2011-12-31

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 19th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

The 19th round of EPL's started on Friday. NUFC were visitors at Anfield Road. Alan Pardew put young Slovenian Haris Vuckic in the starting lineup. He was on the pitch for an hour or so - at the time he went off the score was 1-1. HBA then came in. The Toon Army were satisfied. Not for long though. Two quick goals sealed the victory for the Reds. If you wonder Andy Carroll scored... No, he didn't. He couldn't score even in the brothel (some say).

SAF celebrated his 70th birthday on Saturday. And, oh boy, what a present did he get! Mighty mighty Blackburn - managed by BRFC's fans' favourite (ha ha) - scored three and got three points. Yes, the chicken-flavoured team won! I hear the Red Devils, who were too slow for the 50 years old Yak, are already polishing champions' trophy and are getting ready to drop it at the Etihad Stadium.

One of the most boring sides in EPL (till today?), Aston Villa, caused another shock. The Birmingham boys slaughtered Chelsea at Stamford Bridge! So it must be true, you know, rooting for Chelsea and frigid girlfriend thing...

In the other 19th round matches someone looks like an old lady at the bus station, Anfield hosts alpine skiing, Jeckyll & Hyde reappear, Gary Caldwell is not very bright, Spurs' fans are still "fascinated" by lineswomen and more. On Sunday WBA and Everton sent us to purgatory and Sunderland give Fergie a late birthday present.

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "19th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 19th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

LIVERPOOL - NEWCASTLE UTD 3-1 (1-1)
Pete_Webster
why do #lfc fans bring cowbells to Anfield. it sounds like a Alpine skiing event not a football match. #nufc
NewcastleUtdGFT
Carroll sports the weakest beard of all time. Looks like a 17 year old who has never shaved. #NUFC
BigAlFoz
Was never a free kick for #lfc 2nd goal but fair play to Skrtel for some amazing defending. We still robbed you of £35million though #NUFC
AshMeikle
It's nice to see Craig Bellamy has a good grasp of the Queens English after being on the end of a Colocini elbow. #lfc #nufc
LukaMaselj
“You couldn't score in a brothel!." #nufc fans chant about Andy #Carroll :-) #lfc

MANCHESTER UTD - BLACKBURN 2-3 (0-1)
MirrorFootball
Hearing unconfirmed reports Rooney not in the side so he can jump out of Fergie's cake at half-time
LiveWireSport
Cole, Keane and Diouf on bench for #mufc today. Larnell, Will and Mame mind you - bit like those films with Dave Swayze and Ted Stallone.
manmohant31
No #wazza again ?! Hope we can still digest the chicken !#MUFC
tvaughn7
That was incredibly dumb Nani. So is that haircut. You will never be Ronaldo until you master the hair #MUFC
CP_Jock
Beep beep beep. You can hear the Blackburn bus reversing into place it's that quiet #MUFC
derekhumphries
agree. Berbatov should ditch the silk dressing gown “@johnlepp: We just look a little too casual out there... #mufc”
Vanja_MUFC
Berbatov's goal is MUFC's 1500th goal in the Premier League. No other club has achieved this.
Boormanboy
With performances like this shall we just shine the Premier League trophy and drop it at the Etihad Stadium for them? #MUFC

ARSENAL - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1-0 (0-0)
siefuyoyo8
Alan Shearer: 36 goals in 42 games in 1995. Robin van Persie: 35 goals in 36 games in 2011. Enough said. #RVP #AFC #football #EPL #soccer
ArsenalGent
The winner of the Premiership Manager Who Most Resembles A Little Old Lady At A Bus Stop Competition 2011 is Neil Warnock.
Balotyhead
When I take over from Murdoch I'm going to make it compulsory for commentators to refer to Neil Warnock as Colin Wanker.

BOLTON - WOLVERHAMPTON 1-1 (1-0)
StanCollymore
Only Chelsea,Man City,Man United,Arsenal & Spurs have scored more than Blackburn. Only Bolton have conceded more. Jeckyll & Hyde.
InfostradaLive
Steven Fletcher is the first player from Wolverhampton Wanderers to score five Premier League goals in a single month.
danwbafc97
Wolves ay we!Super steven fletcher ay he!gonna qualify for the champions league ay we?

CHELSEA - ASTON VILLA 1-3 (1-1)
ChrisCav1985
@timlovejoyTalks between #CFC and Gary Cahill have broken down due to wage demands. He wants 120k p/w because he scores more than torres
blairvsshark
Supporting Chelsea is like having a really, really attractive, but completely frigid girlfriend. #CFC
Rayzani
I hope the idiot who walked into the pitch isn't someone else's father. #AV #cfc #Blues #Chelsea
themaxbar
What's the difference between Ashley Cole and Cheryl Cole? Cheryl is good in every position. #cfc
timblues363
So... I didn't realise #cfc transitional season was a transition from a good team to poor team. Not what we or Roman had in mind, I'm sure.

NORWICH CITY - FULHAM 1-1 (0-1)
jam13rel
Norwich need a goal to get back in this, so why is Simeon Jackson still on the bench???
CanadaSoccerEN
Simeon Jackson strikes again! Jacko heads home in the 94th minute to pull Norwich level, 1-1 with Fulham. Go on Simeon! #canMNT
eddietheshoe
If you try to sit on a one goal lead with zero attacking intent & you get done in the last minute you deserve it Martin #Jol. #ffc

STOKE CITY - WIGAN 2-2 (0-1)
Geiiiir
Gary Caldwell go to the naughty corner write 20000 lines "I mustn't jump at the ball with my hands out like a volleyballer in the box' #wafc
LiamTootill
I'll take the point. Honours even. Ben Watson special team apparently. #wafc

SWANSEA - TOTTENHAM 1-1 (0-1)
LeaveItTo_WEAVE
Wtf? The sideline ref for the Tottenham game was a woman..
HotSpurLucy
Fergie is a very charitable birthday boy, giving out presents to all of us in the Prem ;) #COYS
alimaccallum
You know you are loved when your wife makes a NYE pie dedicated to your one true love! #COYS yfrog.com/gzmn6yej

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - EVERTON 0-1 (0-0)
mrspennwba
Lot's of knackered looking people in the crowd today #wba
paul_halligan
EFC only playin 9 defenders today come on Moyes you can squeeze another one in its the mighty WBA FFS!
JohnnyTheNic
Players not allowed to drink 72 hours b4 a game. Would WBA v EFC really be worse if all 22 were drunk?
Ballsybanter
Foster flaps at the ball in a loving tribute to David De Gea and nearly gifts #efc the opening goal. #wba
RushianLFC
Is the definition of purgatory WBA v Everton lunchtime kick off on New Year's Day?
OptaJoke
25,490 - Number of WBA & Everton fans who wished they hadn't bothered getting up so early to go to the Hawthorns. Goalless
IamKabacus
"Supporters may be watching through a bit of a haze, maybe the best way to watch it". David Pleat (WBA v EFC)

SUNDERLAND - MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 (0-0)
freshairfooty
O'Neill's 31 tracksuit v Mancini's suit and scarf combo - like the dad in the Merc overtaking your old man's Mondeo... #safc #mcfc
PremierLeagueCF
Why didn't Seb Larsson just wait 20 yds so he was on the pitch instead of spitting all over that nice green carpet!!! #safc
snudger12
If bendtner was half as good as he thinks he is, he'd be twice as good as he actually is #safc
JamieGiberti
This match is like the forces of Mordor battering Minas Tirith, but with less success #MCFC #SAFC
samuelluckhurst
City fans are chanting 'They're here, they're there, they're every-f*****g-where, empty seats! Empty seats!' Golden irony. #mcfc #safc
ItsMe_Elliott
I'm Jack Colback, I'm about twelve, play centre midfield but have made Adam Johnson look average whilst playing left back #safc
kJamesy
That Ji should do a Sung Park. Run into their penalty area and fall down in slow motion. Penalty. Always works. #safc
BigHendo57
Martin O'Neill, I love you, I want to kiss your cherry lips and nibble your shell-like ears. #SAFC

2011-12-26

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 18th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

Ah, thank God (or someone) for Boxing day football. It really made my day(s). But I think Chelsea fans feel slightly... well, to put it differently - it wasn't the best start of the week for them. They would rather postpone the match against Fulham. An embarrassing pile near the goal posts? Surely, this must be about Chelsea defenders conceding...

The happiest in the 18th round were the MUFC fans. Not only because the Red Devils put five into Wigan's net (three of them Dimitar the Bulgarian), but also because - like Chelsea - Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City dropped points. Patrice Evra was so happy he allegedly burned a cross in front of Suarez's house... Citizens and UTD are now equal regarding points.

Also very satisfied were the THFC fans. The Canaries were Baled. The Londoners also showed that they are attractive to watch. In fact so attractive, that Victoria Secret should fear for themselves! Adding to that, Norwich were probably mesmerized by Gareth Bale's speed. And nipples... Yes, nipples.

I the other 18th round matches Demba Ba acts in Bond-ish fashion, Steve Kean parades in his car-wannabe, a sniper shoots Leon Osman at the Stadium of Light, the Hawthorns' hosts Milan and Juventus, and fans appreciate a real cracker in Stoke... Bwahaha...

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "18th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 18th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

CHELSEA - FULHAM 1-1 (0-0)
TalkingAnfield
He's a great young player that Sturridge. Chelsea to be given £150m to strengthen and yet their best striker cost a lowly £5m! #cfc #epl
Gooner_Kevin
18 - the number of league games in which john terry, the racist & womanizer, has been booed. consistency. #cfc
MrJacobK
I do wonder how much abramovich paid to have all those cardboard cutouts of fans put in the stadium. So quiet. #cfc #ffc
agathatara
I'm sorry, @chelseafc. But everytime you tweet with the hashtag #CFC, all I think about is fried chicken. Sekian.
rwilliams1947
Highglight of the match so far: half-time appearance by the immortal Jimmy Greaves. #cfc #ffc
_Dame_
When other teams score against CFC, our defenders are always left in an embarrassing pile near the goal posts :(
rupertus
Think I'd rather be in hospital with the Duke of Edinburgh than watch this Chelsea game. #CFC
247TrueBlue
Starting to think there's some kind of ball repellent between Fulham's goal! #CFC

BOLTON - NEWCASTLE UTD 0-2 (0-0)
dansportzblog
Ba so cool he could be the next James Bond #nufc #bwfcvnufc # foxfootball #bbcfootball #cool #toonarmy
champagnesocial
BA IS WALKING. But he looks unhappy. Not Owen Coyle wearing-shorts-in-late-December-unhappy. More "we're-letting-Perch-play?" unhappy #nufc
JonNarcross
Just when things are going well, the chilling sight of James Perch getting ready to come on fills you with fear. #nufc
josh1892
Ill have some of that, Demba scored 14 since ramadan #nufc
DanCratchley
Bolton fans can't complain about results, they asked for Owen Coyle after they hounded out Megson. Blackburn fans take note. #BWFC #BRFC

LIVERPOOL - BLACKBURN 1-1 (0-1)
SocanalysisUK
Funniest thing about LFC v BRFC match today was BRFC travelled to Anfield bottom of the league but have scored more than LFC this season.
PanchoTaffy
Does #YNWA stand for "You'll Never Win Again"? seems likely the way #LFC are playing
YudhaArimurti
£114.75m bunch of idiots #LFC
leewalk498
#brfc announce that Steve Kean will be doing an open-top parade around the town in his Prius tonight, showing off the point he won at #lfc
Bethany_LFC
Kenny must be saving his leftover Christmas stuffin' for Newcastle. Blackburn have had enough chicken related mirth. Good cluck #BRFC. #LFC

MANCHESTER UTD - WIGAN 5-0 (2-0)
ProudRed85
United currently have 11 injuries to Manchester City's 2. Yet, only goal difference separates the two team #MUFC
IbrahimChehab
#Arsenal fan on twitter:"Berbatov is Man utd's 4th choice striker, Chamakh is our 2nd choice striker. This fact makes me want to cry" #MUFC
henrywinter
If Carlsberg did Boxing Days...they would look something like today for #mufc. United score five while City, Chelsea & Liverpool drop points
steviebt67
Patrice Evra celebrates #MUFC 5-0 win by urinating on burning cross erected in Luis Suarezs front garden.

SUNDERLAND - EVERTON 1-1 (1-0)
LozzzAnderson
Howard Webb, a world class referee? Give your head a shake lad! If that was a penalty then i'm the Queen of England. #SAFC were robbed #EFC
OptaJoe
26 - Jack Colback scored the earliest Premier League goal by a substitute since Dwight Yorke (23 mins) v Newcastle in October 2004. Warmed.
FraizerCampbell
Thought the lads played very well 2day. If anyone sees the sniper that took out osman in our box tell him he cost us!
grandoldteam
(52) Howard Webb has just booked the Sunderland penalty area for that deliberate trip on Leon Osman.
karlknight31
warning if u out in sunland to nite,thiers a sniper loose.last seen at the stadium of light shooting everton player osman down

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - MANCHESTER CITY 0-0
StuBrennanMEN
At the highest league ground in the country on Boxing Day, and it's positively tropical #globalwarming #mcfc
GMOCTID
Its like Juventus v AC Milan today...#WBA v #MCFC #CTID....
pharmy1917
Balotelli plays dead as if he expects to receive a Milkbone. #mcfc
vorvice
#wbafc serving brandy in press room at half-time. probably to help with shock at holding #mcfc to 0-0 at half time.
Adventurebaby
Seeing West Brom hit the post on Twitter bought a ooh and a ahhh around the dinner table. #mcfc
FootballPUNdits
Oof. He certainly looks like a striker who hasn't scored in 7 games. A real Dzeko and Hyde sort of player. #MCFC

STOKE CITY - ASTON VILLA 0-0
Mashhouri
Sooooo excited to bring my aunti to SCFC- her first football match EVER!! thank god she can't understand English! #SatNextToSwearingFans
dalebutler
Darren Bent is only there because he thought 'The Britannia' was a shopping centre #avfc #scfc
CoachDaveLKFC
My kids on best behaviour tonight. Appears my threat of making them watch #scfc & #avfc's brand of anti football worked a treat! #hoooof
mikeyjarO
Ryan Shawcross elicits feelings of vomiting and sickness in small children, puppies, meerkats, kittens and squirrels. #SCFC #Stoke
9_Hendo
I know its Christmas time, and losing your jobs not good. But whoever picked #scfc vs #avfc to be televised needs his P45
jogmadjojo
Dear hubby ... shouting at TV doesn't mean they can hear you #SCFC
duguzzle
This is like two tuskless walruses have a scrap. #avfc #scfc

ARSENAL - WOLVERHAMPTON 1-1 (1-1)
aussieviking
Ready for the Arsenal to make pudding out of a wolf pack #ArsenalLive #AFC
Arsenes_Eyes
Little Theo "feeling too poorly" to play against Wolves. Did I ask Mr Frimpong not to read Little Red Riding Hood to him? Yes I did. #AFC
TheRantDFW
Calling all Oxen--All oxen please report to the Emirates...immediately. #AFC
TheFootyOnion
"I Will Rather Appoint Tony Pulis as the New Technical Director than Play Chamakh," Admits Wenger #afc #arsenal #bpl
Sirbobbyliveson
David Pleat is so annoying, Vermoolan? Bennanoon? Give me strength #fivelive #AFC #WWFC
paakwesi18
AFC are all over wolves like bees and nectar just a matter of time before the honey is made. @MirrorFootball
GeordieChris_F
Ah, and here comes the many of many haircuts but just one head, Marouane Chamakh. #Saviour #AFC

SWANSEA - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1-1 (1-0)
pulkitgupta91
QPR defenders ask Traore WTF was that. Traore coolly says that's what you call Arsenal defending :P
LukeSheeks
Think we all knew Graham would score. That's Briatore & Ecclestone coming bk to haunt us. #QPR
sjr66qpr
I've had more fun at a wake #QPR
elhaydo
Did Graham almost sign for QPR? I didn't know that. No wait, wait, the 47 mentions during the match do ring a bell now.
stoohardy
Best nicknames in football? I have to go for "One Size", which is the nickname of QPR defender Fitz Hall....
MarkCoughlan
Traore is a liability when defending. When is the African Nations Cup? I'll drive him to the tournament. #QPR

NORWICH CITY - TOTTENHAM 0-2 (0-0)
DannyHarwood20
Luka Modric please join twitter so I can personally beg you 99 maybe 100 times a day to join united ? #Mufc #thfc #modric
Nick_Pettigrew
Grant Holt is the living embodiment of what would happen if Russell Howard ate all the pies. #ncfc #thfc
glenngarrett46
Spurs are turning into Arsenal. All very pretty but put the ball in the bloody net for crying out loud #thfc
toonbarmysalami
Gareth bale needs to put his nipples away, could hang coats off them #thfc
AlexRichards10
Somewhere, Gary Nevill is talking to himself about Gareth Bale opening his legs. #THFC
louise_s_page
And that possums, is why I'd have his babies tonight. BAAAALE #thfc
raaronovitch
We're so attractive that the Victoria Secret Angels should retire. #COYS #thfc
Grandy84
We've had our pants pulled down, and #thfc have pointed and laughed at us for 90 mins - #ncfc

2011-12-23

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 17th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

Due to some technical problems the blog is a bit shorter... And not so funny? Anyway, the match of this round was surely at White Hart Lane. It was a really satisfying encounter despite... well, John Terry. He was somewhat scared of going too close to the man, who's as hung as an elephant? I wouldn't know, though.

Personally, I am really pleased that Haris Vuckic played the whole match for NUFC. And he was one of the better ones... Oh, what a shame for those two brilliant efforts! But he's proved his quality and I expect him back in the black&white shirt soon!

In the other 17th round matches there were quite a few milestones! Check them out below. And I promise the next blog will be business as usual! Take care and merry Christmas and a happy new year to all the readers and tweeps!

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "17th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 17th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

WOLVERHAMPTON - NORWICH CITY 2-2 (1-1)
jakehumphreyf1
Dear MoTD...please don't promote how good @holty30 actually is. Us #NCFC already know, and if you tell other people, they might buy him. Ta
OptaJoe
8 - Wolves have won eight and lost none of the last 12 matches against Norwich at Molineux. Savaged.
InfostradaLive
Four of Ronald Zubar's six top flight goals in England and France have been scored in the last 10 minutes of matches.

BLACKBURN - BOLTON 1-2 (0-2)
TheArsenal
Shouldn't Blackburn fans be venting their anger at the chicken owners? It isn't Kean's fault that he's not a football manager.
choccy2972
It would be entertaining if the DJ at Blackburn plays "I predict a riot" at half time
mrcraiglyons
Blackburn are making Bolton look like a top 6 side and Ngogg look like Ronaldhino #elsackio

ASTON VILLA - ARSENAL 1-2 (0-1)
ArsenalColumn
Dear Mr. Wenger: There's a skinny guy sitting behind you who looks like The Scream. His name is Yossi Benayoun. For Moses' sake, PLAY HIM!
ID_ARSENAL
FT .. Arsenal wrap it up 1-2 .. Good job in Birmingham. Hutton red card. Nice christmas gift direct from Israel, Yossi Benayoun
1burnm
Yossi Benayoun is a wonderful footballer but he looks like he needs a good square meal.
TimothyAbraham
Albrighton gets to donate £20,000 to a charity of his choice for scoring the 20,000 goal. Does McLeish's transfer budget count as charity?
block6gooner
Nice stat from @F365 Alex McLeish has won 6 premier league games from his last 30 as a manager

MANCHESTER CITY - STOKE CITY 3-0 (2-0)
danwalkerbbc
#MCFC v #SCFC 1. City's GD is +38 already 2. Aguero has significant thighs 3. Stoke were pummelled 4. Thronker from Johnson
aguerosergiokun
I hear it's the first time in 82 years that @MCFC leads the scoreboard on Christmas. I'm honoured to be part of this achievement
BalotellisDog
Mancini popped in to discipline Mario by spanking him with a large trout. John Terry was watching through the window dressed as Hitler #MCFC

NEWCASTLE UTD - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-3 (1-2)
DominicKing_DM
Sure this hasn't been lost on #NUFC fans but Newcastle haven't won a game since mad decision to re-name stadium was announced on November 9
GeorgeCaulkin
By my (incorrect) reckoning Ba has scored 56% of NUFC gls this season. Jan, when he leaves for Afr N Cup, a huge month for many reasons.
JBChaleboyHPP
Newcastle sold Andy Carroll for £35 million, and then went and got Demba Ba in on a free. Mike Ashley needs some sort of award for this.
Nadeem9T1
Goal machine Demba Ba and now Vuckic coming through for Newcastle. Makes the 35m for Carroll even more hilarious if that's possible
nufcfans
AP on Vuckic: "He was terrific. He had two terrific efforts and I think he showed everybody that he’s going to be a player for us for sure”
Stevo_football
Haris Vuckic's left foot is a staggeringly brilliant addition to the PL. Two 30-yard screamers, one hit bar + one tipped over. He's only 19.

EVERTON - SWANSEA 1-0 (0-0)
F365
Wait just a second there....Everton have scored. A goal. Everton have scored a goal.

FULHAM - MANCHESTER UTD 0-5 (0-3)
InfostradaLive
Wayne Rooney makes his 300th #EPL appearance at the age of 26 years and 58 days - the youngest to reach this milestone in the #PL #MUFC
josephganley
Wayne Rooney's goal tonight makes him the first #mufc player since the war to score 15 or more goals in eight consecutive seasons.
Special1TV
Dear Santa (6): Sorry Santa...those cabinets - smaller one for #MUFC ... #AFC still okay with last years as it's good as new #ExpectJose
LauraKane89
50th player to score 50 goals for Manchester United = Dimitar Berbatov. #mufc
caughtoffside
Bang, that is the sound of a COS employee remembering they have a Fulham defender in their Fantasy Football team #FFC v #MUFC

QUEENS PARK RANGERS - SUNDERLAND 2-3(0-1)
SCFCRoss
What a tremendous stat. Sunderland have as many players on bail as they do wins this season #SAFC
YoungGunsBlog
Nicklas Bendtner heads Sunderland in front against #QPR, after Martin O'Neill asked him to 'score goals and behave himself'. Good start.
OptaJoe
34% - QPR have posted the worst shooting accuracy in the 2011-12 Premier League. Costly.

WIGAN - LIVERPOOL 0-0
MrJimmyCorkhill
Now if Suarez was a racist, he would have taken that penno and volleyed it straight at the keeper's head #LFC
talkSPORTDrive
Alan Hansen apologises for using an inappropriate term on MotD. I suppose LFC players will have Hansen tshirts for the Boxing Day warm up...

TOTTENHAM - CHELSEA 1-1 (1-1)
jonbirchall
Bale is so brilliantly basic. His game, much like his body and face, is just a succession of right-angles clunked together #thfc
shaunmalley
Adebayor! Adebayor! He's hung like an elephant, and he knows how to score! #coys #thfc
marksyx
adebayor adebayor - city pay half his wages 'cause we are too poor! COYS #thfc
lukeymoore
We all know why John Terry didn't want to get too close to Adebayor for that Spurs goal, don't we?
brentwafc
Thinking #thfc would Defo have fastest 4x100 relay team in the prem bale lennon walker Defoe
WillieGannon
Feels a bit like 1991. Smashing Pumpkins-Stone Roses-Rage Against the Machine & Radiohead are all doing gigs soon and #THFC are good again!
inspectorsaab
When my granny asks what city the football match is goin on in.. shes hinting at wanting to change the channel #thfc #cfc #skysports
SickipediaUK
John terry quoted saying "I can't be racist, some of my best friends wives are black"

2011-12-17

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 16th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

One of the games of the Saturday afternoon - at least for us from Slovenia - was the Newcastle - Swansea match. It surely wasn't a beauty, although the hosts were clearly better (but they just couldn't score, hitting posts and bars). They were also lacking imagination in the midfield. Therefore most of the Toon fans "screamed" for Hatem Ben Arfa, but luckily for us Alan Pardew decided to give a chance to a young Slovenian Haris Vuckic in the last ten minutes. Even though it still ended in a goalless draw, it was nice to see him back on the SJP's pitch. And I must say, he was warmly welcomed... on Twitter at least.

Unlike Steve Kean. After Blackburn defeat against WBA he was - once again - given a lot of stick. One of the funniest tweets? Surely you wouldn't think it's related to the great Jim Morrison... Well, great for the Baggies fans. After all, he scored one of the goals.

Those who watched Wigan - Chelsea match had plenty to see. Except for goals. And exciting play. In the first half, that is. But you could spot a woman showing her love for the turkeys, Bieber's dooming effect on Chelsea (and on everyone else for that matter) etc. But, again, Drogba was nowhere to be seen. He really must be turning into some kind of an invisible man...

Match of the weekend? Manchester City - Arsenal! Citizens did their job. Arsenal didn't. How would they, when their manager - or was it a caterpillar? - was comfortable on the bench - in a sleeping bag. Obviously all this warmth influenced his decision-making. Or why would anyone try to save the game with a player as convincing as Russian democracy?

In the other 16th rd matches there was a ballerina-like buffalo, Fergie was in Fulham to exchange one of his defending assets for Michael Jackson statue, Wolves couldn't handle the truth... er, Huth, and Scott Parker should be careful while in London. Also, you can find out why Berba's not been given much playing time.

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "16th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 16th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

BLACKBURN - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-2 (0-0)
MirrorFootball
Could Jim Morrison have shown Steve Kean the doors at Blackburn?
Adi_tweeting
Blackburn lost? alright, then Steve Kean is set to get a pay rise.
olivercusack
Got to feel sorry for Steve Kean. Blackburn fans expect miracles, with average players. They're more unrealistic than Spurs fans.
TheFootballBar
Another defeat for Steve Kean and Blackburn. He's been in charge of #brfc a year now, doesn't time fly when you're having fun... #EPL

EVERTON - NORWICH CITY 1-1 (0-1)
MatthewLumby
Everton's lowest attendance ever in the Premier League today of 31,004. In fairness the traffic on the A55 from Pwllheli was bad today. #EFC
DarrenMelling
"@Helen_hsd: I don't even know what to say to that....at least we didn't lose.. #EFC" I do. It was negative bollocks. Fed up with it.
Jerbomf
Swedish TV have said that Grant Holt is like 'a buffalo with the feet of a ballerina' #ncfc #otbc #canaries #yellowarmy

FULHAM - BOLTON 2-0 (2-0)
MirrorFootball
Fergie at Craven Cottage. To scout Fulham before Weds? To run rule over Cahill? Or to replace Jonny Evans with the Michael Jackson statue?
Joel_The_Jol
After that Bryan Ruiz lobbed dink goal, first name BRYAN on the back of his shirt will be permitted.
PhilippeAuclair
Isn't it just a bit odd how Steve Kean is hung, drawn and quartered every weekend, whilst Owen Coyle keeps walking between the raindrops?

NEWCASTLE UTD - SWANSEA 0-0
theflea88
Obertan looks like Earthworm Jim! #nufc #newcastle
Toon_Scarves
You give every fan in the stadium a piece of paper... What did they expect? I #Nufc #paperplanes
angelofthenorf
If I get one more text about the female lineswoman then my boyfriend is getting no tea! #NUFC
tommyelbows
imagine there's no heaven, imagine if gabby obertan could cross the ball...... some say i'm a dreamer #nufc
chrisshipman
Coloccini with ball control that makes him look like the love child of rubber-legs Tino Asprilla and Sideshow Bob. Brilliant stuff #NUFC

WOLVERHAMPTON - STOKE CITY 1-2 (1.0)
MirrorFootball
Wolves can't handle the Huth! Robert equalises after cruel deflection
adamsmozza
You put your left leg in, left leg out in out in out you shake it all about, your do the Crouchy and thats what its all about!!! oooh Peter.

WIGAN - CHELSEA 1-1 (0-0)
MarcRichardsons
#Lampard has done loads to show AVB and #cfc fans what they've been missing.
PrixD_09
I can already see Bieber effect on #cfc I telling you they are doomed after getting a visit by him
chelseadaft
#CFC Well the most exciting part of the game so far was the woman in the crowd with a turkey on her head
ryanmoscow
I'm finding myself wanting #cfc players to get injured but its not because I don't want them playing. I just like the physio. A lot.
ChelseaAnalyst
Yes, Drogba has put on the invisible cloak again. Time for Torres now. Will AVB bring him on? #CFC

QUEENS PARK RANGERS - MANCHESTER UTD 0-2 (0-1)
m0_p4t3l
Why have #mufc got 12 men on the pitch?? No wonder they scored early #cheats
ChiefWaffler
Nani takes corners like I play golf. Can't get the ball off the floor more than four foot! #MUFC
BrandNewDan
1st half observations from #QPR v #MUFC: Jonny Evans has been excellent, Evra's playing like he's pissed, Helguson could play in the NBA.
OneMatchBan
He picked it up on the halfway line, took on a few players and casually finished. Not a description usually attributed to Carrick... #mufc
jasonleibowitz
What midfield problems? When you've got this mystery player wearing Captain Backpass's shirt we're set. #mufc
docsredarmy
I heard a rumour some team was crowned World Champions this morning? Who gives a fiddlers, we've just seen Michael Carrick score. #MUFC
MattChReport
Nani and Valencia definitely look like two different stages of Michael Jackson's plastic surgery journey. #QPR 0-2 #MUFC
Tenacious_BS
Think Berbatov must have been caught peeing in Fergies half time tea or something #MUFC
samuelluckhurst
Loved the 'Giggs is going to Amsterdam' chants. Even in the Europa League #mufc's away support have the last laugh.

ASTON VILLA - LIVERPOOL 0-2 (0-2)
oconnellhugh
Andy Carroll sipping the Red Bull. Must have been a heavy one last night #LFC
1cornishblue
Amazing, Suarez has not broken his ankle. Just fell over again. Soon up & running freely when #lfc back on attack #divingchea
AsifAAhmad
Heskey off. #LFC down to eleven men. Serious impact on game.
apeman383
Of #lfc's mammoth transfer spending in 2011, the best signing was the one that cost them nothing = bellamy
chrismcgarvie
This Swedish feed for the LFC game is mad. It sounds like a language I'm on the verge of understanding, but is just one step too far away.
maston91
Are the goals bigger in Holland? Never known anyone hit the woodwork more regularly than Suarez #lfc
Jamesbennion
Fairly sure that Andy Carroll is a genetically modified Horse. #lfc

TOTTENHAM - SUNDERLAND 1-0 (0-0)
darrenjackson75
Scott Parker is such a joy to watch, I think I might start stalking him during the week #Parker #coys #THFC
benjaminlhp
Pavlyuchenko is only ever good at being awful and proving people wrong. #coys #thfc #bbcfootball
OptaParody
100,000 - Number of spurs fans who were slating Pav who have just tweeted 'Super Pav'. Fickle
jakeyholyoak
Shock wes brown gave the goal away. Big liability, he makes titus bramble look like franz beckenbauer #sloppy

MANCHESTER CITY - ARSENAL 1-0 (0-0)
Bethany_LFC
Apart from his Mam, is there a person alive that can correctly spell Wojciech Szczesny without looking it up first....? #AFC
MrTobySmith
You know its winter when Wenger is wearing his sleeping bag #afc #mcfc
GregorsTweet
Arsene Wenger looks like the very hungry caterpillar in that coat.
baronvonchuck
If I had £400,000,000 I'd be able to beat Arsenal at home as well #coyg #AFC
Arsenes_Eyes
Just watched Mr Nasri celebrating the goal. I tell Mr Frimpong to get ready. He can come on as soon as he's sharpened his studs. #AFC
reddevil100
end to end game. enjoying it. arsenal defence has more holes in it then a prostitutes knickers. #afc #MCFC
dschowls13
Arshavin is about as convincing as Russian democracy. #afc v. #mcfc
moorsey1907
Don't know why Theo Walcott was complaining about being substituted. He is about as much use as a chocolate teapot #AFC
Rohan_no1
Wenger didn't substitute Gervinho because it would've counted as two, one himself and second for his forehead. #AFC #CITY

2011-12-10

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 15th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

Ok, we had to wait for the match of the weekend till today, but regarding that Chelsea and Manchester City played in it, it wasn't to hard... :) Luckily for me - as I'm a Juventus fan (but admire English football) - Chelsea won. Therefore La Vecchia Signora is the last unbeaten team in the top five European leagues. "Got a pillow under my top as a thank you to fat frank!" if I may borrow Martink1n9's tweet. Yes, Lamps scored the winner.

On Saturday, MUFC replied marvelously after the Champions League blunder, but it was not all good at Old Trafford. According to some of you, a tree could do just as much as Kiko Macheda (in terms of 'a first touch' that is). Luckily for United Wayne Rooney scored and got behind Ryan Giggs... Yes, he scored firstly! You perverts...

Anyway, Arsenal have been doing incredibly well despite the fact they've put all their hopes about driving towards the top of the league on Reliant Robin.

The first Sunday's match was huge! Sunderland (deservedly winners) welcomed Steve Kean's Blackburn with a new manager in charge. Martin O'Neill. It was so big of a game that it proved Messiah is just an imaginary character (well, for at least an hour or so...). And congrats to tweeps! You made it even bigger and, mostly, funnier!

In other matches of this round Norwich won against Newcastle due to a man headbutting bees, Clint Dempsey learned about bad karma, Chris Foy ended THFC's unbeaten run and more. Fact of the day? Jordi Gomez is a prick! Oh, and a reminder for the clubs in search of a new manager! Two words: Owen Coyle! Success and beauty - all guaranteed!

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "15th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 15th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

ARSENAL - EVERTON 1-0 (0-0)
cpncortez
Unlikely that Everton will score, but a girl can dream. 4 minutes #afc #everton
ginghino
Great win for #afc. Superb goal & equally superb assist from Song. If RVP wasn't superhuman Song could be player of the season so far #COYG
kelechi_kech
One word #RobinReliant. #afc #arsenal
10ryno
Theo walcottt seems to have more possession than any other #afc player! I wish he had the brain to know what to do with it! Poor!

BOLTON - ASTON VILLA 1-2 (0-2)
tompmcgowan
Wow. It looks like #avfc are playing 11 footballers in their correct positions. #InvertingThePyramid still no Delph, though...
MirrorFootball
GOAL! Bolton 0-1 Aston Villa - Emile Heskey! No, not really - it's Marc Albrighton.
MarkWhyy
How much longer could Owen Coyle possibly have? I'm worried about any possible replacement that the Bolton board might find. #MegsonPartDeux
mcskimming
Annoying thing is... You know wherever Coyle ends up next, his team will play great football and do really well.. "it's just a Bolton thing"
duguzzle
Wha...? We won? Away? Has there been a rip in the space-time continuum? And did I fall through it? #avfc

LIVERPOOL - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1-0 (0-0)
empireofthekop
Pinch me please, Suarez was fouled and it was given. I must be dreaming
aswinsam
Witnessed a torture to death on 2 channels. ESPN & Star. Wolves & QPR. Trying to clear the ball at all times. Freaking out on receiving it.
JBcommentator
I don't know what is being given to opposition goalkeepers before they arrive at Anfield...What a save that was from Cerny to deny Maxi

MANCHESTER UTD - WOLVERHAMPTON 4-1 (2-0)
HenrikBodker
it is now official. David De Gea has had more 2nd chances than Lindsay Lohan , Fernando Torres and Charlie Sheen, combined #extreme #mufc
BuzzTNA
Wish Phil Jones would stop having a good game in midfield, giving Fergie more excuses not to buy a midfielder. #MUFC
StrettyNews
Rooney is now one #mufc career goal behind Ryan Giggs after scoring his 160th. Get Giggs on and let them fight it out.
dan1wk
Still haven't got a birthday tweet from a famous person! Plus not getting my new toy till Monday �� At least #mufc are winning 4-1!
alex_hoggarth
Dear Basel. Thank you for waking up #MUFC - time to kick this season into shape starting with Wolves today. The best we've played for ages
RyannMUFC
Get a tennis ball and throw it as hard as you can at a tree, then observe how it has a better touch than Macheda. #mufc

NORWICH CITY - NEWCASTLE UTD 4-2 (1-1)
BigGrantHolt
I didnt mean to score either goals. I saw a bee thats been bothering me all game, tried to headbutt it midair & the ball hit me twice #NCFC
NR9Canary
Listening to the Newcastle fans walking past after the match was like an episode of Geordie Shore. Not happy! #NCFC
jonerlanc
I asked Santa for Paul Lambert to sign a 700 year contract with #ncfc
FourFourTom
Grant Holt didn't score Norwich's 2nd. Gavin Holt did. Martin Keown said so.

SWANSEA - FULHAM 2-0 (0-0)
zepvv
Danny Graham on the bench. Brendan Rodgers doesn't want to win.
briankettle
Fulham thug Clint Dempsey right to be annoyed at scoring own goal and missing penalty since he should be serving a suspension for a red card

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - WIGAN 1-2 (1-1)
OptaJoe
1 - Wigan Athletic haven’t won back to back Premier League away games since November 2006. Rarity.
MGHunter888
After 70 minutes biting my nails, I am now watching One Man and his Dog and bloody enjoying the calm. #wafc #comeontheblackandwhitedoggy
potkettleblack
Best £15 I've spent for a while #wafc
a1bionant
Rant time: Jordi Gomez, what a prick. Waving imaginary cards, feigning injury and miracle recovery when the ball went near him #wba #wafc

SUNDERLAND - BLACKBURN 2-1 (0-1)
Andrewg32
To be fair to #safc it has been like Barcelona so far. Admittedly like barca played 30ft off the ground, but the head tennis has been superb
JonoH
Unbelievable... Even The phantom of the opera can score goals against Sunderland... #safc
JonoH
Richardson missed a kick someone in a wheel chair would have even mastered... #safc
jessespector
Sessegnon has had better ideas than any #SAFC player today. He has not had the greatest connection between brain and foot.
markhitch
Steve Kean is currently making the best tactical decision of his career. Partnering Bramble with Brown up top. Masterstroke #Rovers #safc
basketball_nick
In el classico last night there were 13 world cup winners playing. #SAFC v #BRFC features almost 13 players who have played football before.
chatnoir_safc
Proof, sadly, that there's no such thing as a Messiah. Hope we get second half sorted #SAFC
joavfc
Pat Nevin on Yakubu and Bramble. 'It's like watching a David Attenborough documentary with two yaks banging into each other' #safc
Davistofer
A dwarf trying to get marmalade from the top shelf is less frustrated than me watching sunderland. #SAFC
xGogsx
I'd missed Martin O'Neill's gleeful celebrations. Oddly Xmassy, like he's just unwrapped his presents & found Carmen Electra. #safc #brfc

STOKE CITY - TOTTENHAM 2-1 (2-0)
Aquilani_Agent
In few moments Harry Potters will be at Brittannia stadium. Errrh, I mean Harry vs The Potters. #THFC #SCFC
merancia
C'mon you Stoke! He's big, he's red, his feet stick out of bed, Peter Crouch, Peter Crouch! #SCFC #THFC
NickyEssex_
#scottparkerfacts.. Scott Parker is the first perpetual energy source since the Sun.. I love Scotty Parker #coys #thfc #YIDS
JustaGooner
Brad Friedel is so old, monkeys evolved from him! #afc #thfc #joke
Reptile_16
Oh four fox ache! #THFC
CTHURST25
so this is what getting screwed in soccer looks like...#thfc
Bethany_LFC
5 Minutes added time!? Where's that come from? That's about as accurate as Harry's tax returns. #wheelerdealer #THFC

CHELSEA - MANCHESTER CITY 2-1 (1-1)
GreggDavies
"If there was a plasma TV on Drogba's grave, I would put this clip on it" He's quite good at this, is G-Nev #CFC #MCFC
Squarah85
Oh god. That's not how it was meant to start. Please don't let it be 6.... #cfc
AlasdairStephen
Two clubs of mercenaries funded on the stolen oil wealth of foreign lands play a game of football in London tonight. #mcfc #CFC
playingwithdust
Wilkins:'Frank always knows where the goal is'. Always handy for a footballer. Bet he also knows where the nearest Greggs is too #cfc #mcfc
jimmya
Dying to know what Mata was saying to Silva underneath his hand there. "Have you SEEN what one of those Scotch Eggs is made of?" #cfc #mcfc
stephenjupe
Bless my gorgeous wife. "Why you so interested in this match? It's not even United". #mcfc #cfc
damiensanders
Memo to John Terry - if you're gonna get into a row with Balotelli, make sure you've got your back to the camera #CFC

2011-12-03

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 14th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

I must say Saturday's lunchtime match between Newcastle and Chelsea at St. James' Park (I do not like the other name...) was a very decent opener. Chelsea won, but Geordies were massively unlucky! David Luiz should be red-carded in the opening minutes, Tim Krul was brilliant (even saved Frank Lamaprd's penalty), they had plenty of chances etc. But they like to hit the bar too much. So it's their fault. A bunch of "boozers"!

Blackburn, formerly known as a bunch of losers, have tried everything (except sacking Steve Kean) to restore some of the "old days reputation". They haven't been particularly successful. Until today. Yes, they collected three points (against Swansea that is). And actually their best player was a beast! Just google it. Here are some clues: it's a shaggy Himalayan hoofed mammal found in Tibet and parts of China and is a very surefooted animal.

Aston Villa on the other hand still haven't found what they're looking for. Maybe they really should get rid of Alex McLeish, because my god they're boring to watch! Not that MUFC were THAT exciting in the Injury bowl. Far from it. And it seems Red Devils' tweeps followed them. It was I think the first match so far that even they didn't do their usual job (funny, cynical... tweeting).

In the other mathces Mario Balotelli invented "Shoulder of Mario," QPR and WBA fans also didn't have the best of afternoons obviously, Bolton couldn't win with a player slower than a Christmas mail in the team, Gervinho confuses Arsenal's, MCFC's and Barca's fans, Evertonians scream for a sugar daddy, special agent Steve is laughing and more!

BTW I apologize for publishing the final version so late. I had to write it on a prehistoric computer. I mean, it's as slow as above mentioned Bolton player...

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "14th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 14th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

NEWCASTLE UTD - CHELSEA 0-3 (0-1)
ImDanChapman
It looks like Shola has swallowed Ben Arfa #nufc
SirCheekss
Pardew is genius, brings on Ameobi cause Luiz will make him look like he's as good as Messi, brilliant marketing move. #NUFC #CFC
MikeEdge
Seen the size of Ameobi!! I'm just glad I'm not watching this one in 3d! #nufc
GeordieGiant
“@FourFourTom: Tim Krul rhymes with God.” #NUFC
NUFC_Ricey_1892
Has Obertan been training at the Wayne Routledge school of crossing? #nufc
jaredstimson
Meireles just realized how awful his haircut looks and is rolling on the ground trying to cover it up. #NUFC
keithy73
OK, it's not a goal but kicking Ashley Cole in the head's not a bad second prize. #nufc
AdamClery
Raul Meireles. Half punk drummer, half smacked up rooster dipped in paint. #nufc
SternJohnIsMint
We might as well have a team full of alcoholics the amount of times they've hit the bar. #NUFC

BLACKBURN - SWANSEA 4-2 (2-1)
Danza09
Yakubu gonna have some massive dinner tonight dinner4-2 maybe
usarsnl
So the way to inspire Yakubu was to sell him to people with unlimited supplies of chicken.
jamesy_105
Just to stop Blackburn winning the prem, Man City will probably sign Yakubu
bartletsjacket
Idiots (pl, noun); the Blackburn fans protesting and chanting for Steve Kean to be sacked after their team have just won 4-2.

MANCHESTER CITY - NORWICH CITY 5-1 (1-0)
BigGrantHolt
Bad news. Mr Paul has come back from Howard Webb's dressing room and he confirm we CANNOT put two goalkeepers on. Damnit. #ncfc
FisolaNYDN
Mario Balotelli, a soccer combination of Ron Artest & Michael Beasley, just scored a funny goal for Man City. The guy is nuts...and Italian
sportingintel
I love Mario Balotelli. The genius of Zola, the swagger of Cantona and an admirable dash of cheek. #mcfc
MCFC
You've heard of the 'Hand of God' - how about the 'Shoulder of Mario'? #MCFC twitpic.com/7nqrpw

QUEENS PARK RANGERS - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-1 (1-0)
Judethecat
It is simply not good enough for us not to win games like that. Don't tell me its 1 point closer to 40 - it should have been 3! #QPR
TalzUK
@Joey7Barton i thout u said u you was moving to qpr to be part of an ambitious team? and your only looking for 40 points?

TOTTENHAM - BOLTON 3-0 (1-0)
TGebski
Bale showing off his Goal kicking boot just now dedicated to Speedo. Nice touch GB #THFC
TheBoltonWaffle
I love Kevin Davies but he's slower than the Christmas mail #bwfc #thfc
TheBoltonWaffle
Any more nutmegs from Modric and he'll be on Masterchef. #bwfc #thfc
AlfieDiff
Spurs have squandered more scoring opportunities than me at university #thfc #coys
_HarryRedknapp
85 minutes gone. Game over and just got a text, Sandra is doing Lasagne for dinner. #THFC
aBRYANT23
THFC just had 5 minutes of 100% possession. Put that in your pipe, Pep!

WIGAN - ARSENAL 0-4 (0-2)
gunnerblog
RVP has more league goals than Lionel Messi in this calendar year. Unlike Messi, he doesn't play for a team that dominates his league.
JJmessiah
Do arsenal only talk about one player? Cos that's all I ever see on my timeline. RVP this RVP that. No, you're not a one man team at all.
DanielNotaro
Any1 see Gervinho kiss the badge after he scored. Means 1 of 3 things: 1) About to sign for City; 2) About to sign for Barca; 3) He loves us
tomEurosport
Gomez dropping very deep and Wigan are basically lining up in a 4-6-0. Luciano Spalletti and Craig Levein look on admiringly.

ASTON VILLA - MANCHESTER UTD 0-1 (0-1)
EmpireOfSoccer
Brad Guzan about to enter the Fray in the Injury Bowl #MUFC v #Villa #usmnt
JoeMcNamara8
Alan Hutton has the vision of a bucket. #avfc v #mufc
YassinMY
Right now it's like #mufc are suffering from erectile dysfunction. Still, we came hard 1st half. Need to 'keep it up' #seewhatIdonethere?
garykenny1984
only heskey would turn around and fasten his laces whilst his team are attacking. you cant buy skill like that. #mufc #avfc

EVERTON - STOKE CITY 0-1 (0-1)
jairusxs
Srsly the stoke players are man handling everton players.. Do smth about it ref -.-
bluealert
Fellaini being manhandled for a whole corner routine somehow doesn't constitute a foul. Jeez. Still #everton utterly impotent.
seewherl
Goodison park has got to be one of the worst grounds to buy food. #soldoutagainin3mins #starving #sortitout #everton
aeroberg
Watching this Everton game makes me realise how wasted Steven Pienaar's career is at the moment
Brainofpea
We don't given frees! We don't get given penalties! Now we don't get given corner kicks! Welcome to the world of an #Everton supporter!
chrismartin_efc
Its hard work bein an everton fan at the moment, pissed off we need a sugar daddy asap!!!!!!!!
DjimiTraore
And the Everton fans sing their favourite and most commonly sung song at Goodison. "Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" #EFC

WOLVERHAMPTON - SUNDERLAND 2-1 (0:0)
FootieBanter1
There's only room for one good dog muncher in this country and his name is Chung Yong Lee. #bwfc #safc #wolves
linejudgeblog
I'm not sure what's worse, Steve Bruce playing no strikers or Eric Black playing Ji. He's hopeless. #SAFC
FutbolFeller
Somewhere on the Island....Special Agent Bruce has a smile on his face.. #SAFC #SMB
nerdword
O'Neill should perform a human sacrifice for good luck before his 1st game next weekend. I nominate Bendtner to take one for the team. #SAFC
tt9m
Martin O' Nooooooooooooooooooo #safc

FULHAM - LIVERPOOL 1-0 (0-0)
briankettle
Put a number 8 on Henderson's back there and you would have sworn it was Steven Gerrard. #lfc
JohnSinnott
Andy Carroll started 7 #epl games; Fernando Torres six; Dimitar Berbatov one. £115m of talent warming #lfc #cfc #mufc benches
devans182
so Saurez swears at Fulham fans, and Dalglish claims he needs more protection....a slap round the face is what he needs. #LFC
GrantWahl
Congrats to Clint Dempsey, whose 37th Premier League goal breaks Brian McBride's record for a US player. (Also beat Liverpool with it.)

2011-11-26

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 13th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

The club owners (and even the fans except Blackburn's) in England are quite patient regarding sacking their managers this fall. Maybe the reason is Steve Kean. Everybody's expected him to be sacked already and therefore on the market. You make your own conclusions...

Venky's got another reason to kick him in the behind after the Stoke City match, but at the moment of writing he's still there. I mentioned the Stoke - Rovers match... Obviously no one expected a cracker. Or why would they recruit additional air traffic controllers?

One of the candidates for getting his employment status corrected to "unemployed" is Bolton's Owen Coyle, but their fans still showing him some support. Fear of Kean is too strong.

Even Steve Bruce is on his way out. His Sunderland suffered a home defeat against mighty Wigan. Nothing went the right way at the Stadium of light, the players of the "fat geordie bastard" lost, even their fans mixed up Italy and Spain.

Queens Park Rangers thought they could win in Norwich but they hit the Brazilian wall. Namely, the Canaries are hugely popular in Brazil (for some reason most of the country wears yellow) and the South American support for the home team was too much even for the QPR owner.

But there were some funny tweets about the other 13th round matches, too. Read a joke about Torres and his highlights, Sepp Blatter always puts a smile on your face, THFC fans apologize to the man whose mom was doing, well, a naughty job, Mario Balotelli proved that blondes are less fortunate regarding the hair-colour and more...

But let me finish on a more serious note: Gary Speed RIP.

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "13th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 13th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

STOKE CITY - BLACKBURN 3-1 (1-0)
TheBoltonWaffle
Additional air traffic controllers have been recruited for today's Stoke v Blackburn game.
bobballardsport
it is 13 degrees centigrade in Stoke, so why is Blackburn Rovers' Hoilett wearing gloves..only goalkeepers should wear gloves.
Bethany_LFC
I don't usually watch rugby, but Stoke vs Blackburn could be a good one this morning. #hoofball
dashdefy
Pass completion for Stoke and Blackburn - 67%. Barca players might get a jail term for that
walsh_i
Play stops in the Stoke/Blackburn game to remove two bin bags. While 22 pieces of rubbish still remain on the field...
davecurran1984
Thought I was watching real v barca. Turns out it's Blackburn v Stoke

BOLTON - EVERTON 0-2 (0-0)
TheBoltonWaffle
We can't sack Coyle. If only because there's a good chance Gartside will appoint Steve Kean as his replacement #bwfc #brfc
Tim_Cahill
Buzzing to win on my 250th appearance for Everton and 500th in uk. Cant beat the winning feeling. Proud day for me and my family #thanku
jackdoggydogg
He's big, he's Greek, he can score a goal a week, Vellios, Vellios!! #efc

CHELSEA - WOLVERHAMPTON 3-0 (3-0)
GeorgeJennings
Its now safe to say we have found the legend Makelele's replacement Oriol Romeu! Stick with him AVB he is different class #CFC #UTC
alrickbrown
Sturridge today against Wolves: 92% passing (23/25, 9/11 in final third), 1 goal, 1 chance created, 10 Wolves players terrorized.
sickipediabot
What's the difference between Fernando Torres' hair, and his Chelsea career? .. ..his hair has highlights
TheRealKamalio
Chelsea Captain n Defender JT has as many Goals as Liverpools 'star' striker Suarez this season. 4. - BOOM!

MANCHESTER UTD - NEWCASTLE UTD 1-1 (0-0)
RedIssue
19 years ago today Eric Cantona signed for Manchester United from Leeds #MUFC #erictheking
davesftballblog
The chip on Gabriel Obertan's shoulder today might be bigger than John Terry's ego. #NUFC #MUFC #EPL
TheeJoeRaff
Listening to united on the radio, feel like a kid again, shame Baywatch isn't on a after. #MUFC #Baywatch
MinistryOfGlove
Showing fantastic strength, David De Gea arm-wrestles Dog the Bounty Hunter and beats up Hulk Hogan before calmly catching a corner #mufc
samuelluckhurst
Started similarly, but chances of another 6-0 a la January '08 are as remote as Sepp Blatter saying something sensible. #mufc #nufc

NORWICH CITY - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2-1 (1-0)
tonyfernandes
half time. should be 1-1 . not vintage QPR. better in last 15 mins. tough watching it here with so many norwich fans in brazil.
rosssanders5
Had to laugh when QPR hit side netting and cheered so we sang 'Lets pretend we scored a goal' and started dancing. Good banter! #NCFC
ij_cox
Driving back from Norwich after watching #QPR and my son asks me "are we back in England yet?"! Well back in civilisation son!
bearbrewing Dawn
Loving the atmosphere in The Ketts this afternoon, but the testosterone level is so high I'm just gonna have to nip out for a shave...#ncfc

SUNDERLAND - WIGAN 1-2 (1-1)
simonbirdmirror
Can't see bruce surviving this. "You fat geordie b++++++d get out of our club" the #safc fans sing
simonbirdmirror
Fan just shouted "you italian prick at martinez." Nothing's going right at #safc
NeilRed__
Steve Bruce, I feel for you mate, I'm not very good at my job either. #safc
profanityswan
I'll say it again - the only man for the #safc job is Maradona. We'd get relegated but it'd be utterly amazing.

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - TOTTENHAM 1-3 (1-1)
pokeefe1
I could get used to this!! We march on and on. 28 from last 30 points available. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club...Take a bow. #THFC #COYS
danjulian93
“@yido82: Adebayor , Adebayor I'm really really sorry what I sang about you before #coys #thfc” @timjulian60
SuperSubDicko
How #THFC's Midfield - Lennon, Parker, Modric, VDV and Bale all cost only £3million more than #LFC's Andy Carroll is #madness

ARSENAL - FULHAM 1-1 (0-0)
JWTelegraph
Fulham fans milking it: 'We're winning away, we're winning away, how **** must you be, we're winning away'...#afc #ffc
JimMunro
Arsenal hate the sight of referee Mike Dean... they haven't won any of the last TEN Prem games in which he's held the whistle (5D, 5L) #afc
WonderGunner
Vermaelen concedes, vermaelen gets pissed, vermaelen doesnt give up, vermaelen makes a run, vermaelen scores, vermaelen is CLASS
OptaJoe
31 - Thomas Vermaelen is the 31st player in Premier League history to score a goal and an own goal in the same game. Redemption.
htmanutd
Who said that Arsenal are a One-Man club? In their last match, Thomas Vermaelen made it interesting! He was the only scorer. For both teams.

SWANSEA - ASTON VILLA 0-0
AlexB_Uk
Hutton; a defender who can't tackle, Herd; a midfielder who cant pass, Nzogbia; a winger never wide, gabby; a striker out wide... #avfc #why
_PhilB
What does Emule Heskey actually bring to the team? #powerhouse #AVFC
LukeEjdowski
Watching the villa is about as much fun as a rectal exam! #avfc #boring
jonwhitlock
amazing how much like a dear in headlights darren bent looks when he receives the ball 30 yards out and has to figure out what to do #avfc
AJOKB09
I'm going to the pub to unleash my attacking flare on some pork crunch. The only attacking flare i'll see this afternoon.#avfc
stevefinch_IC
Ok, the Swansea fans singing 'you're not driving anymore' when Bannan came on was funny! #avfc

LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 (1-1)
karlrolstone
Liverpool are the most supported team in the world for the next 1 and half hours. #lfc #mcfc #mufc
daveAWESOMEone
Who needs a 50m player with blonde highlights (Failnando torres) when u got a 25.5m dark haired uraguian (Luis Suarez) #lfc
adamsryan90
Everytime I see Suarez I want to feed him a carrot, those teeth could cut steel! #lfc #supersunday
JimmyRiceWriter
Mancini on Balotelli and the dressing room door: "I don't know but If he damaged it he will pay for it - just like his house." #MCFC
ohuo
Balotelli is conducting vital research. conclusion: blondes are a bit stupider

2011-11-20

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 12th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

Match of the weekend? Clubwise it's got to be Chelsea - Liverpool. The latter won. Deservedly? Maybe. But there is no doubt about the clown of the match. John Obi Mikel. My oh my... And I thought it can only happen to Darijan Matić (surely most of you don't know him and we in Slovenia would like to forget him). But the best tweets about the blue and red battle were all about Fernanda Torres. No, I didn't misspell his name - according to one of the funniest tweets of the weekend.

Some of you might ask why so many tweets about the dull Swansea - ManUTD game. You may hate 'em, but the fans of the club, which depends on a hairdryer, seem to be among the best (juiciest?) tweeps around. Michael Carrick as Tim Tebow is as good as the biggest and the greasiest SubWay sandwich.

In other matches people spotted dead tarantula in Norwich, Greek Magician did his magic for Evertonians, surprisingly Gervinho could save St. James' Park (don't say wtf? prematurely!), Icelanders have unearthed a new man-flu cure, Steve Bruce expressed his love for cloggers... And finally, Steve Kean still hasn't won over Blackburn fans and Benoit Assou-Ekotto's hair confused yet another team. No, really.

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is the English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "12th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 12th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

NORWICH CITY - ARSENAL 1-2 (1-1)
ToomyLav
Per Mertesacker, I love you. You keep my dream of being a Professional footballer alive. I'd slot straight in to that back four!! #AFC
chrisrwhiting
Do Norwich play their celebration song through a Sony Ericsson or something? Awful sound. #NCFC #AFC
dalejohnsonESPN
Arsenal's Robin Van Persie joins Alan Shearer (twice), Thierry Henry, Les Ferdinand and Ruud Van Nistelrooy in scoring 30 in a year. #afc
kingkongfinger
Gervinho's head looks like a dead tarantula balanced on lawn bowl. #AFC
aawharris77
Does anyone want to tell #Mertesacker that he is in fact paid well for playing football so doesnt need to fall over every 2 mins..#afc
mitchellgolland
Someone please inject some steroids in to Yossi Benayoun. Looks so ill. #afc #ncfc
OneMatchBan
Gervinho is one of those strikers who doesn't need pace because he has an extra 2 yards in his head... #afc #ncfc

EVERTON - WOLVERHAMPTON 2-1 (1-1)
PerfectPass
Baines puts Everton ahead from the spot. Who earned the penalty? Vellios, of course. The Greek Magician shocks again!! Everton 2-1 Wolves
bpurkiss23
Leighton Baines is the best left back in the prem. Just doesn't look a player
LMarshx
I want to marry Leighton Baines!

MANCHESTER CITY - NEWCASTLE UTD 3-1 (2-0)
DiscoStewLamb
if we had of bought Gervinho, Mike Ashley could have advertised Sports Direct in his forehead. He missed that one didnt he. #nufc
jamirochriss
Balotelli's hair reminds me of an Ed hardy t shirt for some reason. #epl #mancity
MrShotcaller
The ManCity twins (Balotelli and Richards) lol
Andrewg32
clumsy challenge but 9 out of 10 for the tumble by richards. ive taken 1 mark off cos he didnt point his toes. #NUFC
kLFCreds
This will begin the descent of #NUFC's trip back down to Earth.
blefuscu74
Wonder how brilliant we would be if we'd spent the budget of a small nation to buy all the trophies? #nufc #mcfc
Neerightfoot
Billions spent on the place yet still empty seats. Aye, massive club "Citeh"' #NUFC
Richard_Buxton
#MCFC announce that today was a record attendance at the Etihad Stadium, of 47,408 #NUFC

STOKE CITY - QUEENS PARK RANGERS2-3 (1-2)
adamrubins
The best cure for man flu? Heidar Helguson. Who knew? In other news, goodbye Steve Kean #QPR #football
AaronWood1986
To all the people who ever doubted Helguson... Put your hands up and eat humble pie. I always had faith in the guy a fantastic striker.

SUNDERLAND - FULHAM 0-0
sorourkeITV
#SAFC Cattermole booked. In equally surprising news. The sun came up this morning.
StuartShearing1
Has Dempsey broken sweat today ?...fookin lazy #ffc
IndolentFop
Why does Steve Bruce hate Craig Gardner? Why does he love teams of cloggers? #safc

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - BOLTON 2-1 (1-1)
GCaldicott
That'll do! I'm beginning to feel man love for Shane Long :) #wba
MattLeary
Premier league to sort out refereeing standards. Gray Cahill physically picked and held Long in the air. Apparently this isn't a foul #wba

WIGAN ATHLETIC - BLACKBURN 3-3 (2-1)
sportingintel
Utterly bonkers here. Blackburn's owners left at half-time. Their fans yelling 'We want Venky's out!'. Then Blackburn equalise for 2-2.
sportingintel
Insane. Blackburn score 98th minute equaliser via Yak pen after gk Robinson kicked in head trying to get late goal in oppo box. Ends 3-3
JedWinstanley
When you let in two goals and draw with a ten man Blackburn side. That's when you know you're going down. @LaticsOfficial
MikeyDelap
Kean prior to the game - "Only a win will do." Kean after the game - "It was important we got something from the game." #doublefacepalm

SWANSEA - MANCHESTER UTD 0-1 (0-1)
_RiazAdam
@luisnani and @WayneRooney are just like a couple they are always arguing #mufc
PatrickShabangu
Worried about Carrick, why is his pants sitting so high? #MUFC
AaronisRadio
Sure I just heard Swansea fans singing 'there's only one Luis Suarez'. Absolutely disgusting. #mufc
acrutd
First half sums up Giggs' United career. Constantly gave the ball away but as soon as he's in a good position he creates a goal #mufc
PDHughes87
Went to subway for my dinner today, and asked for the biggest, greasiest, most expensive sub, and they gave me "the Andy Carroll". #mufc
thisisfreddi
MUFC has all types strikers.look at goals only Chicha, moody Berba, twitter Owen n the magnificent Rooney
BerbaTez
Things more exciting than this #mufc match: ed byrne, soot, Paula abdul, fox hair, mass, cricket, acorns, staples, broadsheet newspapers.
Shivvy27
No other choice but to invite my west country friend out to help settle my nerves.. Come here Mr Cider!! FFS #mufc sort it out!
julejames1961
De Gea looks like he should be playing a moody teenager in #eastenders #mufc #scfc
jonathansebire
Giggs has spotted an unattended wife in the stand so he's subbed himself off. #mufc #youheard
RYANFABRO590
I got it! Carrick is the Tebow of the #epl he hates passing the ball forward, and when doing so, tends to disappoint #mufc

CHELSEA - LIVERPOOL 1-2 (0-1)
henrywinter
Torres and Carroll amongst subs. Most expensive benches outside of Harrods garden-furnishings department #cfc #lfc
damientweet
Thomas Cook advertising around Stamford Bridge reads "Winter 2012 holidays still available". I should think so, it's Autumn 2011. #CFC
LukeEllis2
Brilliant from Gary Neville: David Luiz looks like he's being controlled by a ten year old in the crowd on a playstation. #cfc
briankettle
Nice gesture toward sexual equality by #cfc tonight: letting that clueless blonde girl come on and run around for the last few minutes.
afootballreport
Watching the most overrated right back in England destroy the most overrated left back in England was really something special.

TOTTENHAM - ASTON VILLA 2-0 (2-0)
Ralafs
Assou ekkotto looks like a microphone tonight #thfc #avfc
lukesimpsongolf
What a fro on show tonight from benny!! Step aside Diana Ross!! #coys #thfc
Alberto_Aveiro
Spurs must still be laughing, long after taking the money from the sale of Hutton all the way to the bank. #avfc #thfc
therealbatley
I think Scott Parker is far too selfish...let someone else win the Man of the Match award! #thfc
robculli
Alan Hutton looks like vin diesel on smack #THFC #COYS
big_L_79
Adebayor Adebayor cost less than berbatov and scores a lot more!!! #mcfc #thfc #mufc

2011-11-06

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 11th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

"Twenty-five years in charge... What should I get him? A pack of chewing gum? He surely likes chewing. But wait. It would be too cheap. A hairdryer? Well, I'm a bit worried he would give me one of his then... A bottle of fine highland whisky? Nah, he's red-nosed enough."

The dilemma ruined Wesley Brown's sleep. He didn't want to disappoint his former manager once again. So he asked his current gaffer (also former Red Devil) Steve Bruce for advice. After a couple of hours thinking about the suitable gift, Bruce said to his defender: "Think, Wes, what can you do best?"

Not so young Wesley started doing some more thinking, after a while thanked him and said: "Oooh, it's going to be a real surprise!" Sadly though, hours later no one was really surprised. As he scored an own goal. Oh, yes, he's good at scoring them. But anyway, it was the perfect gift for SAF! And Wesley was happy again.

The other weekend stories were also quite entertaining. Arsenal claim they do not need a Batman's help, Newcastle is in the same class as Barcelona, Juventus and ManCity, Alex McLeish should be the next celebrity face in the Head&Shoulders commercial, Steve Kean really scared Blackburn fans during Halloween, Mario Balotelli joined Luis Suarez in diving team, Benoit Assou-Ekotto looks up to Marge Simpson and more.

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "11th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 11th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

NEWCASTLE UTD - EVERTON 2-1 (2-1)
Chris_Hewitson
Should I be using @Iwantcurlyhair2's #letsgetcarriedaway hashtag, or is Raylor 1 of the most improved players of the last 12 months? #NUFC
F365
Awful defending from Everton. Heitinga doing an impression of the kids from Jurassic Park when told the T-Rex's vision is based on movement.
MarkyC1982
Only four teams in major European leagues are undefeated Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus and #nufc remarkable achievement #unbeatoon

ARSENAL - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3-0 (2-0)
MirrorFootball
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 West Brom: a tenner if you can guess who got the goal...
elomap
Arsenal opponents should carry the banner "Persie..have Mercy"
FOXSoccer
@FOXSoccerTrax: In happier signs, Arsenal fans have a banner up that reads: "WE DON'T NEED BATMAN, WE HAVE ROBIN."

ASTON VILLA - NORWICH CITY 3-2 (1-1)
General_Krulak
Goddamit, I told McLeish to brush the dandruff off his suit before he went on TV. #avfc
OptaParody
1 - Sian Massey the 1 woman who understands the offside rule. Now she just needs to explain it to Darren Bent. Flag
LeonKnight82
Gabby and bent look like problems .. The road runner and the 6 yard sniffer. #MOTD

BLACKBURN - CHELSEA 0-1 (0-0)
Marcotti
Blackburn ban banners at Ewood, so fans hire plane to fly overhead with big "Steve Kean Out" banner.
sickipediabot
Steve Kean was out Scaring Blackburn fans last night. He was dressed as a contract extension.
MrEpicMind
Calling your pen*s Torres, 'cause it never scores.

LIVERPOOL - SWANSEA 0-0
Joe_Lovejoy
Newcastle sell Carroll for £35m and improve dramatically. Liverpool buy him and draw at home to Sunderland, Norwich and Swansea. Comment?
gunnersopinion
What do you get if you cross a ball to Andy Carroll? A goal-kick
chrismufc99
Stewart downing has played most number of minutes 4 #lfc 0 goals + assists, only 151 players have more assists than him this season”

MANCHESTER UTD - SUNDERLAND 1-0 (1-0)
jimw1
One thing we can be sure of, had SAF retired as planned in 2002, they wouldn't have unveiled the Sven Goran Eriksson Stand on Saturday
KaiWayne
KAI SPORTS NEWS: After many years at Old Trafford, Wes Brown finally comes good for United by scoring in his own net for Sunderland.
shahidkamal
You can always rely on Wes Brown and Steve Bruce to give their team 3 points, as they did again yesterday.
skysarahjane
#ManUtd whip round for SirAlex 25 years in charge - Wes Brown chipping in with O.G. Really Wes you shouldn't have, potplant would have done!

QUEENS PARK RANGERS - MANCHESTER CITY 2-3 (1-1)
Vanja_MUFC
Wow Balotelli, it seems like you are Suarez' the biggest rival... in diving.
MrsStephenFry
Oh dear, Stephen's just come home with a box of Mario Balotelli indoor fireworks . . . #whyalwaysme?
viewfromamerica Alex Ferguson
No Taarabt, no problem. Team was magnificent today. #QPR

WOLVERHAMPTON - WIGAN 3-1 (1-1)
dip_1985
Shocking from Wigan. So many times they could have scored but lack of decent finishers cost them massively. Relegated unless Messi signs
gavlar88
Looks like Wigan have been taking tips on finishing from Liverpool

BOLTON - STOKE CITY 5-0 (2-0)
MirrorFootball
4-0 Bolton. Scoresheet looking like one of Rory McIlroy's - full of Eagles

FULHAM - TOTTENHAM 1-3 (0-2)
MostUnfurrowed
As much as I like Gareth Bale, that's a bloody awful celebration. It's like the tumblr of a 15 year old girl. #thfc
mitchpryce
Does Assou-Ekotto use the same hairdresser as Marge Simpson?
fitbathatba
who's this hardworking, unselfish person and what has he done with Adebayor? #BBCfootball #THFC #EPL
TomCStandard
Assou-Ekotto back for 2nd half with football's most pointless combo: short-sleeved shirt and gloves #thfc #ffc
stujeffrey
When you're sat in row Z and the ball hits ya head that's Zamora! #coys #thfc #spurs

2011-10-30

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 10th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

Last week it was Manchester. This weekend it was London's turn. Tottenham beat QPR, but it was the other match that stood out. Chelsea welcomed Arsenal at the Stamford Bridge believing they are surely good enough for beating Wenger's "quasi-kindergarten". Well, were they? Ehm, no, they weren't.

After the first 45 minutes it seemed they could win after Frank Lampard and John Terry opened Arse's defence and scored. But "Wengaboys" brought a not so secret weapon with them. They soon unleashed RPG, oh sorry, my mistake... I mean RVP.

The Dutch goal-machine didn't disappoint and scored "la tripleta", as Italians beautifully refer to "hat-trick". His latter goals came in the final five minutes, hurting Chelsea even more.

Well, they deserved it. Chelsea's defence was rubbish (as was Arsenal's), but the most "ha-ha" got a "not-racist" who obviously knows how to slip in key moments... Remember CL finals?

What else happened? Little pea saved United's ass (Jonny Evans was in the starting lineup... Really!!), even Fergie's agent couldn't stop ManCity, Steve Kean blew a two-goal lead, Darren Bent pissed Sunderland's and Villa's fans off, Andy Carroll mounted Olsson from behind and much more.

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "10th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 10th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

EVERTON - MANCHESTER UNITED 0-1 (0-1)
MirrorFootball
Jonny Evans starts for United. And they say Fergie has no sense of humour
jayadevnair9
MoM for the #MUFC match was Berbatov. It was his awesomeness that prevented Everton from scoring.
EllBretland
I've been lucky enough to see the likes of Henry, Bergkamp, Zola etc. live but @WayneRooney is by far the best player I've ever seen. #mufc
forevruntd
When #SAF took charge at #United 19 out of the 32 players who have made first team appearance this season were not born. #GodFather #mufc
DoronSalomon
When I find myself in times of trouble, Chicharito scores for me, Javier Hernandez, little pea

CHELSEA - ARSENAL 3-5 (2-1)
RorySmith_Indy
Excellent banner at Stamford Bridge. "JT," it reads, "IS NOT RACIST". That's that sorted, then. Stand down. #cfc 1-0 #afc
Vanja_MUFC c
Last week I received a lot of tweets from CFC fans. So quiet now,why? Oh wait! #CH3L5EA
TheChelsOrg
That's it from me for a while - this will take alcohol to get over, see you on the other side. #Chelsea #CFC
makeballet
“@DavidRolls25: AVB is trying to make great omelettes with bad eggs. #cfc #chelsea” Agree. Ring the changes, Roman. Better spend well.
markryan7
Torres was absolutely w**k today. More threat in Peppa Pig. #cfc
CBurke88
On that note, Umbro please develop a JT antislip traction soleplate. #CFC
JideAboderin
Dear God, Bless RVP with extra steel in his legs/ankles, return V5 to top form and inject some creativity into Artetas game. Amen.
timpayton
Message for Stan. Head to dressing rooms. Congratulate your team. Then stop at Robin, bow down and give him whatever contract he needs. #rvp

MANCHESTER CITY - WOLVERHAMPTON 3-1 (0-0)
EdgardV
Looks like Henessey has been enjoying too much Henessey before the match. Go City! @MCFC
DomFarrell1986
I believe that's the first time Aleks Kolarov has ever scored without kicking it REALLY hard. Disappointing #MCFC
EAM_STEAK
Finally have a chance to watch MCFC today and no "Super Mario" or Tevez and Dzeko gets taken off just after half. Bummer. Back to cleaning.
Arjunation
The man with firework showcase ability is in, Balotelli. Hoping for a cracker. #mcfc
hannah__MCFC
Mick McCarthy looks like the love child of Doc from Back to the Future and Bert from Sesame Street. #MCFC #Wolves
AnneMCity
Phew!! So Fergie's Agent Attwell came, he tried but we conquered. Come on City!!!! #mcfc

NORWICH CITY - BLACKBURN 3-3 (0-1)
bottle_bohemia
After singing the 'Norfolk Cafu' song towards Russell Martin, the women next to me asks "What's a Cafu?? " #ncfc
richardwoodEDP
Blackburn are truly awful but from 3-1 down we will take that. And our thanks to Steve Keen for taking off Yakubu. Much appreciated #ncfc
channeldelibird
"Sacked in the morning" was the chant to Steve Kean all around the ground after the equaliser. #BRFC did let Norwich back in - overrun.

SUNDERLAND - ASTON VILLA 2-2 (1-1)
1RobertEvans
Darren Bent has pissed me off too! He can't keep missing simple chances! 7 yards out isn't a great save, it's a bad miss!!! #avfc
sportingintel
Most dramatic action of second half so far has been #sfc gk Mignolet going off with smashed bloody nose after accidental heskey elbow #avfc
jessespector
I will try not to get too attached to Connor Wickham, because it will only end in sorrow. But this is the start of something good at SAFC.

SWANSEA - BOLTON 3-1 (0-0)
jdgmedia
Darren Pratley left Swansea, where he was the main man, for Bolton, where he is bit part. Well done son #greed
OptaJoe
30 - Danny Graham is the 30th player in Premier League history to score a goal and an own goal in the same match. Redemption

WIGAN - FULHAM 0-2 (0-1)
MirrorFootball
Dave Whelan has just reacted to another Wigan defeat by singing "if you were the only girl in the world" on R5Live. Surreal
mTobinNUFC
In the Premier League, anyone can beat anyone. Except Wigan, everyone beats Wigan

WEST BROMWICH ALBION - LIVERPOOL 0-2 (0-2)
sportingintel
When Liverpool last won the league, 89-90, the ave top-division basic pay in English football was £41,600. A year j.mp/ruzIqk #lfc
Silverbak666666
Time to hold my hands up ! The Baggies were Poor against Liverpool !!! We just rolled over and showed our belly's. #WBA #DrawingBoard ;((
Sir_Fergie
He punches birds, he burned his house. They don't care, that's f**king Scouse. Andy Carroll, Liverpool's number 9.
MirrorFootball
"Olsson took a huge portion of Andy Carroll from behind" says saucy Sam Matterface

TOTTENHAM - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 3-1 (2-0)
joelylarge
Please last 90 minutes Ledley. You may be made of glass, but its glass that's been made by God. #thfc
markhifh
oohhh ledley ledley, he's only got one knee, he's better than john terry, oohhh ledley ledley #thfc #COYS
Aaron_Sharp
I love Ray Wilkins comms, you never know what you're going to get - like an assertion Heidur Helguson is a "lovely human being". #THFC #QPR
AaronLtweet
@Nigel_Reed Was that LENNON to BALE or MESSI to INIESTA. Outstanding stuff!! #THFC starting to look dangerous. #coys
albridges82
I see Sandro's hair isn't tripping on acid anymore. #COYS #THFC

2011-10-23

FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 9th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE

What a weekend it was! Everton won an away match! Kean is still Rovers' manager! Arsenal fans want RVP's contract extension for Xmas! Chris Foy defeated Chelsea! King Kenny loves Bellamy more than Carroll! Aston Villa fans know how to use Gaddafi's golden pistol! And don't go to Newcastle. They don't have sex over there. Or at least they don't give a rat's ass about protection...

Anyway, even the flying black and white condoms at St. James' Park were not enough to put Newcastle in the spotlight. This weekend it was all about the Manchester derby. And I wonder no more. We really have a serious contender. I mean, when you defeat United (even though they were dressed up as Arsenal due to Halloween) in the Theatre of dreams and score six goals on top of it...

David Silva proved again he's worth every penny, City's central defenders did well, but it was Super Mario who got most of attention. After he - stupidly, it may/may not be added, but it obviously works for him - almost burned his house down with the fireworks, the Pirelli-head scored a brace. Not celebrating it, of course. But surely it was sweet for the man who asked "why always me?".

The same question was probably on Jonny "the stupid red card" Evans' mind. But he knows the answer. And ManUTD fans know it, too. And it ain't pretty. No, these days Evans is not exactly a popular name in the Manchester's Red district. Regarding his performance quite rightly so. Phil Jones? What Phil Jones? Do you mean that guy warming the bench?

Now it's time to explain (again), what this blog is all about. As I wrote the last few times: You won't find any detailed experts' analysis here. You won't find complete scoresheets either. But you'll find a good banter, juicy comments about the game, the clubs, the players, the refs, the goals... Maybe you'll find some useful info/opinion for a football chat in your favourite bar...

Namely, football is a global sport, so is English Premierleague. It is followed by a huge number of a-round-ball-loving enthusiasts, journos, players and managers themselves... I hear football is also more and more popular in the US of soccer... :)

And for all those reasons it's widely commented on Twitter. It is a very well known "fact" that tweeps possess a lot of football knowledge, common sense, cynicism, humour, love/hate relationships... And, yes, even different kinds of stupidity occur...

So, all the ingredients for the tasty soup of football opinion are there.

This is the "ninth edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 9th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...

WOLVERHAMPTON - SWANSEA CITY 2-2 (0-2)
JohnHartson10
Funny there load of Swansea fans tried to ambush me onto their bus!! Wouldn't have hesitated if I wasn't off to Bangor!!
JamesMawFFT
Wolves fans sing "you're not singing anymore" at Swansea fans, having done nothing but boo for 85 minutes. Yeah, nice one...
PCarrESPN
Swansea City is still without a top-flight road win in 27 matches, since May 1982 win at Nottingham Forest.
pett10
Scott Sinclair's post match interview, he must have said "you know" at least 15 times! #swansea threw it away in last 10, what a shame

ASTON VILLA - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-2 (1-1)
MalawiVillan
#wba have the extra man, luckily for #avfc the extra man's Odemwingie...
thomjones0605
To be honest I'm surprised Phil Dowd didn't need security getting in to Villa Park, let alone getting out. #avfc
duguzzle
I can think of a number of good uses for Colonel Gaddafi's golden pistol right now. #phildowd #alexmcleish #avfc

BOLTON - SUNDERLAND 0-2 (0-0)
MrJasonM
Bendtner wore green boots today, what is he like!? I guess when your as good as he is, You can wear whatever you like!

NEWCASTLE UTD - WIGAN 1-0 (0-0)
PeteOfTheNorth
I'm enjoying the tattoos on the guy at the bar. Chatted to him about bitter. It's #NUFC time so I'm in manly Pete mode.
hdav727
I just heard someone refer to Cabaye as "our Tim Cahill"... I've NEVER heard a worse comparison! #nufc
Kevin_Dooley
Gabriel Obertan is like a homeless man's Nani. Thoughts?
ShaunProud
The #nufc "lob it up the field and hope your striker is faster than Usain Bolt" tactic doesn't seem to be working
emmap23
To whoever keeps releasing condoms as balloons from level 7. At least we know you're not getting laid. #mong #nufc
blefuscu74
If a squirrel had farted in Leazes Park that would have gone over the line! #nufc
fudgie
Steven Taylor must have a broken nose. It's touching his ear #nufc

LIVERPOOL - NORWICH CITY 1-1 (1-0)
TommiTikall
I wasnt going to open my whiskey before we scored. Thank you Bellamy. #LFC
DamianConnor
Amazing player cost nothing scores but every1 talking bout player on bench who cost 35m ! #LFC
mooninanfield
Suarez. Has to be one of the most theatrical players. Reckon he could give me a run for my money as the Drama Queen. #LFC
britishblackman
I'm pigsick right now. The forwards coach should either be sacked, or 1 appointed. The amount of chances we miss per game is ridiculous #lfc
celinaemcee
Anyway, before Twitter makes this apocalyptic, and someone stupidly calls for Kenny's head, I'm off. Fun to watch. It will get better. #LFC
The_SamR
So Bellamy started he's football at Norwich, I thought he started with the rest of the trolls... Under a bridge!

ARSENAL - STOKE CITY 3-1 (1-1)
alvavikram
RVP needs some support, Mr Wenger please take out ur cheque book and give us some Xmas presents
jmwai
The only funny 6-1 joke is Arsenal have not won 1 trophy in 6 years.

FULHAM - EVERTON 1-3 (0-1)
theczechup Chris Boothroyd
Grygera plays 90 minutes for Fulham, gets taken off and then Fulham let two in during injury time to lose 3-1. Should have kept him on!
Chirps31
Something that may cheer up Man U fans - #EFC beat Fulham 3-1. There see, bet you feel better already. #mufc

MANCHESTER UTD - MANCHESTER CITY 1-6 (0-1)
YnkaOkula
David Silva must have been born with a Silver Spoon with forks and knives,Chai see cutting..#MUFC
izayyadi
I miss that lil ginger kid we use to have in mid field #mufc #DerbyDay
jameselliot007
#mufc #mcfc Next balotelli t shirt will have the message 'my nan went on holiday and all she could get me was this horrible t-shirt'
craigt1988
Why is Howard Webb 4th official? We need him as the referee!!! #mufc
mcintyrewba3
Lmao! Loving sky for playin 'firework' when on about balotelli! #mcfc #mufc
RealRamiHanbali
Dear Sir Alex, when you have someone like Phil Jones on the bench why do you play Johnny Evans, sincerely every #MUFC fan #EPL
dirtytackle
Balotelli again! Clearly setting your house on fire with fireworks is the key to success.
jonawils
What Balotelli shd do at HT is change into shirt saying 'Because I never learn', score again in 2nd half and be sent off for revealing it
BahamaMamaTy
I don't care how many shirts #Balotelli had made out. City STILL won't win the title. He needs to buy fire extinguisher. #MUFC
cenkkarsli
six and the city #balotelli
USfutblog
Why did Man U decide to start Halloween a week early and dress up as Arsenal?

BLACKBURN - TOTTENHAM 1-2 (1-1)
thfc
So we're a better team than United because we only lost 5-1 at home to City
oGrime
So Spurs fans, who's up for the chop this week then? I see we've got off VDV nuts. I heard Parkers had a shocker, shall we start with him?
AdamWilson7
Confused as to why I've not seen the Steve Kean has been sacked headline. Surely this is impending? #brfc

QUEENS PARK RANGERS - CHELSEA 1-0 (1-0)
AnnieEaves
John Terry on video, appears to be shouting 'You F***ing Black C***' at Anton Ferdinand in today's game. goo.gl/A5o2F
ayush_1901
@Ollie_Davis Can say JT said 'blind' & no one can be sure if it was not definitely directed towards Foy. What happened in ur game tho?
PhotoKaren
I could hear Abramovich scratching Chris Foy's name off his Xmas Card list during the game. Wonder if he's free to ref against Man Ciy? #QPR
LizBussey
Anyone would think QPR had won the league - they just managed to hold on to 1 goal which was a penalty against 9 men - awful team.