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Archive for August 2006

August 31st, 2006

What Makes Deadline Day So Nerve Wracking?

The biggest day of the English transfer market and to help pay the bills I had to spend much of it out of the office and away from a computer. Not good news for a man who still holds high hopes of Spurs pulling a big signing out of the bag come midnight tonight and [...]

By Alan -- 2 comments

August 30th, 2006

Looks Like Cashley Is Stuck At Arsenal

How horrid for him (and I truly mean that). The big problem with holding your club to ransom is now becoming apparent, that is, if you don’t force them to sell you or, as in Cole’s case, the other club starts playing chicken over the transfer fee, then you are left in limbo at a [...]

By Alan -- 3 comments

August 28th, 2006

Rio Injury Not The Metatarsal

The first scans on Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand’s injured foot show no conclusive evidence of the dreaded broken metatarsal injury he feared. The injury will be looked at again today by club doctors but they think it may just be badly bruised after the defender limped out of Saturday’s win against Watford at Vicarage [...]

By Alan -- 0 comments

August 26th, 2006

Tevez Close To English Move

We’ve been over this before on The Footie when I said it was obviously Chelsea that Carlos Tevez was close to signing for but now I’m not so sure.
If I was a gambling man I’d probably put my money on the West London Russian Mob being the ones about to get hold of his signature [...]

By Alan -- 2 comments

August 25th, 2006

Finally Some Backtracking From Stuart Pearce - Does He Mean It?

His smirking vindication of Ben Thatcher after his now infamous assault on Pedro Mendes saw Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce slide so far down in my estimation as to be completely invisible from my high horse but I see he’s now changed his tune in the face of widespread condemnation and decided that maybe it [...]

By Alan -- 36 comments

August 24th, 2006

Ben Thatcher Elbow Video - Just So Everyone Knows What An Animal He Is

Here’s the video everyone can’t bear to watch twice from last night’s Manchester City v Portsmouth game where Ben Thatcher of City finally proved once and for all that he is a despicable thug without an ounce of footballing talent or morality in his entire body.
Those unfortunate enough to follow his poor excuse for a [...]

By Alan -- 5 comments

August 23rd, 2006

Boumsong Moves To Juventus. Oh Dear.

You know that things are getting bad for your club when you sink this low. Relegated from Serie A, stripped of your last two Italian League titles and deducted enough points to keep you in Serie B for at least two years would surely be enough punishment for any club to bear but at Juventus [...]

By Alan -- 23 comments

August 22nd, 2006

Man Utd On Red Alert For Tevez

I can just picture the scene at Old Trafford as news leaks out of Brazil that Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez is ready to leave Corinthians and continue his footballing adventure across the Atlantic in Europe.
What I can’t understand is where United would play the no-necked hitman. He’s a fantastic talent, no doubt about that, and [...]

By Alan -- 0 comments

August 21st, 2006

Le Sulk Anelka Heading Back To The Premiership

Every summer we get the transfer rumours involving some English club or another trying to forgive past indiscretions and tame the wild footballing beast known more commonly as “Le Sulk” (by the tabloids) or as his parents call him, Nicolas Anelka.
Every summer the player finds a reason not to join the mentioned club and for [...]

By Alan -- 2 comments

August 19th, 2006

5 New Premiership Signings To Watch Out For

As the English Premiership season kicks off today (and has actually already started with Liverpool’s early kickoff against Sheffield United) I’m going to take a look at five of the new faces who could light up their new clubs’ Premiership season.
1. Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspur) - A big money move from Bayer Leverkusen sees the [...]

By Alan -- 4 comments