John Giles
The statesman of Irish punditry
August 30, 2007 | Posted in Pundits | Read More »
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August, 2007
West Ham up to their old tricks
Haven’t they learned a thing? A quick perusal of RTE Aertel’s “Soccer” headlines suggests the Hammers are still using players that don’t belong to them. Spotter’s Badge Gerry McGreevy
August 29, 2007 | Posted in Quotes 2007-2008 | Read More »
Outside Left: Phileas Beckham feeling the pace
We start in Lithuania with the owner of Scottish side Heart of Midlothian FC, Vladimir Romanov.
August 29, 2007 | Posted in Funny Old Game | Read More »
All change in Manchester
Dave Odell rounds up the week’s funny football stories
August 22, 2007 | Posted in Funny Old Game | Read More »
Arsenal crossbar challenge
Hats off to the Arse for snubbing Lovejoy and co all these years and then making a show of themselves on French telly instead. Wenger’s “Walcott peut-etre!” a particularly poignant and telling moment that convinced nobody.
August 21, 2007 | Posted in Video | Read More »
Week in Guff: Ronnie Whelan gets to bottom of Riise power
Football Focus on Saturday provided the clearest evidence yet what damage a lifetime of heading the ball can do to the brain. According to Martin Keown, this is… “… the strongest Everton squad you can ever remember.” Tell that to Big Nev.
August 19, 2007 | Posted in Quotes 2007-2008 | Read More »
The Week in Funny Football Videos
Beckham can bend it! Would there be a film in that do you think?
August 17, 2007 | Posted in Video | Read More »
Job not done. Mourinho not getting carried away.
No wonder Keano is getting so upset about modern footballers prioritising shopping over the game. According to Paul Walsh on Sky, some players – Mattie Taylor for one – are so obsessed with everyday possessions that it’s creeping into their passing: “If he’s spotted Benjani there, that is an absolutely worldly ball.”
August 16, 2007 | Posted in Quotes 2007-2008 | Read More »
Don’t forget Wigan – Middlesbrough tonight folks
“The pressure is on both of them already,” says Andy Gray. Meanwhile, the pressure was on Gary MacAllister last night and didn’t he let Richard Keys down badly.
August 15, 2007 | Posted in Quotes 2007-2008 | Read More »
Red Issue hacked?
Bad weekend all round for United. Not only has the Roon broken every bone in his body and the exiting new strikeforce of John O’Shea scuppered the DH accumulator, but look what’s become of famed United website redissue.co.uk. Pic here in case the Scousers have already returned the site and hubcaps.
August 13, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »
Week in Guff: Merse a fish out of his tree
He was in Dublin during the week plugging Soccer Saturday, and Paul Merson didn’t let us down on the opening day, greeting Roque Santa Cruz’s debut header for Blackburn thus: “He’s rose like a fish.”
August 12, 2007 | Posted in Quotes 2007-2008 | Read More »
Football, Fifteen Years On
When football was invented in 1992 by a brave, visionary group of television executives, none of them could possibly have foreseen the juncture at which we now find ourselves, on the cusp of the sixteenth season of what those founding fathers lovingly called ‘the Premiership’.
August 11, 2007 | Posted in Funny Old Game | Read More »
Gaffers under thumb, but not Prince. Becks benched
The new soccer season is upon us with the major European leagues just starting – and the anticipation is bigger than ever before. Will we recognise the players, or even be able to pronounce their names? But there is one thing that will stay the same and has already started in earnest.
August 11, 2007 | Posted in Funny Old Game | Read More »
Mersey Double, Arse, Man U and Chelsea
Ave a monkey on this: Everton home to Wigan, Pool away at Villa and handy homes for United, Chelsea and Arsenal. Decent looking value at 6-1 at www.paddypower.com
August 11, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized | Read More »
dangerhere.com Fantasy League
Here’s the code for the official Dangerhere.com fantasy league at www.premierleague.com: 333490-67035 A few t-shirts will be available for the winner. Just pick your team, then click Enter a league and pop in the code. There will be some exclusive yet-to-be-released DH tees for the winners.
August 11, 2007 | Posted in Competitions | Read More »
Transfer twists
Lets be honest everyone loves the speculation of the transfer market, you know the type of thing, which players are going where, how much they’re going to cost, how often they’ll say “This is the only club I’ve ever wanted to play for!”
August 10, 2007 | Posted in Funny Old Game | Read More »
Does Becks really know what he’s getting into?
Reporter Jeremy StLouis to Chivas’ Jesse Marsch: “Jesse, tough game to lose, lets get your thoughts on it, you put in a good effort”. Marsch: “Yeah, er, we actually won.”
August 5, 2007 | Posted in Quotes 2007-2008 | Read More »
