Referees are traditional supposed to remain impartial, but when you've got the vision and invention
of this Greek official there is only so long you can contain it. Presented with an opportunity that
was too good to refuse during the match between OFI and Xanthi, ref Anastasios Kakos delivered a
tasty trick to create a [.
Sunderland 1-0 Manchester City Premier League 1st January 2012
After seeing Manchester United and Chelsea both lose, and Tottenham drop two points at the
Liberty Stadium, the scene was set at the Stadium of Light for Manchester City's diamond-encrusted
side to move ahead in the race for the title.
Ajax whooped Group D stragglers Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 in Amsterdam last night, with Danish tyro
Christian Eriksen providing the lion's share of the craft and invention including this borderline
pornographic backheel assist for Gregory van der Wiel's opener.
Brazilian sensation Neymar is quite possibly the biggest football name at the London 2012 Olympics.
Given his flamboyant flicks and eye-catching invention with the ball, it's easy to see why the
world's biggest clubs are buzzing around him like a bee over spilt Tango. The stick-thin prodigy
failed to add to his endless showreel of [.
Brazilian sensation Neymar is quite possibly the biggest football name at the London 2012 Olympics.
Given his flamboyant flicks and eye-catching invention with the ball, it's easy to see why the
world's biggest clubs are buzzing around him like a bee over spilt Tango. The stick-thin prodigy
failed to add to his endless showreel of [.
July 3rd Torres-ntial Reign by Off The Post on Mixcloud It was historic, it was beautiful to
experience and it was perhaps the best display of artistry and invention in our lifetime... the OTP
Pod have served up their very last Euro 2012 special. With the salivary gland on full alert, we dim
the [.
Week after week, planet football delivers magic moments that deserve a wider audience. Prior to the
invention of YouTube, those wonderous nuggets would have been lost in time, remembered only by
those brave souls who attend matches in the violence-blighted Argentinian Fourth Division. But not
any more and this week is no exception.
1. Sir Alex Ferguson is like an inventor who's suffered great misfortune at the hands of his own
invention. It looks like squeaky bum time has come back to haunt him. 2. The two managers seemed
determined to settle their score in the only way they know: a pitchside dance-off of The Birdie
Song. 3. [.
Despite Manchester United's lack of depth in central midfield, Darron "with an 'o' " Gibson has
been shipped off to Everton, for a reported fee of £1million. The Irishman's four and a half year
deal with the Toffees comes after not long after the Republic of Ireland midfielder was fined by
Sir Alex Ferguson, after a Boxing Day night out with team-mates Wayne Rooney and Jonny Evans had
left the players unfit for training for the following morning.
The 40th International Exhibition of Inventions is underway in Geneva and Venezuelan Jose Pires
Tavares has already won it on the very first day. Now, I don't know if an international exhibition
of inventions is something that can be won, but that doesn't matter.
Tavares' invention is the Football Box, which according to Getty is "an invention for children
which allows them to play in a miniature-sized football arena.
It's gonna be a short one today, I can guarantee you that. There's so little going on it could
well be one of those where you might do something to fill the gap. Like, take an extract from the
blog on this day in a year gone by. Like this from 2008:
Ryo Miyaichi sets up Ivan Klasnic's winner. Nice bit of invention for the Arsenal winger on loan
to the Wanderers. Former Red Bulls defender Tim Ream set up Bolton's first goal floating in a
beautifully hung cross from the left which Darren Pratley was able to get his head on ahead of
former Arsenal left back Armand Traore.
The way it's going, you would think that we're now in June and the European Championship is upon
us. Why? Have you not seen all the Arsenal related news having to do with transfers and how much
money Arsene Wenger will be allowed to spend? Last time I checked, we're supposed to take every
match as a cup final.
So what if.... How much of progress did humanity make just by someone, somewhere thinking these
3 words? Many good invention started just by these 3 magical words. So I was thinking: So what if
Fifa/Uefa/FA started with a way to cancel out bad mistakes from the refs.
There was a time where the entire world relied on Journalists for the news. World news, local
new, fashion updates, entertainment and sports, if you needed to know something about anything that
interested you, you went to the media in its various forms to get the latest. The radio would give
you the most up to date news in brief fashion, and the newspaper would give you the in-depth
version on your kitchen table with your breakfast before work.
Pepe Reina feels Liverpool are three years away from challenging for the title, with the keeper
claiming they are paying the price for a lack of invention.
The Reds have spent huge sums in the past 12 months in a bid to make up ground on the likes of
Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.
There was hope. Hope in Dalglish's return. Hope in Suarez' arrival. Hope in the introduction of
a more pleasing brand of football. And then, in a moment, it seemed to have all been ripped
away.
People talked about the club being bigger than any one player, and they rationalised that things
would be alright given that that particular player hadn't really made much of a contribution
to any kind of success over the previous eighteen months.
Back in the nineties teams would travel to Anfield with one plan in mind: that of stopping Steve
McManaman. The thinking was that if they managed this then they were well on their way to getting
something out of the game. It wasn't a tactic that worked as much as its reputation suggested yet
it worked often enough for it to continue being used.
Although Maxi Rodriguez grabbed his second hat-trick in three games, it is Luis Suarez who
impressed the most tonight at Craven Cottage.
The impish forward was full of industry and invention as he tormented Fulham for the entire game.
He was involved in every one of Liverpool's attacksand caused havoc whenever he had the ball.
Lets face it. The actor who played Aragorn is not a fan of the Real Madrid manager. He was in
Madrid to promote his new film and he took time off to say what he thought of Jose Mourinho who has
had his share of run ins with the milder mannered Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova but would never
do the same with Diego Simeone.
One point from six now, and yet we remain in charge of our own destiny – just about – thanks to
our twelfth man, ‘results elsewhere'. God bless Results Elsewhere and all who sail in her!
That our closest rivals now – or at least, for now – are not from London but from Newcastle
will perhaps be as much as surprise to them as it is to everyone else.
You just know it's gonna be bad when you see perennial bench warmer Boy Jati starting up front
alongside a new signing.
This hasn't been the greatest of seasons for Arema and this 2-1 defeat away to Pelita Jaya was just
about right. Forget the fact that the two teams are to all intents and purposes owned by the same
people, Arema are a poor team.
Have received a few emails from readers asking what is happen at FC BARCELONA & in particular
with their Coach JOSEP GUARDIOLA. Firstly the only person that can answer this is Josep Guardiola,
the rest is just supposition, rumour & invention. Secondly, although this is not an area that I
am particularly well informed, I will write down the main points that has Barça on a limb &
hanging inÂ
Blast, and other unseemly vituperations. Apparently armed with a game-plan to avoid, at all
costs, ever stringing together more than three passes, our heroes stuck to the drill fairly
resolutely throughout, and it's two points a-begging, faster than you can say "someone track that
Ba fellow, he's making a late run into the area".
With this nomination, the club will now be able to fully devote themselves to the reconstruction
of a squad that should be amputated by some of their best elements : Jeremy Toulalan being gone,
the likes of Bastos, Cissokho, possibly Kallström, Ederson and pretty much anyone who's not deemed
absolutely untransferable.
That was painful. Fulham were excellent, but so bad were Birmingham that the victory seemed
almost cruel.
Why should I care? I think it's that about a year ago Birmingham and Fulham seemed so similar:
defensively very sound, occasionally prone to lack of invention, but good enough to win enough
games to stay in the league.
The journey from cause celebre to forgotten man took nine months. Last summer, as England exited
the World Cup with a desperate lack of invention, Joe Cole assumed the role of the overlooked
saviour. Now he is simply ignored: the right-footed, left-sided player called up by Fabio Capello
these days is Matt Jarvis.
Ok say Pele and Cantona hit the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. I rolled up at the registration desk
and given a sticker which I was told to display in a prominent place...but not that prominent
place. Regretfully I stuck it on my beergut and still can't get the bugger off.
I was then escorted upstairs, in case I didn't know the way.
