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A
bleak week at DangerHere Towers, as the biggest obstacle to productivity
since we felt
obliged to monitor daily the
goings on at Big Brother house (and
the progress of our tidy 13-1
wager on Craig for outright
victory) was cruely taken from us.
footofgod.com
was the source of our distraction
and it was a gem. Basically it was
a video clip collection of around
3,000 of the world's best goals -
gathered together by a couple of
Canadian-based gents called Tamir
and Kadima - that was searchable by
player, club, or country. There
was something here for everyone.
Our resident football
intellectual, Little, got all
excited about seeing his favourite
Belanov goal from the '86 World
Cup, while the more parochial
Armchairgooner just kept playing a
Merson free kick against Ipswich.
Anyway, copyright issues clearly
weren't a big concern to the lads but FIFA have
got on the case and threatened legal action unless
the site was closed down. The good news though is
that hardy legal battlers, Napster have taken on
the footofgod's mission and claim they will have
the goal fest back online in no time. We
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football in good hands |
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A
bit closer to home, a quick look
at new Irish football website A2Zsoccer.com
proves that the health and welfare
of our top domestic stars is being
well looked after. The site boasts a Mind
and Body section where it claims
Shelbourne physio Larry Byrne will
provide 'expert' advice. Larry is
clearly a busy man, as the ENTIRE
contents of his helpful column
read as follows.
The dead leg is one of the most
common injuries in soccer, but if
treated early enough and right it
should not cause you to miss a
game.
Going over on your ankle, or
spraining it, is very painful as
it forces the ligament to stretch
beyond its normal range.
Cheers, Larry. Just to recap
then.
If I knew how to sort out those
dead legs lads, I wouldn't be
working for Shels. Don't worry
though, it'll go away in the end.
And try not to sprain your ankle,
pal. It hurts.
Pure gold. |
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What
about this for an all time eleven?
Edwin Van Der Sar
Berry Van Arle Ronald Koeman
Steve Bould Arthur
Numan
Ruud Gullit Frank
Rijkaard Jan Wouters
Johan Cruyff
Michael Laudrup
Marco Van Basten
DangerHere somehow suspects that
our esteemed readers may not be
long in identifying the sore thumb
amidst this particular set of
finely manicured Dutch (and
Danish) fingers. So who is it that
has nominated Uncle Bouldy into
such elevated company? None other
than former team-mate Marc
Overmars on his personal homepage
at icons.com.
Clearly, the lively wingman was
unimpressed with the array of
international stars he encountered
at Highbury. Or could his
preference for the ex-Stoke man
have anything to do with Bouldy
having left the club before the
entire dressing room apparently
rounded on the none-too-physical
Dutchman after a particularly
windy first-half performance by
Marcy No Mates during another Arsenal away defeat
last season. Surely not
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We really meant to
do a bit of swotting on the state of the US Major League this week, but I'm afraid we got a
bit bogged down by a blast of the good ole
American statistic addiction. Just to give you an
idea, take this account from soccertimes.net
of US under 23 keeper and former Everton trialist
Andy Kirk's recent progress.
Has posted a 1.50 GAA in two exhibitions in
2000 ... Posted a 0.80 GAA and a 3-1-1
record in five exhibition games in 1998 ...
Under-20: Played in 19 overall matches for the
U-20s in 1997, posting a 5-9-4 mark and a 1.21 GAA
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To summarise, we reckon Andy's left in 3 goals in
2 games this season, won 3 of his 5 friendlies in
1998, and couldn't really be arsed what he got up
to back in 1997.
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