Monday Madness!

Not much madness this week...

He's worse than Yakubu!

Flamengo striker Deivid added another howler to his catalogue of misses in his side’s narrow Guanabara Cup semi-final defeat to with Vasco da Gama. You know how much I hate Yakubu for his horror miss in the World Cup, but this guy is shocking.

The 32-year-old forward has built up something of an unenviable reputation for missing sitters, and it seems his curse in front of goal struck with a vengeance as he squandered an open goal from three-yards out.

The video on the left is the miss and the one on the right is a compilation his his worst misses.

Brazil crush Spain - with their new ad
Brazil have gone head to head with world champions Spain in launching their new kit manufacturers' adverts at the same time - with Brazil coming out on top. Nike's advert, launched on Monday, features Brazil - in yellow - against Brazil - in blue. The Adidas advert for Spain's new Euro 2012 second kit was launched 24 hours after Brazil's, and strikes a more sober tone. Their film has only been available 24 hours longer than the Spanish one, but has gathered over 1.8 million hits, compared to Spain's paltry
42,000.

Not so Incredible Hulk
Porto issued a complaint to UEFA about the behaviour of Manchester City supporters on Wednesday night – for the heinous act of suggesting that their striker Hulk did not have super powers. Chelsea are interested in signing the Brazilian striker. Porto have said they want £85m for him. I think it's a rumour.

Team knowlege test week 2

This week we test your knowlege on recently crowned carling cup champions Liverpool!

1.Who wears the Number 18 For the reds

2.What is the name of their famous Stadium?

3.How much did they pay Newcastle for Andy carroll

4. Who is their manager?

5. Who missed a Penalty in their 0-0 draw at wigan in December?

England where improvement is needed.

Well obviosly at the moment our national side have no boss or captin that certinatly isnt ideal with a crucial tournement just around the corner

Fabio cappello's exit was suprising in a way but has opend a door of opportunity for a english boss to manage the team and bring the youngstars through which it undoubtubly what as a nation england need if they hope to have a chance at world cups and European championships.

The next manager?

Its a two horse race for the job it looks like ethier Stuart Pearce or Spurs boss Harry Rednkapp will be offerd the job Pearce will take charge of the up comming Friendly against Holland

Next captin

I think Scot Parker should be given the new england captincy he is never in the press for the wrong reasons unlike numerous other candidates and also he is a great pro and someone who whould inspire the younger internationals

The 25 man Squad i whould pick for the Netherlands match

GK
Joe Hart (Man city)
Ben Foster (West brom)
Scott Carson (Bursaspoor)

DF
Kyle walker (Spurs
Micah Richards (Man city)
Phill Jones (Man united)
Rio Ferdinand (Man United)
John terry (Chelsea)
Micheal Dawson (Spurs)
Leighton Baines (Everton)
Ashley cole (Chelsea)


CM
Steven gerrard (Liverpool)
Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
Scott Parker (Spurs)
Gareth Barry (Man city)

Wingers
Daniel sturridge (Chelsea)
Alex oxlade Chamberlin (Arsenal)
Ashley young (Man united )
Adam Johnson (Man city)

Strikers
Danny welbeck (Man united)
Frazier Cambell (Sunderland)
Darren bent (Aston villa)
Bobby Zamora (Qpr)

The starting line up i whould play

Hart
Richards Jones. Dawson. Baines/cole

Parker Barry

Sturridge Gerrard. Ao chamberlin
Welbeck/cambell

I think this is the ideal friendly to play some of our younger or less experienced players and see how they fare.

Why no Rooney?
Welll rooney will miss two of the three group matches so we need to get used to life without him.

Why start with all those youngsters??

As i said before we need all the young players such as welbeck , Sturridge , Oxlade Chamberlin , Jones etc to have as many caps as possible before the tourdement starts especially as some are aiming to be on the plane to Poland and Ukraine and each of thise players are playing well for their respective clubs.

Weekend review

Missed any footie this weekend? Yes ? Well your gonna regret it get the highlights up! What a weekend!.

To start after years and years of angry waiting.... ( HASHESKEY HAS SCORED A HATRCK!?!)Sorry we cant say heskey has scored a hat trick yet im afraid but we can say that liverpool have finally won a trophy after beating championship side Cardiff City on penalties Cardiff where superb on te day but liverpool just edged it in all honesty.

And it didnt stop there Arsenal looked poor at sunderland a week ago but today they beat Harry Rednkapps spurs 5-2 despite bieng 2-0 down at one point. Surely thats Spurs' title hopes over for one season

In other premier league games this weekend A late Ryan Giggs goal saw Man united win 2-1 at Norwich, Aston villa held wigan to a 0-0 Draw at a buzzing Dw stadium, Man city beat blackburn Rovers 3-0 at the Etihad to remain top , Fulham got a vital win at local rivals qpr , Martin Oneills Sunderland where thrashed 4-0 at a on form West brom side, and terry connors rain as Wolves Boss started with a impressive 2-2 draw at Newcastle United.

Wigan v aston villa match preview

Kick off 3pm Dw stadium
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Match Preview
Roberto Martinez's first game in charge of Latics was against Aston Villa on the opening day of the 2009/10 season when a super strike from Hugo Rodallega and a well-worked goal from Jason Koumas gave Latics the 2-0 win.
Strangely, there has been just one win for the home side in this fixture in the Premier League, that was the reverse fixture at Villa Park back in October. But this fixture almost guarantees goals with the two sides only ever having played out a goal-less draw on one occasion.
Wigan Athletic are looking to build on the fantastic win at the Reebok Stadium against fellow strugglers boltkn last time out while Aston Villa have not won in four in all competitions. With Wigans' nearest rivals all having tough fixtures this weekend could see them climb out of the bottom three for the first time for a long time.
Team News
Roberto Martinez, not for the first time this season, has a fully fit squad to choose from with Callum McManaman having shaken off a back complaint in Oman. A number of unnamed members of the squad have also recovered from a virus.

Richard Dunne will miss the game through the shoulder injury he picked up against Manchester City. Ciaran Clark is another long term absentee not expected back until late March. Barry Bannan (ankle) is rated at 50-50 and could be available after picking up his injury in the reserves.
Head to Head aston Villa have the slight edge over Wiganin terms of previous league meetings with five wins to Latics four, with four draws. Last time the two sides met at Villa Pa rk in October was the first time that the home side has won the game. When there has been a winner previously, it has always been the away side.
Hot Shots
Wigan Athletic
Franco Di Santo - 4Jordi Gomez - 4Ben Watson - 4
Aston Villa
Darren Bent - 10Gabby Agbonlahor - 6Martin Petrov - 4
Last Line ups
Wigan Athletic (v Bolton [A] W2-1): A Al Habsi, G Caldwell, E Boyce, M Figueroa, A Alcaraz, J Beausejour, V Moses, J Gomez (H Rodallega, 75), J McArthur, J McCarthy, F Di Santo (D Jones, 89).Subs not used: A Crusat, R Stam, B Watson, M Pollitt, M Diame.
Aston Villa (v Man City [H] L0-1): S Given (N Baker, 90), A Hutton, C Cuellar, R Dunne, J Collins, S Petrov yellow card, M Albrighton (S Ireland, 78), G Gardner, D Bent, R Keane, E Heskey (C N'Zogbia, 69) Subs not used: B Guzan, S Warnock, A Weimann, B Bannan.

Weekend preview!

The big game this weekend is the carling cup final at wembely stadium Liverpool v Cardiff City , both teams havent won a trophy for a few years now so expect a open game especially as both teams are in decent form in their leagues.
In the premier league this weekend expect some enthrolling encounters with teams from all parts of the table playing eachother. At the bottom Bolton take the long trip to Chelsea , Blackburn travel to Man city, roberto martinez' Wigan Athletic host Aston villa , Qpr host fulham in a local derby while Managerless wolves take a trip to newcastle.
At the top its a north london derby as 3rd place Tothenham go to struggling Arsenal.City host blackburn and Man united play Norwich city at Carrow Road. The two big games in the Championship are Leeds taking the trip to administrated Pompey in niel wornocks 1st game also its a london derby as promotion pushers west ham host Crystal Palace

League Cup Final Preview

On Saturday Liverpool take on Cardiff City in the League Cup Final. Will Liverpool finally win their first trophy since 2006 or will Cardiff surprise them?

The teams:

Liverpool have been playing well recently but off-field controversies have let them down. Their emphatic 6-1 win over Brighton will definitely be a great rehearsal for them. 

Cardiff City are the underdogs. This is the fourth time they have reached Wembley - but they have never won.

The managers:

Kenny Dalglish may not be doing as well in the league as many would have thought at the start of the season, but his great cup run has definitely let the pressure down a bit.

Malky McKay is far less experienced. But so far he has done extremely well at Cardiff. Liverpool fans call Dalglish ‘King Kenny’, however Malky is so popular in Cardiff after his work this season the way he is portrayed is closer to some form of God.

The key players:

Craig Bellamy. Last year he was one of Cardiff's key players. But now he's a Liverpool player. Suárez has just come back from an 8 match ban and Carroll isn't on form. Therefore, Bellamy has to step up and will probably be an important player in the fianl.

Tom Heaton. He was the hero against Crystal Palace after the penalty shootout. The goalkeeper is usually a benchwarmer for Cardiff after David Marshall is their top choice goalie. However Marshall is injured. Can Heaton keep the goals out against Liverpool? Or will it be a repeat of the Brighton horror show?

The outcomes:

Cardiff have to be realisic of their chances against a side that is seventh in the Premiership. It will be their toughest Wembley experience after failing against Blackpool and Portsmouth at the same stage. As well as some good ones, Liverpool have also had some dreadful performances this year. How will they play on the day? I think Liverpool will either take advantage of an unexperienced keeper and maybe repeat a similar scoreline against Brighton or not play well at all.

My prediction:

1-1 Bellamy scoring early with Kenny Miller equalizing late on. If it goes to penalties anything can happen. Liverpool are like Germany at penalties - they never lose. But Tom Heaton was the excellent in their shootout win over Crystal Palace.

Or 4-0 to Liverpool of course! :D

 

 Liverpool FC v Cardiff City FC

League Cup Final 2012

Sunday 26th February 4pm

Wembley Stadium

The team quiz week 1 this week we test your knowlege on stoke city!

What number does striker cameron jerome wear?

What is their managers name?

What was the score this season when they played liverpool at home (in the league)

What is stoke's nickname?

What color shirt do they play in?

Comment your answers please!

Monday Madness!

Kadlec and Friedrich argue over Messi shirt! 

After Barcelona's 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Last 16 of the Champions League. Michal Kadlec was keen to swap shirts with three time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi but a row broke out after team-mate Manuel Friedrich claimed it for himself. 

The result: Kadlec won and got the souvenier. But...sporting director Rudi Voller felt that the eagerness to get the Messi momento did not portray a good image on the club. 

'I can guarantee that Kadlec and Friedrich will auction off their Messi shirts for a good cause. What the pair did was a bit over the top,' the former Germany forward told Die Bild. 

How to attack yourself (part 2)!

Valencia midfielder Ever Banega has undergone an operation on his injured ankle after accidentally running himself over with his own car. The Argentine international managed to suffer the injury on Sunday after leaving his car's handbrake off, stepping out of the vehicle and seeing it roll backwards over his ankle. This is just days after Eren Dersiyok attacked himself with a tootbrush. (That's why it's part 2!)

Passport Plonkers!

Manchester United’s Europa League adventure got off to the worst possible start after Danny Welbeck and Nani forgot to bring their passports for the flight to Amsterdam. The duo both left their travel documents at home, and were forced to hang around Manchester Airport check-in while a member of the United security team dashed back to retrieve the IDs. 

Aston Villa's new winger: revealed!

Aston Villa desperately need a winger to help keep out the opposition at and finally they have one - but this one has feathers. Gee the harris hawk has been called in to keep the Villa Park pitch in perfect condition after magpies were seen attacking the surface and digging holes in the ground. 

Talking of holes on the ground...

Harry Redknapp was full of excuses after Spurs side came away with a goalless draw in their FA Cup fifth round clash at League One side Stevenage. He claimed the pitch was too bumpy and not suitable to play on.

Match report sunderland 2-0 arsenal

Sunderlands good run of form since martin o neil joined as boss conitinued as they beat arsenal 2-0 to put themselves into the quater finals of the fa cup with budwiser. However that result did absolutly nothing to ease pressure on gunners boss Arsene wenger.
Fourth in the premier league pretty much out of the uefa champions league due to the 4-0 defeat to ac milan in midweek arsenal look like their goinf to have a seventh consecutive trophiles season.

The game started in a end to end fasion with sunderland just about edgeing the game and creating the better of the chances . Arsenal where later in the second half punished for giving a way a free kick slopperly when Sebastian larsonn crossed to find kieron richardson who smashed a shot into the far corner.
In the second half arsenal did pressure but never really made a proper chance and eventually sunderland scored when Alex Oxlade Chamberlin turned Seb larsons shot into his own net.
The game finished 2-0 at again mr wenger is centre of attention but sunderlans performance was top class . The makems will now play everton away in the quater final