Players have got it pretty good in the Premier League nowadays. Any standing water on a pitch and the game is called off in a heartbeat the chances of looking like complete amphibious clowns are minimal. Thankfully, such killjoy measures have clearly not quite made it to the J-League in Japan just yet.
Watching England's performances in Euro 2012, and against Italy in particular, got me thinking
about the best way of using Theo Walcott.
Seeing the inept James Milner huff and puff to zero effect and lose the ball every time he got
it; and watching the useless Ashley Young fail to beat his marker once in the entire game, I
started from a position of outright fury.
Watching England's performances in Euro 2012, and against Italy in particular, got me thinking
about the best way of using Theo Walcott.
Seeing the inept James Milner huff and puff to zero effect and lose the ball every time he got
it; and watching the useless Ashley Young fail to beat his marker once in the entire game, I
started from a position of outright fury.
Arsene surprised and to an extent disappointed with the selection of Vermaelen and Santos in the
starting eleven. In fairness though, the performance of the team showed it was a necessary evil
because the manager's tactical blindspots created a vulnerable mishmash of talented but
inexperienced players and seasoned professionals lacking match sharpness/form.
Arsene surprised and to an extent disappointed with the selection of Vermaelen and Santos in the
starting eleven. In fairness though, the performance of the team showed it was a necessary evil
because the manager's tactical blindspots created a vulnerable mishmash of talented but
inexperienced players and seasoned professionals lacking match sharpness/form.
As a lifelong football fan who has watched the sport at almost every level of the game for the
last 40+ years, I have developed some dyed in the wool attitudes about many things, not least of
which is my utter contempt for the vast majority of the people who run our sport, from the owners
and directors of the clubs to the crooks and clowns who administrate our game.
"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am ... stuck in the middle with you." --
Stealers Wheel.When you boil it down, 99 percent of drama consists of some kind of battle between
the forces of good vs. the forces of evil. Denzel Washington is going take on the run away,
presumably, nefarious train and save the day.
"And that was that." -- Ace Rothstein, "Casino."The tent is packed up. The elephants are in their
cages. The clowns have squeezed into their tiny car.The circus has left town.Or at least that's the
way it seems this weekend in as the English Premier League turns.Right up front I have to get this
out of the way, the dog kind of ate my homework this week.
Sebastian Coates's incredible strike, Luis Suarez's usual hijinks leading to a Dirk Kuyt goal.
Uruguayan your way, I'll go mine.
What else could one expect other than a Liverpool win? But the magical script writer in the sky
had seen this before and said, wait a minute, it's time to write differently.
Mock the Weekend... Mario Balotelli is as unpredictable and entertaining as a dodgy box
of fireworks
The striker capped off a brilliant weekend with an awesome celebration as City battered United,
while some Wolves fans and Phil Dowd made right clowns of themselves
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I love doing interviews with Seattle writers. They're all so naive and when they think they're
asking hard questions, they're lobbing softballs. So you know, it's all good in the land of My
Little Pony Sing Along Blogs. Anyway, I talked to Joshua Mayers and a bunch of other jackals
yesterday, hopefully for the last time in a while so I can forget about what transpired this
year.
That was bizarre. Not just clown showing up at a bachelor party bizarre, but a clown shows up a
bachelor party and is really the thought to be dead ex-wife of the groom bizarre.
Toronto and D.C. played to a 3-3 draw that may have been the strangest game at RFK ever. After
90 minutes, a butt-load of stoppage time, and 6 goals, I'm not even sure what happened.
Dallastasaray: No Turkish delightIN THE TUNNEL:
Before the transfer window season started we commented that TFC better have new players arriving
like clowns out of a tiny car. Well, Aron Winter bought a Fiat and the players have come pouring
out - so much so that no less than five new faces would take to the pitch on a very steamy night at
BMO Field.
What a hot mess that was on Saturday night at Robertson Stadium. More offensive struggles, two
straight red cards and lots and lots of angry Dynamo fans who let official Kevin Stott have it in
full force. It's exactly how the fans should react in the stadium and the heat of the moment, but
after taking a look at the replays on both calls, Stott got both red cards right.
The revulsion towards the behaviour of a significant section of Wolves supporters has been
widespread – and the criticism has been coming from all angles.
Barry Glendenning of the Guardian called the fans "clowns", ESPN's Daniel Pountney suggested
they "grow up" and the WSC message boards were alive with the hot topic: "Are Wolves fans
fickle?
The revulsion towards the behaviour of a significant section of Wolves supporters has been
widespread – and the criticism has been coming from all angles.
The Guardian's Barry Glendenning tweeted that the fans were "clowns", ESPN's Daniel Pountney
suggested they "grow up" and the WSC message boards were alive with the hot topic: "Are Wolves fans
fickle?
Many thanks to QPR Reports Maudesfishnchips for conducting this interview. And many thanks to Aston
Villa fan, Damian Dugdale http://www.thevillablog.co.uk/
Oliver Holt has waged war on Rio Ferdinand after the Manchester United defender sent
him an unsavory direct Message. But as a journalist, has Holt foolisly distanced himself from the
footballer? By James Robert Shaw.
Michael Owen once lamented on Twitter that there appears to be a distance emerging between
journalists and the footballers they cover in the news.
BRUGES, Belgium – Cercle Brugge, a football club in Belgium's top division has declined the offer
of a sponsorship deal from a leading Roman Catholic newspaper, for fear of attracting ridicule,
Belgian media report. The revelation coincides with news that the Vatican is examining the case of
a former Belgian bishop, who resigned in April [.
This article titled "Clowns are still running the world" was written by Scott Murray, for
guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 6th June 2012 15.41 UTC
TAP TAP TAP TAPPITY TAP TAP, THERE'S ANOTHER NAIL BANGED INTO THE LID OF FOOTBALL'S COFFIN
On 28 May 2002, three days before the start of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the FA
took a leaf out of New Labour's Big Bumper Book Of Burying Bad News Under The Still Smouldering
Rubble Of The World Trade Center – you can find it in the Humour section in Waterstones – and
announced the relocation of Wimbledon FC to Milton Keynes.
I recently read somewhere (I wish I could remember where so that I could link to it) that OPTA
uses the amount of passes in a game to determine possession. This surprised me. Basing possession
on passing has the potential to produce some skewed results. The most obvious argument against this
is that a team that uses the short passing game is going to have a larger portion of possession
regardless of the actual amount of time that they truly have possession.
I was sent a request by the long suffering Spurs fan I go to the games with. Can I get a campaign
started to change the usual song we sing at the lane from, "Oh When the Spurs Go Marching In", to
instead have "Send in the Clowns"?
His reasoning: It's a sad enough tune to reflect the current mood and in many places it's
lyrically accurate.
For just about the last 30 years, English goalkeepers have slipped down the rankings of the
world's best despite the legacy that they bring with them from days gone by. There was a time when
it didn't matter who played in nets for the national team (as long as it wasn't Peter Bonetti!
I can't believe I came on here yesterday writing with optimism about our new defensive tactics.
I really should have known better to expect Wenger to be able to pull it off, however a good idea
it may be.
The guy can't coach defence. Time and time again we see decent players come to the club and
immediately look like clowns.
I didn't see most of the knockout round games the USA played at the Women's World Cup. As much
as I love Abby Wambach and friends, there are at least two other people in this world who trump
their athletic exploits. And so I spent the Brazil match in a car. I spent the France match . . .
also in a car.
Remember when we brought you the review of the leaked Arsenal away kit?
Well, our worst fears have been realized:
I'm sticking with my original -2/5 rating. It's just awful. Arsenal's own Andrey Ashavin described
it best, likening the shirts to "jockey silks". And it's not likely to look any better on the
pitch:
