Touchy-Feely Arsenal, Owen for Newcastle pay-cut, Innocent Chelsea captain, Lass to topple Liverpool, new Leeds manager and more
Today’s roundup is brought to you by the lovely Gemma Atkinson, who has unceremoniously dumped Marcus Bent and is waiting for your phone call focusing on her career instead. Maybe this will be the last time we ever need to hear, think or talk about whats-his-name?
A note to David Beckham fans (there *must* be some of them online as well, right?) – the #32 Milan shirt looks quite nice and it is available for pre-order now.
Real Madrid have bought Lassana Diarra (or ‘Lass’, as he will be called in Spain) from Portsmouth for 20m. 20-fucking-million-pounds. I know he’s a good player but his temperament is more Robinho than Raul, and the last thing Real need at the moment are ambitious primadonnas who will move if they’re not getting first-team football. Or maybe that’s the first thing they need? Lass can give Madrid the grit they need to go up against a team like Liverpool and come out on top. Fingers crossed, and if he can help Madrid knock Liverpool out of the Premier League, I don’t think anyone willl care what else he does or what he calls himself.
Michael Owen has publicly committed himself to Newcastle till the end of the season and said that he’s willing to accept a pay-cut. He’s carried himself admirably considering the sheer amount of trees cut down to print rumours carrying him from Newcastle to all parts of England (and US), and he’s right to say that this is probably the last big decision of his club career (or second-last, assuming he’ll retire on his own and not due to injury).
ManUtdTalk is a decent forum if you’re a United fan. Of course, if you’re a United fan you should already be here and here.
BD Condell shares his thoughts on the Best Footballers of 2008 and Top 20 Young Footballers for 2009.
Leeds have brought on Simon Grayson as their new manager. Gus Poyet was the bookies favourite to take over but Grayson was a close second and after Blackpool allowed Leeds permission to talk to Grayson, the deal was done quite quickly.
John Terry did NOT deserve a red card. Yellow maybe for an off-the-ground one-footed-lunge but no-where near a red card. See the video evidence for yourself.
And finally…why are Arsenal *this soft*?
Too much hugging post-game and not enough spirit shown during the game. Arsenal need men, not touchy-feely boys.
Over to you.
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Have to agree on the Terry sending-off.
If Diarra can knock Liverpool out of the Premier League while playing for Real Madrid he’s a much more influential player than I thought! (Sorry couldn’t resist that).
Darren Bent has gone way up in my estimation!
And finally, who’s that touching-up Van Pierse. Now that’s a worry, as if Wenger didn’t have enough already.
December 23rd, 2008 @ 14:36Because he got dumped?
Probably Clichy.
December 23rd, 2008 @ 15:46I would have said ‘feels like Clichy’ but damn that sounds wrong.
December 23rd, 2008 @ 15:47you lying basterds…xD that is so photoshopped. Look at the hands near van persie’s ass (Never thought i’d ever say that but moving on..) See anything weird?
Decent effort though
December 23rd, 2008 @ 19:39Yea, whoever is touching RvP has four hands…
I haven’t seen Terry’s foul yet, but I am willing to be that Chelsea will win the appeal (if they decide to appeal).
December 23rd, 2008 @ 20:34Okay, scratch that. That was bloody vicious and I have to agree with the red card. I mean, his foot was a foot off the ground when he made contact.
December 23rd, 2008 @ 20:37Gotta agree, in this day and age of umpires, if that isn’t a straight red card I don’t know what is. I think he qualifies in a few ways, studs up, late, off the ground all sorts of things and if he gets off it’s just them bowing to pressure.
December 24th, 2008 @ 07:55Nasri lloks very close to Van Persie!!!
December 24th, 2008 @ 10:45