Sven Goren Eriksson’s Notts County revolution has taken a hit as Sol Campbell has decided to leave the club—after only one match. No reason has been given for Sol’s departure, but maybe the fourth division reminded him too much of playing for Portsmouth.
Unfortunately, allegations of racism have tarnished the third round of the Carling Cup. Blackpool’s Jason Euell was the victim of verbal abuse while El-Hadji Diouf, now of Blackburn, claims to have had bananas tossed at him. Unlike Euell, nobody believes Diouf…hmm, I wonder why.
Avram Grant is back…well sort of. The former Chelsea manager has agreed to a coaching role in the remote Russian republic of Komi. What a fall from grace for a man who was one John Terry missed penalty from winning the Champions League. Football really is a fickle bitch.
On the subject of remote coaching outposts, Bryan Robson has agreed to coach the Thai national team. He replaces another Englishman, Peter Reid. The English might not rate their own managers, but apparently they’re more than good enough for Thailand.
You might remember Joe Cole. Plays for Chelsea, had a great goal in the 2006 World Cup, and has been injured for the past two seasons. Well he’s recovered and he’s ready to be the point in Chelsea’s new diamond formation, or what Joe refers to as the ‘sausage roll’ position. Seriously folks, he’ll be here all week.
And in economic news, season ticket sales are down in Italy. And no club has been hit harder than AC Milan. Looks like an aging Ronaldinho isn’t as big of a draw as fan favorite Kaka. And to add insult to injury, no one has sold more season tickets than cross town rivals Inter Milan. Ouch, that’s got to hurt.
Do you remember the early 90s sitcom Family Matters? You probably remember it as the Steve Urkel show. And you may remember his catch phrase ‘Did I do that?’ Well, that’s what’s the news is like today, a bunch of people making some bad decisions.
French club Rennes has been charged with poaching teenager Tongo Hamed Doumbia from Châteauroux, a Ligue 2 side. It wouldn’t be so funny if they hadn’t accused Manchester City of doing the same thing to them. Maybe someone needs to translate the old adage about people in glass houses into French.
It looks like there’s been a little bust-up at Aston Villa between manager Martin O’Neill and disgruntled midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker. Some reports say that Reo-Coker got physical and pushed and choked O’Neill. The manager denies Reo-Coker went all Latrell Spreewell, but he did give the hot-headed midfielder the weekend off.
Liverpool may be sitting in fifth place and seven points behind BPL leaders Chelsea, but that doesn’t worry Steven Gerrard. Captain Liverpool feels the club is starting to heat up and that the African Cup of Nations will work in the Reds favor. There’s nothing like back-to-back victories over powerhouses Burnley and Debrecen to fill up one’s cup of confidence.
Arsene Wenger might want to move on from ‘Manu-Gate,’ but it’s still fresh in Cesc Fabregas’ mind. The Arsenal captain claims the out-of-control Adebayor made a reckless tackle that left him with stud marks and a three inch gash on his shin. I don’t think this story will ever die—unfortunately.
On the subject of hot-heads, the real reason for Wayne Rooney’s temper tantrum after being substituted during Manchester United’s 1-0 win at Besiktas mid-week has been revealed. Apparently he was spat on by some Besiktas fans. It’s a good thing we’ve nipped this potential ‘Gate’ in the bud.
New Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling has scored five goals in five matches this season and attributes his blistering form to his new near-beard. The formerly baby-faced player started growing the wispy brush before the season and vows to keep it until he stops scoring. If he scores this weekend against Werder Bremen he will be the first Bundesliga player to score six in six. All hail the near-beard.
For some odd reason Real Valladolid decided to bring a live bear to training last Friday. Their nickname, Pucela, has nothing to do with bears, so why the bear? Maybe it was to inspire the players or maybe it was the old Spanish tradition of ‘Bring a Bear to Work Day.’ Whatever the reason, it didn’t work. Valladolid lost to Valencia 4 -2 on Sunday.
This hasn’t been the best of seasons for David Beckham. He began the campaign by fighting with his own LA Galaxy supporters, and now he’s gone after FC Dallas player Daniel Hernandez. In just two season in the MLS, Becks has turned from classy English gentleman to hard man. Methinks an apperance on Monday Night Raw is next for Mr. Posh Spice.
It’s appears that the BPL’s longest shirt sponsorship is coming to an end. Danish brewer Carlsberg has been on the front of Liverpool’s shirt since 1992, but with the brewer reaching an agreement with the English FA to bankroll the FA Cup (4 years for £50m), it appears the relationship has come to an end. While sponsorship deals are hard to find in today’s economy, Liverpool shouldn’t have trouble finding a new one. And besides, it might be a good change for the Reds—they haven’t won the Premier League since they had Candy as a backer.
Yesterday Ellen DeGeneres kicked off her seventh season by hosting everyone’s favorite underwear model and wanderlust ridden footballer David Beckham. While they didn’t discuss much football, they did talk a lot about skivvies. Click here to see the entire interview.
In his latest advertisement for Castrol Edge Oil, Cristiano Ronaldo explains the importance of vehicle maintenance. When watching the ad, don’t you think the defenders should have used the tunnel defense to slow down the high-performing Portugueser?
Following Real Madrid’s 3-2 victory over Deportivo La Coruna Saturday, new best friends Cristiano Ronaldo and Usain Bolt engaged in some arm wrestling, ‘lightening bolt’ posing, and mutual ego stroking.
Back in June we warned everyone not to mess with Bulgarian bombshell Nikoleta Lozanova, and her mob boss boyfriend, Georgi ‘The Head’ Stoilov. ‘The Head’ was thought to be behind the destruction of Liverpool reserve team keeper Nikolay Mihailov’s Ferrari after Mihailov made some less than flattering comments about the former Bulgarian ‘Playmate of the Year.’ According to the always reliable The Sun, economical Manchester United star Dimitar Berbatov didn’t take our advice. It seems he’s been sending Lozanova some steamy text messages and ‘The Head’ isn’t happy about it. This hasn’t been the best of weeks for Berba—first teammate Rio Ferdinand makes fun of his fashion sense and now he has to worry about dodging gangsters during the international break.
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