After getting attacked outside a bank by angry Palmeiras fans back in December, Vagner Love was
released from his loan with the club and has now joined Flamengo on a temporary basis from CSKA
Moscow.
Love called the move "the dream of a lifetime" and, as you can see, he wasn't just being
nice.
KARA are a popular girl group from South Korea. Their song 'Mister', which they performed here
at a footy game (in Korea?), features a lot of suggestive butt dancing. Good.
As for the subtitled lyrics, although the English translation makes perfect sense, especially
the line about "cute chubby Frank mister", I strongly suspect 'tis a piss-take.
Butt's Brain on a Monday...
- Czech pub footy is brutal [A Football Report]
- David Beckham escapes LA for Milan... in his own words [Dirty Tackle]
- Mediocre Voronin and mediocre Dossena leave Liverpool, but who will replace them at Anfield?
[Football Corner]
- What leagues are the best in the world?
Fratton Park is not a happy place
A bit of Butt's Brain on a Wednesday
morning...
- Portsmouth missed paying its players again, and player morale is at an all time low. Can
anything save Pompey from the drop? [Tribal Football]
- Speaking of the drop, it looks like Phil Brown still has a chance to keep Hull up, as Freddy
Adu will join Greek side Aris rather than Hull on loan as expected [CBS Sports]
- Clint Dempsey's spectacular strike vs Stoke yesterday.
Butt's Brain on a Monday...
- Altidore urges you to support Haiti, via our buddies at A Football Report [A Football
Report]
- USMNT star Clint Dempsey set for a long spell on the sidelines with a knee injury [TSN]
- Will Manchester City become "bigger" than United?
You really can't accuse NAC Breda's Ellery Cairo of getting a cheap goal in his side's 1-1 draw
with Ajax on Sunday. As you can see at the start of the video above, Cairo found himself one-on-one
with the goalkeeper after an NAC breakaway. The keeper got the best of him on his sliding shot, but
Cairo's teammate quickly crossed the ball back to him just as he got his feet.
He always had potential, but this year he is finally a STUD
What's going on in
Butt's Brain this week from around the footie landscape...
- The best assists of the week [A Football Report]
- Liverpool turn their season around? Probably not - as we all know Spurs are always terrible
versus the top sides [Football Corner]
- Serie A mid-season table and top goal-scorers list [In the Stands]
- If the ManCity - ManUtd Carling Cup clash continued.
Ich bin fast 15 Jahre im Profigeschäft und habe in der Zeit vielleicht zwei oder drei Spiele
verletzungsbedingt nicht spielen können. Das ist wichtig. Ich fühle mich topfit, was in meinem
Pass steht ist nicht wichtig.
Hans-Jörg Butt, Torwart des FC Bayern München, über die Diskussion, ob der deutsche
Rekordmeister einen neuen jüngeren Torwart verpflichten sollte.
September 1998 Diadora adThe good old days
A quick
Happy Birthday to the namesake of our blog,
the uber-defensive of defensive midfielders, and the greatest player at the 2002 World Cup - Nicky
Butt.He hasn't scored a goal for Newcastle since the 2007-2008 season, but we love him nonetheless.
Utaka has failed to live up to his reputation thus far in England
A bit of what's
in Butt's Brain today...
- We put John Utaka in our starting lineup as a striker for our Fantasy Premier League "Best
Eleven" selection this week. He rewarded us with 8 points - his highest output of the season by
far.
Butt's Brain on a Thursday...
- Israel's greatest talent (no, not Yossi Benayoun) could make a summer switch to Arsenal
[IMScouting]
- FA hit Rio Ferdinand with a 4 game suspension. Jonny Evans is your cheap fantasy footie
alternative over the next few weeks [ESPN]
- Speaking of aging and injury crocked defenders, Sol Campbell to start for Arsenal against
United this weekend, as we run the clock back to 2004.
Imagine this. It comes out that Ryan Giggs had been having it off with someone like Nicky Butt's
bird, the mother of his kid, or maybe Phil Neville, you get the idea. Then the following day Giggs
plays, his captain's armband there for all to see, and he scores the winning goal. Then he runs
around kissing our badge, showing himself as "Mr United" and trying to get the fans onside.
