Entries Tagged 'Banter' ↓

Finding a solid, consistent #1 is amongst the most important things a mananger can do. How many truly great teams can you think of that didn’t posess a truly great goalkeeper? Is it any coincidence that Manchester United finally came out of the Peter Schmeichel wilderness years when they snapped up Edwin van der Sar? Goalkeeper is the single position on the field which carries the most power. Power to ruin an afternoons work in one moment of utter stupidity. Continue reading →

Remember the other week, after Liverpool bombed out of the FA Cup, they decided to try selling tickets for the next round anyway? It would appear it’s not just Liverpool who’ve been thinking wishfully.

In the NFC Championship Game, which is yankee-doodle-super-hype-speak for the Superbowl semi final, NFLs Minnesota Vikings lost in overtime to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday night. Unperturbed, they decided to use their website to declare themselves champions anyway.

Perhaps, if I dream hard enough, Derby will win the Champions League?

This was always going to happen, but my god, am I glad it did. Carlos Tevez has confirmed my early suspicions by revealing that his celebrations were aimed, not at anyone in particular, but at SAF and Gary Neville, and has made things more interesting by going nuts on Argentine radio and launching an astonishing rant at his former colleagues. I enjoy rants at the best of times, but this is a really good one. Continue reading →

Sir Alex Ferguson has banned his players from using popular social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, the BBC has reported. If only our Blackberry hero had such guidance. Continue reading →

Todays slice of LOLpie comes from the BBC, via a teacher from Yarksher who proves that Rory Delap really isn’t that clever at all. He has broken the world record for longest throw-in with this effort of 49.78m, or nearly 25 Peter Crouches. Continue reading →

You know when you’re juggling a football, and you go for the big finish and screw up totally, and you have no idea how to save yourself from looking like a complete and utter dick?

Ronaldo knows how…

Top cameramen and women are taking legal advice over the Carlos Tevez affair, it has been reported. Continue reading →