Stowe sent me this "100 Greatest Quotes from The Wire" video on Twitter the other day, and I watched it, and I was like, "Oh my God, The Wire," because I haven't seen it in a few years and this sort of brought it all back. Then, for no obvious reason, this video started tugging at my brain after the Thierry Henry handball rocked the core of everything that had a core to rock yesterday.

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So how was it for you? The morning after is always worse than the night before, or in this case two mornings after. It's bad enough watching Spurs self-destruct, but the real impact is when you have to go work on Monday. My tried and tested method of dealing with football-related grief (hey, that's sounds good, [. Click to continue reading...

Today started in a very confused fashion, that tends to happen when someone messes with all the clocks in my house. It makes it worse when you forget one and then have to check BBC News for what time it actually is. That didn't happen to me off course, I only put my clock forward three weeks early. Click to continue reading...

Bill Shankly once said: "A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best, and then make sure that you are." Truer words have never been spoken, and every Liverpool player needs to take that philosophy on board before it's too late.
In my "The good, the bad and ugly" article I mentioned that the problem with Liverpool this season is not that they're losing, but how they're losing. Click to continue reading...

Some crackers from Gary Smith in true English footballing terminology ahead of this weekend's huge game against New England. These quotes are taken from a letter he addressed to players with the Colorado Fusion soccer club which signed an agreement this week to be part of an adidas alliance with the Rapids. Click to continue reading...

It seems like we are reverting back to the Spurs of a few years ago with awful luck where players getting injured is concerned. After losing Bassong and Ledley on Sunday, our defence is literally in pieces. Woodgate has no imminent return date and although Dawson isn't too far away now, him leading the line is something I don't want to think about.

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Something to read after you enjoy C-Ron's appearance on Crackòvia... No idea what they're saying, but for some reason I still chuckled. There's a Barcelona Zlatan one here too. Arsenal's Champions League grief graph (Unprofessional Foul) Slide tackle sandwich (Dirty Tackle) The worst football commentator ever? Click to continue reading...

All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Watford's Jay DeMerit and Richard Lee review a Paramore song. I love this concept. Can't wait until they get Joey Barton to review Celine Dion's next single. [ChannelBee]

Fabio Capello would've been a airline pilot.

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Some cracking matches this weekend and amongst the more exciting ones is the Red devils trip to White Heart Lane to face an inform Tottenham Hotspur. Last year United were one of Tottenham's bogey teams causing them much grief... this year however United have been a little slow off the . Click to continue reading...

Oh my friends, my friends forgive me That I live and you are gone. There's a grief that can't be spoken; There's a pain goes on and on. Phantom faces at the window. Phantom shadows on the floor. Empty chairs... Click to continue reading...

You can blame Princess Diana. You can blame the general dismantling of the British stiff upper lip. Whatever you blame it's hard to argue that we are beginning to devalue death by continually leaping into orgies of grief.How can the great lives be properly marked when the Prime Minister mourns the death of racist reality TV stars? Click to continue reading...

You can blame Princess Diana. You can blame the general dismantling of the British stiff upper lip. Whatever you blame it's hard to argue that we are beginning to devalue death by continually leaping into orgies of grief.How can the great lives be properly marked when the Prime Minister mourns the death of racist reality TV stars? Click to continue reading...

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish has paid tribute to Steven Gerrard in a statement read out during his court case.
Gerrard is currently facing charges of causing affray, and he has received strong support from Dalglish.
The former Scottish international's statement was read out in court, and The Mirror quote it as saying, "I have known Steven Gerrard since he came to Liverpool FC as a 14 year old. Click to continue reading...

It is with a heavy heart that I try to find words to express my condolences. Please accept my most heartfelt sympathies for your loss. My thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Although it is difficult today to see beyond the sorrow, may looking back in memory help comfort you tomorrow.

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Ronaldo gets his grief. Maybe rightfully so considering his flopping, tanning and Paris Hilton-included social life.
But only a select few players in the world would be able to get 80,000 people to show up for an unveiling. The turnout even surprised the star player:

"I never imagined that fans would have such a feeling for me," he said.

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Image from Associated Press
The match report as seen from a South African football fan perspective...
Tonight Bafana Bafana made me proud to be a South African Soccer supporter. After all the grief we (South African soccer fans) have to put up with, it was great to see such a positive performance from the National Team. Click to continue reading...

For the first time in Australia's history, it has qualified for back-to-back soccer World Cups. For a country that normally associates World Cup qualifying with grief, pain and suffering, this experience was all pretty stress-free.  First and foremost, they had the advantage of being placed in a round-robin soccer league where . Click to continue reading...

I can't figure out the point of Wenger's public displays. The pressure on the club to enable him to compete with Manchester United's budget or asking fans for the unconditional support in his production of players that eventually leave the club in search for more money?

Are we going to be cruel with the French revolutionary in England?

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....a goal celebration that could have given Rooney some grief.Fortunately he got up smiling.

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This was the summer when everything went crazy. In retrospect, I should have seen it coming. Everything always goes crazy in the offseason after you make the Champions League for the first time. But it had been a while since I was in this situation, and I confess, it caught me by surprise.

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Oh my friends, my friends forgive me That I live and you are gone. There's a grief that can't be spoken; There's a pain goes on and on. Phantom faces at the window. Phantom shadows on the floor. Empty chairs... Click to continue reading...

What a lovely word. Germanic in origin, universal in application. The warm fuzzies one gets when reveling in the comeuppance of others. Usually the 'others' are the ones who gave you grief in the not too distant past. An emotional state that Germany find themselves against England since their 1966 World Cup loss.

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You never quite know how a returning hero will be greeted in football. I remember when Ian Wright was sold from Palace to Arsenal he got a right earful from the fans. He replied by
scoring the goals that got The Eagles relegated and celebrated as though he'd won the World Cup.
Other players have a much better relationship with supporters of their old clubs. Click to continue reading...

Poor guys. It's gotta be rough.
A 2-1 loss to Aston Villa won't help. And some poor goalie named Gomes is getting a lot of grief for the second goal, which was bad, but not ridiculously bad.
Four games. One point. Ooof.
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I'm not jumping on the bandwagon, England have been disappointing me for years. My loyalties are somewhat divided in any case, my old man is Scottish but my Grandad played for England. I see myself as English though and there is nothing I like more than going out with mates cheering on the side in the big competitions. Click to continue reading...

There is a story flying about today about Martin Jol wanting to take Didier Zokora to Hamburg. As far as I'm concerned, it's a total fabrication.
Jol didn't even want him at Spurs, his transfer was all Comolli's work, why the hell would he want him at Hamburg?!
I saw Zokora play in a friendly at White Hart Lane against Real Sociedad, must be two years ago now. Click to continue reading...

There is a story flying about today about Martin Jol wanting to take Didier Zokora to Hamburg. As far as I'm concerned, it's a total fabrication.
Jol didn't even want him at Spurs, his transfer was all Comolli's work, why the hell would he want him at Hamburg?!
I saw Zokora play in a friendly at White Hart Lane against Real Sociedad, must be two years ago now. Click to continue reading...

D.C. United eliminated from Superliga 2008

I suppose that there should be some feeling of grief, but really there isn't. Tom Soehn did the right thing and sacrificed this match, and I imagine most of us had already gritted out teeth and pulled the bandage off that hairy bit of the arm. It hurts, but not as bad as you might think.

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West Ham United have sold their club captain for £8.5 million to Aston Villa. There had been rumours about the England Under-21 captain's future after he submitted a transfer request at the end of last season. There was a changing room bust up that caused a rift between the player and the club. The press put [...] Click to continue reading...