All part of the "process." Jamaica 2, United States 1 Part of me didn't even want to do a postgame
analysis, talking points, rant, etc. The simplest thing would have been to simple run a list of
what Twitter had to say about Jermaine Jones following the match, which was some variation of the
following: I hope Jermaine Jones never wears a U.
Why release doves when you have seat cushions?The 2012 Olympics ended as London
waved goodbye to the XXX Olympiad. (How they could have a XXX Olympiad without Joe Cannon is a
disgrace) In 2016, British stereotypes will be replaced with Brazilian stereotypes as Rio hosts the
next games - bowler hats replaced with thongs; chalky white skin will make way for bronzed tans;
Beckham out - 103 year-old Pele in; and whatever the samba equivalent of Pet Shop Boys is.
......... Don't worry! We survived it once and we can do it again, and this time, oh how
we are in a better position!
Think back to this god awful time last year. Bye-bye Fabregas and Nasri. Now think about the
situation we are in now. Bye-bye Van Persie and Song. Ask yourself, which two players would you
prefer to have?
......... Don't worry! We survived it once and we can do it again, and this time, oh how
we are in a better position!
Think back to this god awful time last year. Bye-bye Fabregas and Nasri. Now think about the
situation we are in now. Bye-bye Van Persie and Song. Ask yourself, which two players would you
prefer to have?
It was nice of the International Olympic Committee to keep us all occupied for the last few
weeks, but now that those other sports that you never really cared about are off the television and
consigned to memory for the next four years, we're reminded that we're about to go through another
ten months of crushing disappointment and delirious euphoria all over again – and let's not
pretend that we're not looking forward to it.
The dust is very gradually settling on an almost entirely successful London Olympic Games. And
the BBC aren't about to let us forget how good they were, as they had as successful a Games as
anybody – even "Square Eyes", the TV critic in satirical magazine Private Eye, gave the BBC's
Games coverage a great review, and (s)he never gives great reviews.
There is a strong current of opinion among some Arsenal supporters that our seven year winless
streak is a disgrace.
The argument goes like this: "Arsenal are a big club. Big clubs win things. We haven't won
anything for seven years. Therefore... our manager isn't good enough; our Board of Directors lack
ambition; they're only interested in money.
Oh a false clock tries to tick out my time
To disgrace, distract, and bother me
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face
And the dust of rumors covers me
But if the arrow is straight
And the point is slick
It can pierce through dust no matter how thick
So I'll make my stand
And remain as I am
And bid farewell and not give a damn.
After a few days of intensified speculation and rumors, Didier Drogba brought a relatively swift
end to the guessing over his future and announced he will leave Chelsea when his contract ends in
June.
As Drogba told ITV, he decided that winning the Champions League was his chance to follow the
Seinfeld method and go out on a high note like George Costanza.
I believe we all woke up with renewed hope today. We were staring at the despair of a summer
break knowing full well we have screwed up our chances of being in the Champions League proper, via
direct qualification. Yet, just 24 hours later, we are all celebrating the fact that we've been
thrown a rope, a lifeline and everything is back in our hands again.
I believe we all woke up with renewed hope today. We were staring at the despair of a summer
break knowing full well we have screwed up our chances of being in the Champions League proper, via
direct qualification. Yet, just 24 hours later, we are all celebrating the fact that we've been
thrown a rope, a lifeline and everything is back in our hands again.
Here we are again, people. I know it's been a while but another howler of a decision by a
refereeing crew in England today in a massively important football game has again thrust the issue
of video technology onto the front burner again worldwide. Premier League referee Martin AtkinsonÂ
ruled that Chelsea had scored following a frantic goalmouth scramble to take the lead in their FA
Cup Semi Final at Wembley Stadium, London against Tottenham.
Well it seems that AVB will be officially appointed Spurs manager today and I just wondered how you
people feel about that?.
For me it's weird because a part of me wishes him well but then again he's joining Spurs so I am
hoping it all falls apart like it did here at Stamford Bridge.
Alot of people I meet who aren't Chelsea fans, like to have a pop at how our established players
treated AVB and I was even told that these same players are a disgrace!
England Need To Rebuild - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The response from fans and media to England's defeat on penalties to Italy on Sunday night has
largely been encouraging. No hounding of referees into early retirement and a life on the run from
the press. No plastering of Roy Hodgson's head onto pizza or pasta or some Italian foodstuff.
Ever since Chelsea won the Champions League, I have been buzzing and still watch Didier Drogba's
header and winning penalty virtually every day as I still can't quite believe that after eight
years of this team trying, they finally won it.
However, one thing has become very clear to me in recent weeks and that's the resentment of Chelsea
from other supporters.
Just three days after Arjen Robben missed a penalty kick that might have won the Champions
League final for Bayern Munich, his club hosted his national team -- the Netherlands -- for a
friendly in the same stadium that housed his nightmare. And though some of the 33,000 fans in
attendance at the Allianz Arena were forgiving, others booed Robben's every touch of the ball after
he entered the match as a second half substitute for the Netherlands, who lost 3-2.
The disgraces for the first leg of the 2012 Champions League semifinal between Chelsea and
Barcelona are as follows:
There were absolutely no f***ing disgraces in this game. And if you say that I was a f***ing
disgrace then you are the one who is a f***ing disgrace! (Looking at you, Sergio Busquets.
Euro 2012 has already had significant problems with racism, fan violence and even illegal
underpants ads, but now Italy says they will file a complaint with UEFA over another grand
disgrace: anthem booing.
From Football Italia:
"I will tell the FIGC to ask UEFA for significant sanctions against these fans who jeer the
Italian anthem," said CONI (Italian Olympic Committee) President GianniPetrucci.
This article titled "Euro 2012: Why Uefa's failure to deal with Holland racism is no surprise"
was written by Richard Williams, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 8th June 2012 09.51 UTC
Given an immediate opportunity to confront the most pressing off-the-pitch issue at the Euro
2012 finals, Uefa has blown it again.
Black players in the Netherlands squad were racially abused during an open training session in
Krakow, according to their captain Mark Van Bommel. The Dutch skipper was leading his side in a lap
of the pitch in front of 20,000 fans when the abuse was heard by the players. After completing a
second lap and [.
Last night Bayern Munich played Holland in an unfortunately timed and largely meaningless
friendly at the Allianz Arena which was set up in order to compensate the German side for the
hamstring twang that Arjen Robben aggravated at the 2010 World Cup an injury which forced him to
miss the first two months of the following season, despite Bayern pleading with the KNVB not to
play him in South Africa.
QPR went down to City but in the end it did not prove costly as Bolton could not pull off a win
against Stoke so they remain promoted. But no thanks to Joey Barton. This man is a disgrace to his
team and the sport. This match should have been spent marshaling players for a huge match instead
the demons inside this George Orwell quoting hack got the better of him.
He was nicknamed Le Sulk, caused unrest in the Chelsea squad and was sent home from the French
World Cup squad in disgrace, so you might think that Nicolas Anelka isn't exactly ideal material to
take over as a manager. But he has. Replacing fellow countryman Jean Tigana at Chhinese club
Shanghai Shenhua FC, who [.
He was nicknamed Le Sulk, caused unrest in the Chelsea squad and was sent home from the French
World Cup squad in disgrace, so you might think that Nicolas Anelka isn't exactly ideal material to
take over as a manager. But he has. Replacing fellow countryman Jean Tigana at Chhinese club
Shanghai Shenhua FC, who [.
So, that match really happened. I had thought there might be some wild chance it was all just a
very odd dream, or perhaps nightmare. After all, we were subjected to the horrors of MLS scheduling
which pitted an absolutely drained roster for the Houston Dynamo thanks to International Call-Ups
and some kind of flu-like virus making it's rounds amongst the teams in the MIDDLE of the bloody
week.
Someone has been leaking Germany's lineups to the media and team captain Philipp Lahm is not
happy about this. "It is a great pity if leaks like this occur and it is a disgrace that the
line-up was in the public domain so early," Lahm told the press. "The person who has the problem is
the guy responsible for leaking that information, because at the end of the day, he might be
damaging the hopes of a nation.
The scriptwriters for soap operas must be under enormous pressure to produce dramatic yet
feasible storylines every few days. But if the pressure gets too much for them, which some might
argue it already has, they can always consult whichever twisted mind writes Rangers' stuff these
days. Twice in the past few days – nope, make that three times I have had to extensively re-write
this article, what with Walter Smith ("he came, he saw, he.
Early this morning I wrote a "recap" of last night's debacle in Michigan on the way back to
Chicago. Due to technological failure on my end, I wasn't able to post it right away. So join me
after the jump to relive the emotional horror that was last night.
What the hell happened? I just witnessed the biggest f*****g disgrace in my tenure as a Fire
fan.
A time for change at Anfield:
Guest writer: Pat McGuinness
Check out Pat's interesting blog:
Pat's Football Blog
"I'm not quite sure what to make of Saturday's game; the right team won on the day but the
officials got the Carroll decision wrong - footage of the header will show that there was no view
of the incident from directly on the goal-line, but fractionally in front of it.
Jose Eduardo Simoes, President of Academica went straight to the press room in Avalade Stadium
after his team suffered a 2-1 defeat to Sporting and blasted the league for allowing Uniao de
Leiria to play with 8 men against Feirense on Sunday a game they would go on to lose 4-0.Academica
is currently fighting relegation with Feirense and Simoes used words like disgrace,
misrepresentation of
Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, tonight at Stamford Bridge we saw the best of Didier Drogba as he
scored against the run of play to secure a 1-0 victory for Chelsea, but we also saw the worst of
him. Chelsea fans were singing "Same old Barcelona, always cheating!
I will let Ashley Young's acting do the talking, I do not need to condemn him with words, his
actions do that on their own. It is beyond a disgrace that we are having to see cheating like this
week in week out and the authorities are doing absolutely nothing to stamp it out. It would be easy
to retrospectively ban players found guilty of clear diving in the penalty box for three games,
Following City's 3-3 draw at home to Sunderland this weekend, Alan Shearer reckons that our
manager will have enjoyed not only the result but the behaviour of their players too.
"Alex Ferguson must have been laughing his head off watching the highlights of Manchester
City's game on Saturday," he said.
