bilbao" for his uncompromising and outright violent tackles that injured many players, among them
Gary Lineker and Diego Maradona. Harder refeereing has all but eliminated these kind of players,
but once in a while some new "butchers" emerge, and one such is surely the Dutch Manchester City
defender Nigel
By Ollie Irish
Here's my perfect Chelsea five-aside team. In truth, the team almost picked itself:
PETR CECH Even with the silly helmet, Petr has to be the first name on the team
sheet. As manager of this team, I'd just tell him to save shots and roll the ball out to.
Bit of a fluff piece on Cesc and his life in London... Lightweight, but worth a butcher's...
This is how I feel on this crisp, sunny, yet cold Sunday morning in London Town.
Not.. Can Arsenal beat City.
Our midfield today will be comprised of a Steely Cameroonian hitman, accompanied by the elegant
rangey skills and power of a Parisian box-to-box man and the trio are completed with a touch of
Spanish genius to bring it all together.
Il 3 ottobre del 2005 questo blog pubblicò un post dal titolo "Marco Materazzi: professione
Butcher".
Il giorno prima si era disputato il macht Juve-Inter, quando Ibra era bianconero, Luciano Moggi
era il saggio direttore generale della Juventus e la Gazzetta dello Sport cominciava ad adoperarsi
nel torbido col sodale Auricchio.
By Chris Wright
Not entirely sure whether to believe this or not but, according to 'British and French sources
cited by Tutto Mercato', Fulham are within spitting distance of tying up an €8 million deal for
highly-rated CFR Cluj target man Lacina Traore.
A brief review of last nights game between a Spurs XI team and Ipswich. While it wasn't quite
Benfica v Spurs that was also on last night which I'll presume most people caught on TV (great goal
by Bale), it did as always give our youngsters another run out and the King played 45 minutes.
