This week's Shit Shot Mungo sees the financial crisis at Heart of Clackmannanshire deepen still
further, as the £30 fine imposed by the authorities for playing a match when their entire squad
knowingly had swine flu proves to be the final nail in their coffin. The club is forced to put all
of its players on part-time wages, but one man (who has been earning £190,000 per week for as long
as anyone can remember) may be able to save the day.
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Off the Post 19 November @ 03:33 AM EST
It's time for those Gooners to give again Arsenal's highly commendable 'Be a Gooner. Be a Giver'
campaign is about to kick-in. Just like last season, Arsenal's squad will donate a day's wages to
their charity, which is the Great Ormond Street Hospital this year. But to drum up extra support
the club sent Cesc Fabregas, Bacary [.
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LTLF 18 November @ 04:13 PM EST
Raddy Majewski will hopefully become a permanent fixture at Forest, although there are implications
that he could be holding out for a bit more money (who said that Polish workers are content with
low wages?) In the meantime, Craig Broon has suggested that Wee Billy Davies could be the next
manager of the Scotchland national team; [.
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Okay, I know, 3 posts in one day is a bit excessive. But one was part of a planned thing, the
other was new injury news, and there are several things here that I thought you find
interesting.
First, and most importantly, Kieran Gibbs did not break his foot, only suffered brusing, and is
expected to be back and ready for action against Chelsea on the 29th.
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There are some interesting comments from Garry Cook that have been picked up in or two areas of the
press the past day concerning the future transfer strategy:
"That is absolutely (a model to aspire to) because, financially, it's a better model
than one where you get into negotiating a market price that has no pre-determining factors other
than supply and demand.
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The Offside 17 November @ 07:30 PM EST
This is what an allergy to water would look like, I presume. This is how years of therapy start.
(Water Cooler Offside) The mathematics of a statistic. (Uli Hesse) The truthiness behind Lampard's
plane injury. (Studs Up) Samuel Eto'o dishes out some expensive watches for his Cameroonian
teammates. (The Spoiler) FIFA wages war against Iraq.
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A nice piece from Whittall today on the digital media transition, with an intelligent critique of
the Clay Shirky article I linked to a while ago:
And this where Shirkly's article bugs me: while he's right in seeing present
circumstances for what they are, he ends the article the way many of these articles tend to, with
the realization that the medium for journalists has to be replaced and "who knows what will replace
it, only time and innovation will tell!
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Avenell Road 16 November @ 05:06 AM EST
That's when Robin van Persie says he will be back, and just in case it's my chimney he selects
then there will be a great big cushion in the grate to make sure he gets a soft landing!
I will miss our Robin, big time! For so many season's he has had a niggle here or there, but
finally this year it seemed as if the boy wonder was going to send us all a bit crazy.
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According to Andy Walker at the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham boss Alex
McLeish would like to hold onto goalie Colin Doyle, despite his interest
to leave. McLeish said,
"He (Doyle) is our third-choice goalkeeper, he's cover ... We need to have three good
goalkeepers, Doyley's had a fair bit of experience without being given the total amount of
experience of the other two.
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Dirty Tackle 12 November @ 03:23 PM EST
The members of Manchester City not busy with international duty finally met the man who pays
their massive wages for the first time yesterday in Abu Dhabi, ahead of today's friendly against
the United Arab Emirates (which City lost 1-0). The awkwardness of the occasion is evident
especially the shot at 10 second into the video where it appears they just finished talking about
the weather and now have absolutely nothing left to say to each other.
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Anfield Talk 11 November @ 11:50 AM EST
Andrea Dossena appears to be edging closer to a move to Napoli after his agent suggested that
Liverpool should sell in January.
The Italy defender was close to a switch to Stadio San Paolo in the summer, but the deal broke down
amidst suggestions that personal terms could not be agreed.
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I really feel for the 'supporters' who are in the Anti-Rafa Brigade. Yeah, really, if you
believe cows can fly. The go on and on about wanting Rafa to be sacked while ignoring glaring
FACTS. And what happens to them after each game?
When we lose, these supporters will be happy because they feel that their argument is justified,
BUT they will be unhappy because we have lost.
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UPDATE: According to the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham boss
Alex McLeish has ruled out the possibility of going after Dynamo
Kiev striker Andriy Shevchenko. McLeish said,
"Shevchenko is not on my radar. Sammy has not told me he has made inquiries.
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strong>In the latest salvo of the Ashley counter offensive, Newcastle United's managing
Director, Derek Llambias, has been revealing the depth of Mike Ashley's financial black hole in an
interview for Radio Newcastle. He moaned about the financial meltdown involved when a monster £70
million wages club that is supposed to be geared up for European [.
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Anfield Talk 04 November @ 12:05 PM EST
Liverpool flop Andrea Dossena is set to end his Liverpool nightmare by securing a January loan
switch to Napoli.
Dossena, 28, is one of under-fire Reds boss Rafa Benitez's worst signings and has failed to
convince the Spaniard he deserves a first-team berth.
The Italian cost £7 million when he joined from Udinese in the summer of 2008.
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"We lived the dream"
Is what former Leeds United chairman Peter Ridsdale now rather infamously stated as his Elland
Road empire crumbled around him. We've all heard the stories of the expensive pet fish in the
office and Seth Johnson's ridiculous wages but the long and short of it was that Leeds borrowed too
much money and built up too high a wage bill, with no guarantee of funds to service the debt let
alone pay it off.
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According to Andy Walker at the Birmingham Mail, Birmingham are thought to be
interested in Dynamo Kiev striker Andriy Shevchenko, but he is
not a top priority. One of the biggest reasons is because of his large wages.
Other targets mentioned are West Bromwich midfielder Graham
Dorrans and QPR's Wayne Routledge.
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According to James Riach at Sky Sports News, Hull City chairman Adam
Pearson is looking to lower the wages of the club. Currently the club's highest paid
players are Jimmy Bullard, Geovanni, Daniel
Cousin, and George Boateng.
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Dirty Tackle 03 November @ 07:24 PM EST
The rise of La Liga and its increasing appeal to foreign players can be attributed to more than
just Real Madrid spending money like a teenage girl with a trust fund. Everyone agrees that the
"Beckham Law", which allows footballers to pay almost half the taxes that normal people do, has
been a big draw, especially as the tax rate has risen in the UK.
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We reported last night how Sol Campbell seemed to making overtures to Newcastle United. Sol
Campbell wants to join Newcastle hard lines We had mentioned that it all depended on whether Sol
would accept £750K/year as his wages, because it would be daft of Newcastle to pay big wages we
have a big enough [.
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It's all gone pear shaped north of the border. And I mean, totally. Toronto FC is melting down.
Montreal and Vancouver have been kicked out of USL. Bloggers are furiously trying to find the USL
teams a home and curb stomp TFC management.
Richard Whittall has coped with the crisis by succumbing to complete, barking madness:
This might put me on the business end of a very detailed flaming post, but why doesn't
MLS consider a radical move: a wholesale ideological change in direction away from purchasing
"ready-made" talent, either overseas or within the league, and toward investment in superb
managerial and coaching staff?
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Anfield Talk 29 October @ 01:44 PM EST
Liverpool have been linked with a £16.5 million move for Valencia winger Juan Mata in January, as
ongoing concerns over the finances of the Spanish club may result in them being forced to sell the
player.
Although the club's two main stars – the two Davids, Silva and Villa – have remained at
Valencia, despite serious interest from many of Europe's biggest clubs, their sporting director
Fernando Gomez hinted that lesser players may be sold to ease the financial burden.
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Spanish football club
Valencia have recently admitted that they still have some serious
financial problems. Valencia's star player
David Villa has sacked his agent Luis Tamargo,
after he failed to secure him a move away from the club.
Man United, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Liverpool have all been linked with a move for the
player.
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Arsenal midfielder Andriy Arshavin says he expects a large number of Premier League
stars to abandon England in the near future, as the tax band is almost twice as big as in
Spain.
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Red Rants 20 October @ 06:54 PM EST
The Guardian has an interesting piece on a forgotten tale involving United players, 100
years ago. Here's an extract:
The first meeting of the Association Football Players Union in 1907 was chaired by United
player Billy Meredith – the "Welsh Wizard", who was one of the first footballing
superstars.
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Ever heard the one about the club who loaned their best defender, who also happened to be their
ex-Chairman's son-in-law, to their ex-manager's club only to see him score against the employers
who were still paying 90% of his wages? No? Well it happened this weekend as Marcel Seip edged a
Charlie Adam free kick past Romain Larrieu, his Plymouth Argyle teammate of over three seasons.
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I can see us beating them 0-2 tomorrow, plain and simple.
Let's face it, with the mess that they were (still are) in, Paul Hart had no choice but to bring in
Championship players. Championship players normally end up in the Championship.
O'Hara, who's been solid for them this season, won't be in the side, whilst King (who Patrick
Barclay of the Times called the best centre-half in Britain) should be back.
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Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have both surprisingly spoken out about the controversial issue of
football players earning every penny of their astronomically large salaries.
When the starting salary for a nurse is £20k a year, a teacher is £21k a year and a police
officer is £22k a year, it's hard to argue that John Terry deserves £160k a week!
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There will be no money for Chris Hughton in the January transfer window, if Mike Ashley is still
the owner. Andy O'Brien - loan signing fell through we couldn't afford his wages That's the news
this morning and it's looking like Newcastle United this season will need to continue to us t he
loan market as [.
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It looks like
Inter Milan's Brazilian defender
Maicon is a wanted man.
Barcelona were linked with a move for the player and it looked like in the summer that the
player was close to a move to the Nou Camp.
Today both
Man United and
Man City have been linked with a move for the 28-year-old.
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Anfield Talk 12 October @ 12:29 PM EST
Borussia Moenchengladbach are lining up a cheeky bid to take Liverpool defender Daniel Agger on
loan.
The Bundesliga side's sporting director Max Eberl confirmed he had sent scouts to watch Denmark
beat Sweden 1-0 on Saturday, but refused to confirm they were looking at the centre half.
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Off the Post 07 October @ 05:20 AM EST
Harry Redknapp instils his values even in players he loans out Enterprising Portsmouth midfielder
Jamie O'Hara has had fewer worries than most of his team-mates in recent days. The loanee's pay
packet is still the responsibility of Tottenham, so O'Hara was unaffected by the delay in Pompey's
wages being paid.
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Dirty Tackle 06 October @ 10:52 PM EST
There are lots of funny aspects to being a Premier League footballer. Like how teammates play
practical jokes in the dressing room, or how topless models throw themselves at you, or, I don't
know, how your club sometimes can't pay your wages because they're on the brink of a financial
meltdown.
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Dirty Tackle 06 October @ 04:33 AM EST
Liverpool co-owner George Gillett recently told fan group Spirit of Shankly that Rafa
Benitez is the man to blame for the club's underwhelming start to the season. While throwing his
manager under the bus may not sound like the classiest thing for an owner to do, it really does
make a lot more sense in the context of the full discussion.
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