There aren't (or shouldn't be) a lot of people who would predict a goal of the season being scored by a 6 ft 7 very thin robot-wannabe. But guess what! It happened. A clumsy looking grasshopper lookalike scored a beauty!
And he scored it against the mighty City. Oh, he was happy! As were his teammates... And the whole red part of Manchester. Which saluted another robot. A sophisticated one. Or so they say. What a transformation from a man, who was constantly being sent to not so pleasant places, to a Beckenbauer-ish ball-kicker.
The gunners were also firing the salvos of joy. They easily beat boring Aston Villa. And surely some kind of a miracle happened. After 15 years two Englishmen scored for the Arse. One man team? Scoring record says no.
In other 30th round matches, Stamford Bridge wants meteorite shower, Wigan still haven't beat a "top 6" side, although they won versus King Kenny's ashamed (I think that is why they wear red) boys, Grant Holt has tackling skills like a pig-chasing farmer, Nicklas Bendtner wears a magic mask, the Toon Army supports Brazil, 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 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 "30th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 30th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
CHELSEA - TOTTENHAM 0-0
@liam_twomey
Jose Bosingwa is the Theo Walcott of full-backs: Quick, and... #cfc #thfc
@apeman383
This game needs a goal. Sorry I meant meteorite shower. #thfc #cfc
@sloanjsloan
Friedel looks like he should be repairing the roads with that bright orange kit on #thfc #cfc
ARSENAL - ASTON VILLA 3-0 (2-0)
@footyfinance
Gervinho's head is slowly losing the battle with the octopus trying to devour it. #AFC
@TimothyAbraham
First time two Englishmen have scored in a Premier League game for Arsenal since 1997. #AFC #AVFC
@STATS_Football
Kieran Gibbs becomes the 17th different Arsenal player to score this season, most in the EPL."
BOLTON - BLACKBURN 2-1 (2-0)
@OptaJoe
18 – Bolton have conceded more set piece goals than any other team in the Premier League this season. Statues.. #motd
@MirrorFootball
Blackburn have Wheater intolerance. They're 1-0 down to an emotional Bolton
LIVERPOOL - WIGAN 1-2 (0-1)
@FunnyGooner
Kenny's excuse list: Injuries ☒ Referee ☒ Badluck ☒ Caroll Downing ☒ Tough opponent ☒ Suarez banned ☒ Missus angry ☒ Tight schedule ✔ #LFC
@YayaTory
He cheats, he dives, he hates the Jackson 5, Luis Suarez, Luis Suarez. #lfc #mcfc kkk
@PeterBolton3
Great Wigan Athletic fact: Up to yesterday they had never beaten a "Top 6" team away - And they still haven't!
NORWICH - WOLVERHAMPTON 2-1 (2-1)
@danwalkerbbc
The only problem with Grant Holt is that he tackles like a farmer trying to capture a runaway pig #agricultural #NCFC
@RnRFootball
Two goals and a red card. I think you could probably describe Grant Holt's performance today as all-action. #ncfc
@Jon_Earle95
Everyone saying Holt for England you're right just in the wrong sport, he should be in the national diving and eating team.
SUNDERLAND - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 3-1 (1-0)
@MsiDouglas
Joey Barton making more friends. Warming up as sub, just flashed #SAFC fans a '5-1' sign. Cue boos...
@Martin_O_Neill
Oh and I've told Bendtner he is NOT taking that mask off. EVER.
@davescholes
Is Nic Bendtner wearing that mask because he is injured or because he actually thinks he is a super hero? #supernic
@OptaJean
2 - Both of Djibril Cissé's two career red cards in league football have been for QPR. Fuse.
SWANSEA - EVERTON 0-2 (0-0)
@ShaunEB1327
Evertons top scorer is Baines with............... 4!!! Baines is a defender, so do Everton have any strikers?? :-)
@YourEverton
GOAL! Swansea 0-2 Everton. Nikica Jelavic tucks away from close range after Marouane Fellaini's pass from the right. 75 minutes gone. #COYB
STOKE CITY - MANCHESTER CITY 1-1 (0-0)
@iainmacintosh
Peter Crouch had no right to score that goal. He shouldn't be able to coordinate limbs that long with such precision.
@iainmacintosh
If ever there is danger, he'll be there. If ever you should need him, he'll come running. He is Yaya Toure. He is more machine than man.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - NEWCASTLE UTD 1-3 (0-3)
@McNallyMirror
Papiss Cisse may not be able to speak English but he knows how to pu the ball in the net.#nufc 1-0 with Cisse's 4th goal since January move.
@ThisIsLiamM
#NUFC - It's like watching Brazil! Passing flowing football (in the sun). @NUFCOfficial #EPL
@Jowse
How is Perch moving so fast with Odemwingie in his pocket? #nufc
@NUFC_Stats
PL this season: Carroll - £11.67m per goal, Torres - £25m per goal, Cisse - £2m per goal, Ba - £0 per goal! #priceless #nufc
@OptaJoe
6 - Papiss Cisse is the joint-quickest Newcastle player in PL history to reach five goals (six games, same as Les Ferdinand). Adapted.
@MirrorFootball
Saw Cisse earlier buying a Louis Vuitton holdall. Papiss got a brand new bag
MANCHESTER UTD - FULHAM 1-0 (1-0)
@Zad189
Last night Ryan Giggs broke the record for most games played at 'one club'. His 903rd game, surpassed Maldini. What a player #CultHero #MUFC
@BD_19_Fact
Wayne Rooney is now 4 goals off Georgie Best's tally for the club, and 5 off becoming the 4th top scorer in #MUFC history #legend
@InfostradaLive
Rooney scores his 8th PL goal vs Fulham and equals PL record of scoring most goal vs Fulham held by Aiyegbeni, Henry, V Nistelrooy, Viduka.
@MirrorFootball
F-T Man United 1-0 Fulham: Look Roo's back on top of the league table!
@FourFourTom
Jonny Evans is a sophisticated footballing robot sent from the future to change the points total of Fantasy Football managers everywhere.
2012-03-22
FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 29th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE
It's been a marathon round. Hard to follow all the action. Almost as hard as to understand what the hell's going on in Carlos Tevez's head. Or in anybody's head involved with Man City.
However, the Argentine trouble's back. And it could be said he returned with a bang. Not that he scored versus Chelsea - but was one of the best performers. 24 minutes were enough to regain much of the lost love from the City's faithful. Comprensible? Yo no lo creo... Or something like that.
Even though City rose from the dead against Chelsea, the top spot is still in the hands of their bitter rivals. The red devils - who were seriously red-faced (so were the Citizens) after shameful display of power (personally I prefer Vulgar display of power) in Europe - wanted to hunt down some wolves.
But later they realized they had to shoot at some poodles. Obviously not everyone of the SAF's hunting squad wanted to be involved in this massacre, but the job was quickly done.
In fact so quickly that David De Gea, Jonny Evans and Rio Ferdinand soon sat down and played charades, while the ginger genius decided to erase the images of helpless doggies by watching Cosmo Kramer, George Costanza, "Mulva" and others doing their stuff in New York.
In other 29th round matches, someone called Sogoodsson buries Pogrebnyak&co., Wigan and WBA make internet history, Yakubu gets himself in the dictionary, Sebastian Coates makes people swear, and more.
P. S. Get well, Fabrice Muamba!
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 "29th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 29th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
FULHAM - SWANSEA 0-3 (0-1)
@nialljgorton
At fulham game this afternoon...best song from Swansea fans: 'you're not s. Massey' to lino when he didn't give an offside
@devinpleuler
You pull off the inverted winger and bring on a classical winger, and what does he do? Cut inside. #fulham #frustrating
@johncrossmirror
Murphy on for blood stained Diarra after Fulham club shop complained they were running out of shirts. 0-2 Swansea
@3FiveTwo
#BPL #Fulham 0 #Swansea 3 - Goldy Sogoodson has hit a double against Fulham as they can close the gap on Liverpool.
@OptaJoe
7 - Gylfi Sigurdsson now has five goals and two assists for Swansea in just nine appearances. Gem.
WIGAN - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-1 (1-0)
@MirrorFootball
Wigan fans: in case you're unfamiliar, what you've got now is called a lead. 1-0 to the latics
@KarlreMarks
That Wigan 1-1 West Brom is trending worldwide should make you lose all faith in the system. This is the third most boring fact in history.
WOLVERHAMPTON - MANCHESTER UTD 0-5 (0-3)
@forevruntd
Congrats #Scholes!! He is now 3rd in the list of most appearances for United (689), behind Sir Bobby Charlton & Ryan Giggs. Legends. #mufc
@acrutd
Who's the Jonny evans impersonator with the passing ability of Paul Scholes in central defence? #MUFC
@CardinalPhink
I hare to see innocent animals suffer, gently puts wolves to sleep with a few comforting words #mufc
@liam_tomkins
This is the worst kind of football match to watch. It's like watching two boxers go at it, only one has no arms. #WWFC #MUFC
@R9Game
MUFC cruising..... de gea playing charades with evans and ferdinand back there... scholes in an armchair watching seinfeld...
NECASTLE UTD - NORWICH CITY 1-0 (1-0)
@Billy3Blyth
Cisse only puts them in the top corner #nufc
@BigGrantHolt
If anyone is wondering why I have a shiner, let’s just say I wont forget Mother’s Day next year. #ncfc
BLACKBURN - SUNDERLAND 2-0 (0-0)
@soccerpaedia
#Yakubu (yak;ubu) fat striker, useful for club and useless for country. Currently blackburn's messiah saving them from relegation see Defoe
MANCHESTER CITY - CHELSEA 2-1 (0-0)
@OptaJoe
4 - Despite playing only 24 mins, no player in Man City-Chelsea created more chances than Carlos Tévez. Return
@OptaJoke
155 - Number of days it's taken Carlos Tevez to warm up for his latest Man City appearance. Return.
@roy_keane_Esq
What is it with the Man City fans crying at every game? Is it that they've just realised they're Man City fans?
@MarioBaloteLAD
Me and Yaya are gonna go and take Tevez out for a walk around Manchester now. Was gonna invite Di Matteo but he might let go of the lead
@ArgentinaFW
Noel Gallagher: "Aguero is a team player, he's a great goalscorer, he's got a nice smile, a good haircut, and he's from Argentina."
TOTTENHAM - STOKE CITY 1-1 (0-0)
@JustASpur
He's just as good as Hoddle, he's better than Chris Waddle, his missus is a model, he's Rafael van der Vaart. #COYS
@piersmorgan
Morning @Lord_Sugar - hearing catastrophic reports re your Apprentice ratings last night. A collapse of Spurs-like proportions. Ironically.
@OptaSpurs
68 - In the last three Premier League games, Spurs have had 68 attempts on goal but have scored just two goals. Barren. (via @EPLIndex)
@samuelj29060
Greatest ever Spurs side is below the worst ever Arsenal side. #afc #thfc
EVERTON - ARSENAL 0-1 (0-1)
@tryan874
Open love seeing all these arsenal fans celebrating going above tottenham by one point shows where they as a club
@MickTheGooner
Using the Fernando Torres 'methodology' of goals to transfer fee ratio, Thomas Vermaelen is now worth £125m! #AtLeast! #Arsenal
@kenkeniff85
What's happened to all the arsenal fans that wanted wenger out??
@Orbinho
Arsenal have had 16 different goalscorers this season, the joint-most in the Premier League along with Everton & Man Utd. One-man team?
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - LIVERPOOL 3-2 (0-0)
@F365
The first chance you get to see Coates goal, take it. If you'll excuse us - holy f**king sh*t, that was special. #LFC
@RorySmithTimes
Sebastian Coates. Butter my onions. He must have a foot like a traction engine. #qpr 0-1 #lfc
@D_JACKAL11
Liverpool never Cisse to amaze me! #QPR
@KennyWFDLive
If Serie A rejects Taiwo and Cisse combine to score against you, you have no business thinking you are Champions Lge contenders. #LFC.
ASTON VILLA - BOLTON 1-2 (0-0)
@steviehannon
McLeish wasn't joking when when he said this was a 'transitional' season. We are changing divisions. #avfc
@kamshaheen
Messi misses. Ngog scores. What on earth is going on?! O_o
However, the Argentine trouble's back. And it could be said he returned with a bang. Not that he scored versus Chelsea - but was one of the best performers. 24 minutes were enough to regain much of the lost love from the City's faithful. Comprensible? Yo no lo creo... Or something like that.
Even though City rose from the dead against Chelsea, the top spot is still in the hands of their bitter rivals. The red devils - who were seriously red-faced (so were the Citizens) after shameful display of power (personally I prefer Vulgar display of power) in Europe - wanted to hunt down some wolves.
But later they realized they had to shoot at some poodles. Obviously not everyone of the SAF's hunting squad wanted to be involved in this massacre, but the job was quickly done.
In fact so quickly that David De Gea, Jonny Evans and Rio Ferdinand soon sat down and played charades, while the ginger genius decided to erase the images of helpless doggies by watching Cosmo Kramer, George Costanza, "Mulva" and others doing their stuff in New York.
In other 29th round matches, someone called Sogoodsson buries Pogrebnyak&co., Wigan and WBA make internet history, Yakubu gets himself in the dictionary, Sebastian Coates makes people swear, and more.
P. S. Get well, Fabrice Muamba!
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 "29th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 29th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
FULHAM - SWANSEA 0-3 (0-1)
@nialljgorton
At fulham game this afternoon...best song from Swansea fans: 'you're not s. Massey' to lino when he didn't give an offside
@devinpleuler
You pull off the inverted winger and bring on a classical winger, and what does he do? Cut inside. #fulham #frustrating
@johncrossmirror
Murphy on for blood stained Diarra after Fulham club shop complained they were running out of shirts. 0-2 Swansea
@3FiveTwo
#BPL #Fulham 0 #Swansea 3 - Goldy Sogoodson has hit a double against Fulham as they can close the gap on Liverpool.
@OptaJoe
7 - Gylfi Sigurdsson now has five goals and two assists for Swansea in just nine appearances. Gem.
WIGAN - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-1 (1-0)
@MirrorFootball
Wigan fans: in case you're unfamiliar, what you've got now is called a lead. 1-0 to the latics
@KarlreMarks
That Wigan 1-1 West Brom is trending worldwide should make you lose all faith in the system. This is the third most boring fact in history.
WOLVERHAMPTON - MANCHESTER UTD 0-5 (0-3)
@forevruntd
Congrats #Scholes!! He is now 3rd in the list of most appearances for United (689), behind Sir Bobby Charlton & Ryan Giggs. Legends. #mufc
@acrutd
Who's the Jonny evans impersonator with the passing ability of Paul Scholes in central defence? #MUFC
@CardinalPhink
I hare to see innocent animals suffer, gently puts wolves to sleep with a few comforting words #mufc
@liam_tomkins
This is the worst kind of football match to watch. It's like watching two boxers go at it, only one has no arms. #WWFC #MUFC
@R9Game
MUFC cruising..... de gea playing charades with evans and ferdinand back there... scholes in an armchair watching seinfeld...
NECASTLE UTD - NORWICH CITY 1-0 (1-0)
@Billy3Blyth
Cisse only puts them in the top corner #nufc
@BigGrantHolt
If anyone is wondering why I have a shiner, let’s just say I wont forget Mother’s Day next year. #ncfc
BLACKBURN - SUNDERLAND 2-0 (0-0)
@soccerpaedia
#Yakubu (yak;ubu) fat striker, useful for club and useless for country. Currently blackburn's messiah saving them from relegation see Defoe
MANCHESTER CITY - CHELSEA 2-1 (0-0)
@OptaJoe
4 - Despite playing only 24 mins, no player in Man City-Chelsea created more chances than Carlos Tévez. Return
@OptaJoke
155 - Number of days it's taken Carlos Tevez to warm up for his latest Man City appearance. Return.
@roy_keane_Esq
What is it with the Man City fans crying at every game? Is it that they've just realised they're Man City fans?
@MarioBaloteLAD
Me and Yaya are gonna go and take Tevez out for a walk around Manchester now. Was gonna invite Di Matteo but he might let go of the lead
@ArgentinaFW
Noel Gallagher: "Aguero is a team player, he's a great goalscorer, he's got a nice smile, a good haircut, and he's from Argentina."
TOTTENHAM - STOKE CITY 1-1 (0-0)
@JustASpur
He's just as good as Hoddle, he's better than Chris Waddle, his missus is a model, he's Rafael van der Vaart. #COYS
@piersmorgan
Morning @Lord_Sugar - hearing catastrophic reports re your Apprentice ratings last night. A collapse of Spurs-like proportions. Ironically.
@OptaSpurs
68 - In the last three Premier League games, Spurs have had 68 attempts on goal but have scored just two goals. Barren. (via @EPLIndex)
@samuelj29060
Greatest ever Spurs side is below the worst ever Arsenal side. #afc #thfc
EVERTON - ARSENAL 0-1 (0-1)
@tryan874
Open love seeing all these arsenal fans celebrating going above tottenham by one point shows where they as a club
@MickTheGooner
Using the Fernando Torres 'methodology' of goals to transfer fee ratio, Thomas Vermaelen is now worth £125m! #AtLeast! #Arsenal
@kenkeniff85
What's happened to all the arsenal fans that wanted wenger out??
@Orbinho
Arsenal have had 16 different goalscorers this season, the joint-most in the Premier League along with Everton & Man Utd. One-man team?
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - LIVERPOOL 3-2 (0-0)
@F365
The first chance you get to see Coates goal, take it. If you'll excuse us - holy f**king sh*t, that was special. #LFC
@RorySmithTimes
Sebastian Coates. Butter my onions. He must have a foot like a traction engine. #qpr 0-1 #lfc
@D_JACKAL11
Liverpool never Cisse to amaze me! #QPR
@KennyWFDLive
If Serie A rejects Taiwo and Cisse combine to score against you, you have no business thinking you are Champions Lge contenders. #LFC.
ASTON VILLA - BOLTON 1-2 (0-0)
@steviehannon
McLeish wasn't joking when when he said this was a 'transitional' season. We are changing divisions. #avfc
@kamshaheen
Messi misses. Ngog scores. What on earth is going on?! O_o
2012-03-12
FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 28th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE
And another round of the English finest is completed. And another shocking news has been spread around the globe. Who would've thought that some swans, who like to call themselves Swanselona, were capable to bend the Blue Moon over and spank it properly!
Spanking may be likeable, enjoyable sexual practice, but - even if it resembles (table) tennis - in football it's not really wanted. Usually the third party's having the most fun. This time it was Manchester United that laughed their asses (well, we're talking about spanking, don't we?) off. And it's quite understandable... They're back at the top of the league. Due to a brace by hair-plugs. Which impressed, the hair-plugs that is, even no-fear-of-going-bald Cesc.
In other 28th round matches Tottenham downfall is caused by lasagna, a lot of rubbish were on the pitch in Bolton, Danny de Vito and Arnold Schwarzenegger somehow find the way to the Fulham attack, Liverpool are ashamed by a great Dane, KD Lang shows up in the Arse's midfield, 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 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 "28th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 28th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
BOLTON - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2-1 (1-0)
@TCofLondon
Why don't women understand that it might only be Bolton & QPR that are playing, but it's still Football so it has to be watched?
@YorkEagle
Dear Mr @SeppBlatter could you please view the Bolton V Qpr game and tell me that there is No need for Goal Line Technology!
@McKendryPaul
Feel for the Bolton keeper. Ginger hair and a bright pink top, looks horrendous!
@ReneeConti
If I hear one Bolton fan complaining because the goal was offside, I'll hunt you down, kidnap you and make you get a season ticket at Wigan
@davidsedgwickNE
How much rubbish is on the pitch in the Bolton-QPR game?! And then there's all the plastic bags and bits of paper.
ASTON VILLA - FULHAM 1-0 (0-0)
@Minarzouki
Fulham's Johnson and Pogrebnyak remind me of Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie 'Twins'
@MirrorFootball
Fulham fans either chanting for a sixth goal, or they're hoping for some bedroom action when they get home
@DaleConnolly231
What is the point of bringing Weimann on at this time
@sportbbcwm
Andreas Weimann scores his first Premier League goal to seal a late victory for Aston Villa against Fulham. bbc.in/yV6GPj
CHELSEA - STOKE CITY 1-0 (0-0)
@StupidFootball
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo says he is pleased to have made it through almost a week without being sacked by Roman Abramovich.
@ChelseaChadder
Didier Drogba has become the first African to score 100 Premier League goals. #Chelsea #cfc
SUNDERLAND - LIVERPOOL 1-0 (0-0)
@MirrorFootball
Kenny Dalglish has sent Andy Carroll to warm up. Probably figures if Bendtner can score, than anyone can
@MattPutland
It's 1 thing for the scousers to lose to a goal by a beach ball but surely losing to a goal by Bendtner yesterday is even more embarrassing
WOLVERHAMPTON - BLACKBURN 0-2 (0-1)
@OptaJoe
8 - Blackburn Rovers have scored first in all eight of their Premier League meetings against Wolves. Expected.
@OptaJoe
1 - Blackburn Rovers kept their first Premier League clean sheet in 31 games & first since 30/04/11 in the competition. Welcome.
@Yakubu_24
So Keans mighty Rovers have won 3 league games in 2012, 2 more than "King" Kenny and Andy 'the horse' Carrolls Liverpool. Kean for England?
EVERTON - TOTTENHAM 1-0 (1-0)
@AdamLeventhal
Since the England job became available. #THFC have lost 3 out of 4 in the league.
@timpayton
Is the Tottenham Chef now serving Lasagne for EVERY pre-match meal? Or is it that Spurs just don't have the stomach for pressure? Love it
MANCHESTER UNITED - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-0 (1-0)
@3eighty1
So i swore of alcohol for a week when i was nursing my hangover in the morning. But, I think this goal deserves a drink 8-) #mufc
@kevdig00
Ashley Young is having a blinder again today, and he cost £4m less than Downing who can't even spell blinder #mufc
@iaManUtd
0 - Manchester United haven't lost a home league game they've been leading at Half-Time since 1989. Relentless. #MUFC
@ALs_LFC_YNWA
Ryan Giggs has played 900 matches for Manchester United. Shockingly, he has never kissed the #mufc badge... To busy kissing his Sister inlaw
@SurrealFootball
I can't imagine a player who's ever had a scoring record like Rooney's this season whilst playing so badly.
SWANSEA - MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 (0-0)
@iainmacintosh
Huge credit to Swansea. Spanked 0-4 by City back in August, they've grown a lot since then. The spankee has become the spanker.
@atliottesen11
there only one United ! And there is only one city Swansea city it is
NORWICH CITY - WIGAN 1-1 (1-0)
@MirrorFootball
Wigan defence so full of holes their nickname should be... *drum roll*... the LATTICE! instantrimshot.com
@nicolajs91
Cant believe I'm going to say this but I actually enjoyed watching the football, might start supporting Wigan Athletic!
ARSENAL - NEWCASTLE UNITED 2-1 (1-1)
@Pete_Collins
Coloccini, with you hair like Aslan's mane. I'd let you "witch" my wife's "wardrobe". #NUFC
@mswinburn
So that's what KD Lang is up to now. Didn't realise she'd changed her name to Rosicky and plays for Arsenal. That's versitile #afc #nufc
@dgjones
Interestingly, seconds after writing a snarky tweet about walcott, I got a massive electric shock from the mains. God supports #afc
@JRP_Penguin
Great new line by Martin Keown - the game has been like 'chess on wheels'. Fantastic. #afc #nufc
@leevickers85
Yyyyyyyeeeeessssss I just smashed a plate and ejaculated at the same time #AFC
Spanking may be likeable, enjoyable sexual practice, but - even if it resembles (table) tennis - in football it's not really wanted. Usually the third party's having the most fun. This time it was Manchester United that laughed their asses (well, we're talking about spanking, don't we?) off. And it's quite understandable... They're back at the top of the league. Due to a brace by hair-plugs. Which impressed, the hair-plugs that is, even no-fear-of-going-bald Cesc.
In other 28th round matches Tottenham downfall is caused by lasagna, a lot of rubbish were on the pitch in Bolton, Danny de Vito and Arnold Schwarzenegger somehow find the way to the Fulham attack, Liverpool are ashamed by a great Dane, KD Lang shows up in the Arse's midfield, 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 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 "28th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 28th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
BOLTON - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 2-1 (1-0)
@TCofLondon
Why don't women understand that it might only be Bolton & QPR that are playing, but it's still Football so it has to be watched?
@YorkEagle
Dear Mr @SeppBlatter could you please view the Bolton V Qpr game and tell me that there is No need for Goal Line Technology!
@McKendryPaul
Feel for the Bolton keeper. Ginger hair and a bright pink top, looks horrendous!
@ReneeConti
If I hear one Bolton fan complaining because the goal was offside, I'll hunt you down, kidnap you and make you get a season ticket at Wigan
@davidsedgwickNE
How much rubbish is on the pitch in the Bolton-QPR game?! And then there's all the plastic bags and bits of paper.
ASTON VILLA - FULHAM 1-0 (0-0)
@Minarzouki
Fulham's Johnson and Pogrebnyak remind me of Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie 'Twins'
@MirrorFootball
Fulham fans either chanting for a sixth goal, or they're hoping for some bedroom action when they get home
@DaleConnolly231
What is the point of bringing Weimann on at this time
@sportbbcwm
Andreas Weimann scores his first Premier League goal to seal a late victory for Aston Villa against Fulham. bbc.in/yV6GPj
CHELSEA - STOKE CITY 1-0 (0-0)
@StupidFootball
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo says he is pleased to have made it through almost a week without being sacked by Roman Abramovich.
@ChelseaChadder
Didier Drogba has become the first African to score 100 Premier League goals. #Chelsea #cfc
SUNDERLAND - LIVERPOOL 1-0 (0-0)
@MirrorFootball
Kenny Dalglish has sent Andy Carroll to warm up. Probably figures if Bendtner can score, than anyone can
@MattPutland
It's 1 thing for the scousers to lose to a goal by a beach ball but surely losing to a goal by Bendtner yesterday is even more embarrassing
WOLVERHAMPTON - BLACKBURN 0-2 (0-1)
@OptaJoe
8 - Blackburn Rovers have scored first in all eight of their Premier League meetings against Wolves. Expected.
@OptaJoe
1 - Blackburn Rovers kept their first Premier League clean sheet in 31 games & first since 30/04/11 in the competition. Welcome.
@Yakubu_24
So Keans mighty Rovers have won 3 league games in 2012, 2 more than "King" Kenny and Andy 'the horse' Carrolls Liverpool. Kean for England?
EVERTON - TOTTENHAM 1-0 (1-0)
@AdamLeventhal
Since the England job became available. #THFC have lost 3 out of 4 in the league.
@timpayton
Is the Tottenham Chef now serving Lasagne for EVERY pre-match meal? Or is it that Spurs just don't have the stomach for pressure? Love it
MANCHESTER UNITED - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 2-0 (1-0)
@3eighty1
So i swore of alcohol for a week when i was nursing my hangover in the morning. But, I think this goal deserves a drink 8-) #mufc
@kevdig00
Ashley Young is having a blinder again today, and he cost £4m less than Downing who can't even spell blinder #mufc
@iaManUtd
0 - Manchester United haven't lost a home league game they've been leading at Half-Time since 1989. Relentless. #MUFC
@ALs_LFC_YNWA
Ryan Giggs has played 900 matches for Manchester United. Shockingly, he has never kissed the #mufc badge... To busy kissing his Sister inlaw
@SurrealFootball
I can't imagine a player who's ever had a scoring record like Rooney's this season whilst playing so badly.
SWANSEA - MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 (0-0)
@iainmacintosh
Huge credit to Swansea. Spanked 0-4 by City back in August, they've grown a lot since then. The spankee has become the spanker.
@atliottesen11
there only one United ! And there is only one city Swansea city it is
NORWICH CITY - WIGAN 1-1 (1-0)
@MirrorFootball
Wigan defence so full of holes their nickname should be... *drum roll*... the LATTICE! instantrimshot.com
@nicolajs91
Cant believe I'm going to say this but I actually enjoyed watching the football, might start supporting Wigan Athletic!
ARSENAL - NEWCASTLE UNITED 2-1 (1-1)
@Pete_Collins
Coloccini, with you hair like Aslan's mane. I'd let you "witch" my wife's "wardrobe". #NUFC
@mswinburn
So that's what KD Lang is up to now. Didn't realise she'd changed her name to Rosicky and plays for Arsenal. That's versitile #afc #nufc
@dgjones
Interestingly, seconds after writing a snarky tweet about walcott, I got a massive electric shock from the mains. God supports #afc
@JRP_Penguin
Great new line by Martin Keown - the game has been like 'chess on wheels'. Fantastic. #afc #nufc
@leevickers85
Yyyyyyyeeeeessssss I just smashed a plate and ejaculated at the same time #AFC
2012-03-04
FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 27th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE
I know there were some great games on Saturday. But this time Sunday's matches got a bit more space here. Firstly, I should mention Fulham's masterstroke - bringing to London Pavel Pogrebnyak. "Pogreb" in my language (and it's quite similar in russian) means "funeral". You make the conclusions. Wolves' fans should come up with them really quick... Otherwise - hat-trick could be a real eye-opener!
Secondly, there was a big Newcastle - Sunderland derby today! It had it all. A lot of yellows, reds, fouls, suspicious refereeing, goals, penalties, missed penalties, and even some in-breeding insults. It ended with a draw, despite the fact Sunderland came in town with Pele in the squad and Demba Ba played with a pigeon-crap on his head.
Thirdly, Tottenham - Manchester United. Battle of the top. The Red Devils started very shyly. Spurs on the other hand wasted too many chances. They were punished just before the break by the "hair-plugs". To put some more salt on already big Tottenham's wounds, Ashley Young rose from the dead. And scored a brace. Maybe it was just too persuade 'Arry to take England job.
In other 27th round matches Liverpool fans enjoy the Elvis Costello show, Aston Villa bores everyone to death, Darren Pratley is a new term for being, well, "shite", a squirrel steals a show from QPR and Everton, one of the tweeps explains, what is really wrong with Chelsea (yes, the players' surnames can be fatal), 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 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 "27th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 27th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
LIVERPOOL - ARSENAL 1-2 (1-1)
@_pauljones_
if lfc get beat today I'm going to the library in town and shouting a verse from Shakespeare in the librarians face
@Sule456
Downing's right foot shares many similarities with my ferrari, the main one being I don't have one #lfc #afc
@paul_brandon
Couldn't we combine a "kick racism out" and "kick cheating out" campaigns into simply a "Kick Suarez out" one? #lfc #cheat
@Aaron_Sharp_
Charlie Adam really does look like Elvis Costello. Elvis Costello now, that is.. not when they were the same age. #LFC #AFC
@Bethany_LFC
Kuyt missed penalty. Kuyt hit the post. Suarez hit the post. Kelly missed open goal. Szczesny world class saves. How did we lose!? #LFC
@MaratRyndin
Carroll didn't even get off the bench until the end. Buying English players is like paying for a Ferrari and getting a Lada! #lfc
@MpumiLembz
"He's skilled, he's Dutch, he scores with his first touch"
BLACKBURN - ASTON VILLA 1-1 (0-1)
@MickVilla82
I think today's team talk was "try remember how houllier asked you to play and do that" #AVFC #VTID #UTV
@adamclarke501
What's this???. Two positive substitutions and neither involves the Mule!?!?. Well, ride me sideways. #AVFC
@ASTVIL123
'We'll bore you to death, we'll bore you to deeaaaatttthhhhh, WE'RE ASTON VILLA, we'll bore you to death.' #avfc What happened at HT Alex?
MANCHESTER CITY - BOLTON 2-0 (1-0)
@InfostradaLive
Mario Balotelli's goal was the 750th to be scored in the #EPL this season #PL #MCFC
@Dre5IVE
#thatawkwardmoment when Balotelli scores and his teammates arent quite sure what to do
@LeoonStancill
Balotelli scored on the 69th minute? Nice number to score on! #BalotelliIsGod
@FourFourTom
FT: Man City 2-0 Bolton. Man City make history by becoming the first Premier League team to win 14/14 of their opening home games.
@TheBoltonWaffle
For a free transfer Darren Pratley does not represent good value for money #bwfc
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - EVERTON 1-1 (1-1)
@DJones_People
A squirrel has been on the pitch at QPR for almost ten minutes. It means he's nearly had as much game time here as Djibril Cisse
@YourEverton
QPR hit the post twice, first through Taraabt and then Buzsaky. Squirrel still on the pitch.
STOKE CITY - NORWICH CITY 1-0 (0-0)
@AngryAnderton
Disappointed by Stoke. 'Fantastic atmos' and 'we're not just a long ball team'? Both incorrect. Shocking game. #scfc #ncfc
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - CHELSEA 1-0 (0-0)
@Stevo_football
So sacking Ancelotti and appointing AVB (£28m) + sacking AVB (£20m) + buying Torres (£50m) = almost £100m. Can they? #chelsea
@FootballFunnys
AVB = Another Vacancy Beckons.
@Kamo_D
What's the Mata with Chelsea? They looked Terryble they keep on Luizing, Cech the score. To be Frank, AVB doesn't have a Kalou!
WIGAN - SWANSEA 0-2 (0-1)
@Rosela
Yes mother playing like Barcelona is exactly what Wigan were trying to do. Just lack the speed, quick thinking and finishing ability.
@ChrisWathan
Harsh. Swans fans sing 'sacked in the morning' to their old idol Martinez. Harsher was some of the Wigan responses. 'I wish' said one gent
NEWCASTLE UTD - SUNDERLAND 1-1 (0-1)
@MissKatieEmma
The sister is the mother, the fatha is the brother, they all shag one another, a mackem family! Howay the lads! #Nufc
@SurrealFootball
Goal! Pele! I mean Bendtner! Newcastle 0-1 Sunderland
@RossWigham
#nufc Chris waddle the wrong man to be lecturing on penalties. He can't even say it properly.
@markbatham
The paint on on Ba's head makes it look like a huge pigeon has shat on him. #nufc #safc
@OptaJoe
7 - No player in Premier League history has scored more goals v Sunderland than Shola Ameobi. Hero.
FULHAM - WOLVERHAMPTON 5-0 (2-0)
@James_Rox
Keano showing his face in the stands at Fulham. Steve... your new job is a couple of miles down the road.
@eaamalyon
Fulham the baldest team in the league? Seeing AJ, Hangeland, Murphy etc celebrating is like a potato convention.
@Simon_Breeze
I would be surprised by Pogrebnyak's start to Fulham, but he scored 8 goals for me on FIFA in one match, so i knew he was good ;)
@AbhinavCJ
Whoa, Paul Pogrebnyak gets his hat-trick as Fulham go 4-0 up. 5 goals in 3 league games so far. I hope Fernando Torres is watching.
TOTTENHAM - MANCHESTER UTD 1-3 (0-1)
@InnaMUFC_Vettel
Today is Sir Alex's game №986 in the league.He surpasses Sir Matt Busby's record. #mufc
@rhiachohan
Spurs' stupid f***ing camera angle is making me feel more hungover than I need to. #mufc #thfc
@RyanERodgers
Michael Carrick is underrated. If he was Spanish, three inches shorter, and had an A at the end of his name he would be praised. #MUFC
@CRonaldoNews
Rooney scores a header for Man United. That hair transplant really has paid for itself hasn't it? #crnews #MUFC
@RossBuchan
Ashley young man of the match? Did nothing first half. It's like old FIFA games, whoever scores the most gets man of the match
@WoolnoughBrian
The way Spurs are defending over last two games, Harry Redknapp should grab that England contract quickly. #THFC
@JamesOlley
#Redknapp on the top four: "Its going to be tight but I'd rather be where we are than Arsenal. I want to finish third." #thfc
@rayz_mufc
BREAKING NEWS : False earthquake alert in London Cause: #Spurs fans took a heavy hit on their way back down to Earth!! #THFC #MUFC
Secondly, there was a big Newcastle - Sunderland derby today! It had it all. A lot of yellows, reds, fouls, suspicious refereeing, goals, penalties, missed penalties, and even some in-breeding insults. It ended with a draw, despite the fact Sunderland came in town with Pele in the squad and Demba Ba played with a pigeon-crap on his head.
Thirdly, Tottenham - Manchester United. Battle of the top. The Red Devils started very shyly. Spurs on the other hand wasted too many chances. They were punished just before the break by the "hair-plugs". To put some more salt on already big Tottenham's wounds, Ashley Young rose from the dead. And scored a brace. Maybe it was just too persuade 'Arry to take England job.
In other 27th round matches Liverpool fans enjoy the Elvis Costello show, Aston Villa bores everyone to death, Darren Pratley is a new term for being, well, "shite", a squirrel steals a show from QPR and Everton, one of the tweeps explains, what is really wrong with Chelsea (yes, the players' surnames can be fatal), 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 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 "27th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 27th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
LIVERPOOL - ARSENAL 1-2 (1-1)
@_pauljones_
if lfc get beat today I'm going to the library in town and shouting a verse from Shakespeare in the librarians face
@Sule456
Downing's right foot shares many similarities with my ferrari, the main one being I don't have one #lfc #afc
@paul_brandon
Couldn't we combine a "kick racism out" and "kick cheating out" campaigns into simply a "Kick Suarez out" one? #lfc #cheat
@Aaron_Sharp_
Charlie Adam really does look like Elvis Costello. Elvis Costello now, that is.. not when they were the same age. #LFC #AFC
@Bethany_LFC
Kuyt missed penalty. Kuyt hit the post. Suarez hit the post. Kelly missed open goal. Szczesny world class saves. How did we lose!? #LFC
@MaratRyndin
Carroll didn't even get off the bench until the end. Buying English players is like paying for a Ferrari and getting a Lada! #lfc
@MpumiLembz
"He's skilled, he's Dutch, he scores with his first touch"
BLACKBURN - ASTON VILLA 1-1 (0-1)
@MickVilla82
I think today's team talk was "try remember how houllier asked you to play and do that" #AVFC #VTID #UTV
@adamclarke501
What's this???. Two positive substitutions and neither involves the Mule!?!?. Well, ride me sideways. #AVFC
@ASTVIL123
'We'll bore you to death, we'll bore you to deeaaaatttthhhhh, WE'RE ASTON VILLA, we'll bore you to death.' #avfc What happened at HT Alex?
MANCHESTER CITY - BOLTON 2-0 (1-0)
@InfostradaLive
Mario Balotelli's goal was the 750th to be scored in the #EPL this season #PL #MCFC
@Dre5IVE
#thatawkwardmoment when Balotelli scores and his teammates arent quite sure what to do
@LeoonStancill
Balotelli scored on the 69th minute? Nice number to score on! #BalotelliIsGod
@FourFourTom
FT: Man City 2-0 Bolton. Man City make history by becoming the first Premier League team to win 14/14 of their opening home games.
@TheBoltonWaffle
For a free transfer Darren Pratley does not represent good value for money #bwfc
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - EVERTON 1-1 (1-1)
@DJones_People
A squirrel has been on the pitch at QPR for almost ten minutes. It means he's nearly had as much game time here as Djibril Cisse
@YourEverton
QPR hit the post twice, first through Taraabt and then Buzsaky. Squirrel still on the pitch.
STOKE CITY - NORWICH CITY 1-0 (0-0)
@AngryAnderton
Disappointed by Stoke. 'Fantastic atmos' and 'we're not just a long ball team'? Both incorrect. Shocking game. #scfc #ncfc
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - CHELSEA 1-0 (0-0)
@Stevo_football
So sacking Ancelotti and appointing AVB (£28m) + sacking AVB (£20m) + buying Torres (£50m) = almost £100m. Can they? #chelsea
@FootballFunnys
AVB = Another Vacancy Beckons.
@Kamo_D
What's the Mata with Chelsea? They looked Terryble they keep on Luizing, Cech the score. To be Frank, AVB doesn't have a Kalou!
WIGAN - SWANSEA 0-2 (0-1)
@Rosela
Yes mother playing like Barcelona is exactly what Wigan were trying to do. Just lack the speed, quick thinking and finishing ability.
@ChrisWathan
Harsh. Swans fans sing 'sacked in the morning' to their old idol Martinez. Harsher was some of the Wigan responses. 'I wish' said one gent
NEWCASTLE UTD - SUNDERLAND 1-1 (0-1)
@MissKatieEmma
The sister is the mother, the fatha is the brother, they all shag one another, a mackem family! Howay the lads! #Nufc
@SurrealFootball
Goal! Pele! I mean Bendtner! Newcastle 0-1 Sunderland
@RossWigham
#nufc Chris waddle the wrong man to be lecturing on penalties. He can't even say it properly.
@markbatham
The paint on on Ba's head makes it look like a huge pigeon has shat on him. #nufc #safc
@OptaJoe
7 - No player in Premier League history has scored more goals v Sunderland than Shola Ameobi. Hero.
FULHAM - WOLVERHAMPTON 5-0 (2-0)
@James_Rox
Keano showing his face in the stands at Fulham. Steve... your new job is a couple of miles down the road.
@eaamalyon
Fulham the baldest team in the league? Seeing AJ, Hangeland, Murphy etc celebrating is like a potato convention.
@Simon_Breeze
I would be surprised by Pogrebnyak's start to Fulham, but he scored 8 goals for me on FIFA in one match, so i knew he was good ;)
@AbhinavCJ
Whoa, Paul Pogrebnyak gets his hat-trick as Fulham go 4-0 up. 5 goals in 3 league games so far. I hope Fernando Torres is watching.
TOTTENHAM - MANCHESTER UTD 1-3 (0-1)
@InnaMUFC_Vettel
Today is Sir Alex's game №986 in the league.He surpasses Sir Matt Busby's record. #mufc
@rhiachohan
Spurs' stupid f***ing camera angle is making me feel more hungover than I need to. #mufc #thfc
@RyanERodgers
Michael Carrick is underrated. If he was Spanish, three inches shorter, and had an A at the end of his name he would be praised. #MUFC
@CRonaldoNews
Rooney scores a header for Man United. That hair transplant really has paid for itself hasn't it? #crnews #MUFC
@RossBuchan
Ashley young man of the match? Did nothing first half. It's like old FIFA games, whoever scores the most gets man of the match
@WoolnoughBrian
The way Spurs are defending over last two games, Harry Redknapp should grab that England contract quickly. #THFC
@JamesOlley
#Redknapp on the top four: "Its going to be tight but I'd rather be where we are than Arsenal. I want to finish third." #thfc
@rayz_mufc
BREAKING NEWS : False earthquake alert in London Cause: #Spurs fans took a heavy hit on their way back down to Earth!! #THFC #MUFC
2012-02-26
FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 26th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE
English Premierleague might not be the best in the world regarding football quality. But it is by far the most entertaining! All the sceptics should've watched London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham.
My God, it was all pleasure. For the visitors only in the first 34 minutes I should add. Yes, it had looked like 'Arry would add more misery to the Gunners. But the next English manager blew it up in the 2nd half. With using questionable tactics he kicked himself in the teeth. Hard.
You must've done something wrong if Theo Walcott, who is hated even by the Arse supporters, scored. Twice, for that matter. Even the Bruce "almighty" Willis couldn't save the Spurs. Yes, this time it was all too powerful Yossi Benayoun who used the famous line: "Yipikayey, Martha Focker!"
Now I should mention the Merseyside derby, which was postponed to today - March 13th. Not a good day for David Moyes and his 10th anniversary as Everton's manager. But a really good one for Stevie G - played his 400th PL match in LFC shirt and scored a hat-trick. No wonder some Kop-like fans would tuck him in. With their wives in the same bed, that is.
In other 26th round matches Frank Lampard's milestones go unnoticed (or maybe just the volume button on my telly is broken - no sound whatsoever), Kevin Doyle finds a post-football career, QPR are obviously thinking about joining the NFL (or why would you need 40+ players?), Mario Balotelli reveals a new t-shirt (something about selling your virginity or... well, google it), two dinosaurs, one found in Wales, one in Salford, kill the canaries in their cage, 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 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 "26th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 26th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
LIVERPOOL - EVERTON 3-0 (1-0)
@andybell88
I know Liverpool are a joke, but having Adam Sandler at left back is taking it a bit far. #efc #lfc
@dwagie
Hendo is shaite. I kinda miss Poulsen.. wait, what? #theredmen #LFC
@thesnowdens
Andy Carroll is 6-1 to score today.... If you don't understand betting that means that if you bet £10, you will lose £10. #LFC
@LFCtransfernews
Steven Gerrard set to become 25th player to reach 400 PL appearance milestone and only the fifth to achieve it for one single club. #LFC
@AntHaddley
Said it before but if I came home and found Steven Gerrard in bed with my wife, I would tuck him in. #LFC
@liam_tomkins
Somebody said to me that Steven Gerrard was a shadow of his former self these days. I wish my shadow was that good!
CHELSEA - BOLTON 3-0 (0-0)
@chrismada9
I think I might have to turn the volume up because I can't hear the #Chelsea support *turns up volume* ... okay I still can't hear it! #CFC
@Frimponged
Didier Drogba has scored 99 Premier League goals. Fernando Torres will reach that same amount in the year 2401, at this rate. #cfc
@flyingdutchfan
150th league goal and his 149th Premier League goal. Frank Lampard, legend. #cfc
@BarriesView
9 - with that goal Frank Lampard becomes the first player in Premier League history to score double figures in nine consecutive seasons #CFC
@MiggLovin
When the commentator yells, "TORRES!" he either A. shanked the ball, or B. got an assist. #CFC
NEWCASTLE UTD - WOLVERHAMPTON 2-2 (2-0)
@InfostradaLive
Papiss Cissé was 5th player to score in his first 2 home #PL matches for #NUFC after Shearer, L. Ferdinand, D. Ferguson & Daniel Cordone
@danwalkerbbc
Last time Wolves won away at Newcastle in the top flight was 7th Feb 1959. The day Mick McCarthy was born! #WWFC #NUFC #Stat
@jaredstimson
Kevin Doyle looks like he should be in a rock band, not a striker in the Prem. @
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - FULHAM 0-1 (0-1)
@InfostradaLive
Pavel Pogrebnyak is the 2nd #fulham player in #EPL history to score in each of his first 2 matches for the club after David Healy #PL
@RobertOrdever
There is more #ffc love on my timeline tonight than a whole series on the isle of Fernando #fulhamfamily
@iainmacintosh
Samba Diakite was the 42nd player to be named in a QPR matchday squad this season. They'll need an extension at the training ground soon.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - SUNDERLAND 4-0 (2-0)
@WDownes
wearing my west brom shirt to core p.e on monday, purely because Mr Pigford supports Sunderland
@Martin_O_Neill
Having a drink in the corner flag in Sunderland. Sess & Frazier have just turned up dressed like Rizzle Kicks. #PartyWithMarty
WIGAN - ASTON VILLA 0-0
@FourFourTom
FT: Wigan 0-0 Aston Villa. Today's glamour tie certainly didn't disappoint. Passes, throw ins and two clean sheets. #TheThrillaVsVilla
@AFraser
Having Alex McLeish as your manager is great. Completely frees up that time you might otherwise spend watching Match of the Day. #avfc
MANCHESTER CITY - BLACKBURN ROVERS 3-0 (1-0)
@FOXSoccerTrax
I'm going to resist the urge to make jokes about Balotelli's t-shirt, but I do urge you to Google "Raffaella Fico." She's a piece of work!
@TomSeymour
Great strikers goal by Dzeko today. Cross from the chalk and the big man leaping like a gazelle. Few better sights in football for my money
@CharleyRoseB
"It's a match ball for Sergio Aguero, but he knows who to thank, the mercurial genius of the man they call the wizard" <3 ARSENAL - TOTTENHAM 5-2 (2-2)
@Okwonga
Brad Friedel is officially the Bruce Willis of football. Bald badass who never disappoints. Bet he can sing too. #thfc #afc
@nosakhari
My Girlfriend #AFC is cheating on me again with my enemy #THFC and she is making me watch her do it.
@NathanITFC
If you get out muscled by Yossi Benayoun you really need to be hitting the gym! #arsenal #thfc
@munsy_uk
Turned TV over now watching Colombo on ITV, much better. #THFC
@GunnersStunners
BREAKING NEWS!! The new #Spurs DVD has been cut short to only 34 mins & is titled as '2-0, A memorable afternoon at the Emirates' #afc #thfc
NORWICH CITY - MANCHESTER UTD 1-2 (0-1)
@SteveRLawrence
Premier League clubs must feel pissed getting beaten with two 36 Year old players #legends #mufc
@rebeccaabbott93
Few things after #ncfc game today 1) There's a reason stoppage time's called Fergie time 2) Where would #mufc be without Scholes and Giggs..
@henrywinter
Giggs, playing 900th #mufc game, is the lord of the landmark: Scored United's 6000th league goal (v Saints 93) & 7000th (v Birmingham 06)
@jaymotty
If u divide Ryan Giggs number of appearances 4 United by 900 then subtract 1 u get the exact number of Steven Gerrard league title medals
STOKE CITY - SWANSEA 2-0 (2-0)
@Pagella1990
Peter Crouch should still be playing for Liverpool and Andy Carrol should be working for #ASDA #LFC
@FOXSoccerTrax
70: Hey something happened at Stok-- oh, wait, it was just a trash bag blowing across the pitch. Carry on. Stoke 2, Swans 0.
841001
"@Stats_official: Stoke 2-0 Swansea: Passes 194-614|Pass% 66-85|Possession 26%-74%" Proof passes are not everything in football.
My God, it was all pleasure. For the visitors only in the first 34 minutes I should add. Yes, it had looked like 'Arry would add more misery to the Gunners. But the next English manager blew it up in the 2nd half. With using questionable tactics he kicked himself in the teeth. Hard.
You must've done something wrong if Theo Walcott, who is hated even by the Arse supporters, scored. Twice, for that matter. Even the Bruce "almighty" Willis couldn't save the Spurs. Yes, this time it was all too powerful Yossi Benayoun who used the famous line: "Yipikayey, Martha Focker!"
Now I should mention the Merseyside derby, which was postponed to today - March 13th. Not a good day for David Moyes and his 10th anniversary as Everton's manager. But a really good one for Stevie G - played his 400th PL match in LFC shirt and scored a hat-trick. No wonder some Kop-like fans would tuck him in. With their wives in the same bed, that is.
In other 26th round matches Frank Lampard's milestones go unnoticed (or maybe just the volume button on my telly is broken - no sound whatsoever), Kevin Doyle finds a post-football career, QPR are obviously thinking about joining the NFL (or why would you need 40+ players?), Mario Balotelli reveals a new t-shirt (something about selling your virginity or... well, google it), two dinosaurs, one found in Wales, one in Salford, kill the canaries in their cage, 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 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 "26th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 26th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
LIVERPOOL - EVERTON 3-0 (1-0)
@andybell88
I know Liverpool are a joke, but having Adam Sandler at left back is taking it a bit far. #efc #lfc
@dwagie
Hendo is shaite. I kinda miss Poulsen.. wait, what? #theredmen #LFC
@thesnowdens
Andy Carroll is 6-1 to score today.... If you don't understand betting that means that if you bet £10, you will lose £10. #LFC
@LFCtransfernews
Steven Gerrard set to become 25th player to reach 400 PL appearance milestone and only the fifth to achieve it for one single club. #LFC
@AntHaddley
Said it before but if I came home and found Steven Gerrard in bed with my wife, I would tuck him in. #LFC
@liam_tomkins
Somebody said to me that Steven Gerrard was a shadow of his former self these days. I wish my shadow was that good!
CHELSEA - BOLTON 3-0 (0-0)
@chrismada9
I think I might have to turn the volume up because I can't hear the #Chelsea support *turns up volume* ... okay I still can't hear it! #CFC
@Frimponged
Didier Drogba has scored 99 Premier League goals. Fernando Torres will reach that same amount in the year 2401, at this rate. #cfc
@flyingdutchfan
150th league goal and his 149th Premier League goal. Frank Lampard, legend. #cfc
@BarriesView
9 - with that goal Frank Lampard becomes the first player in Premier League history to score double figures in nine consecutive seasons #CFC
@MiggLovin
When the commentator yells, "TORRES!" he either A. shanked the ball, or B. got an assist. #CFC
NEWCASTLE UTD - WOLVERHAMPTON 2-2 (2-0)
@InfostradaLive
Papiss Cissé was 5th player to score in his first 2 home #PL matches for #NUFC after Shearer, L. Ferdinand, D. Ferguson & Daniel Cordone
@danwalkerbbc
Last time Wolves won away at Newcastle in the top flight was 7th Feb 1959. The day Mick McCarthy was born! #WWFC #NUFC #Stat
@jaredstimson
Kevin Doyle looks like he should be in a rock band, not a striker in the Prem. @
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - FULHAM 0-1 (0-1)
@InfostradaLive
Pavel Pogrebnyak is the 2nd #fulham player in #EPL history to score in each of his first 2 matches for the club after David Healy #PL
@RobertOrdever
There is more #ffc love on my timeline tonight than a whole series on the isle of Fernando #fulhamfamily
@iainmacintosh
Samba Diakite was the 42nd player to be named in a QPR matchday squad this season. They'll need an extension at the training ground soon.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - SUNDERLAND 4-0 (2-0)
@WDownes
wearing my west brom shirt to core p.e on monday, purely because Mr Pigford supports Sunderland
@Martin_O_Neill
Having a drink in the corner flag in Sunderland. Sess & Frazier have just turned up dressed like Rizzle Kicks. #PartyWithMarty
WIGAN - ASTON VILLA 0-0
@FourFourTom
FT: Wigan 0-0 Aston Villa. Today's glamour tie certainly didn't disappoint. Passes, throw ins and two clean sheets. #TheThrillaVsVilla
@AFraser
Having Alex McLeish as your manager is great. Completely frees up that time you might otherwise spend watching Match of the Day. #avfc
MANCHESTER CITY - BLACKBURN ROVERS 3-0 (1-0)
@FOXSoccerTrax
I'm going to resist the urge to make jokes about Balotelli's t-shirt, but I do urge you to Google "Raffaella Fico." She's a piece of work!
@TomSeymour
Great strikers goal by Dzeko today. Cross from the chalk and the big man leaping like a gazelle. Few better sights in football for my money
@CharleyRoseB
"It's a match ball for Sergio Aguero, but he knows who to thank, the mercurial genius of the man they call the wizard" <3 ARSENAL - TOTTENHAM 5-2 (2-2)
@Okwonga
Brad Friedel is officially the Bruce Willis of football. Bald badass who never disappoints. Bet he can sing too. #thfc #afc
@nosakhari
My Girlfriend #AFC is cheating on me again with my enemy #THFC and she is making me watch her do it.
@NathanITFC
If you get out muscled by Yossi Benayoun you really need to be hitting the gym! #arsenal #thfc
@munsy_uk
Turned TV over now watching Colombo on ITV, much better. #THFC
@GunnersStunners
BREAKING NEWS!! The new #Spurs DVD has been cut short to only 34 mins & is titled as '2-0, A memorable afternoon at the Emirates' #afc #thfc
NORWICH CITY - MANCHESTER UTD 1-2 (0-1)
@SteveRLawrence
Premier League clubs must feel pissed getting beaten with two 36 Year old players #legends #mufc
@rebeccaabbott93
Few things after #ncfc game today 1) There's a reason stoppage time's called Fergie time 2) Where would #mufc be without Scholes and Giggs..
@henrywinter
Giggs, playing 900th #mufc game, is the lord of the landmark: Scored United's 6000th league goal (v Saints 93) & 7000th (v Birmingham 06)
@jaymotty
If u divide Ryan Giggs number of appearances 4 United by 900 then subtract 1 u get the exact number of Steven Gerrard league title medals
STOKE CITY - SWANSEA 2-0 (2-0)
@Pagella1990
Peter Crouch should still be playing for Liverpool and Andy Carrol should be working for #ASDA #LFC
@FOXSoccerTrax
70: Hey something happened at Stok-- oh, wait, it was just a trash bag blowing across the pitch. Carry on. Stoke 2, Swans 0.
841001
"@Stats_official: Stoke 2-0 Swansea: Passes 194-614|Pass% 66-85|Possession 26%-74%" Proof passes are not everything in football.
2012-02-13
FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 25th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE
This version is a bit shorter due to an unexpected extension of a business trip to Montenegro. A lot of snow - a lot of trouble. Even regarding writing the blog.
One thing that must be outlined is the derby of the round. Which was won by Manchester United. Wayne Rooney to be more precise. Scored a brace. But most fans were again more impressed by his hair and even eyelashes.
In other matches Peter Odemwingie and his team-mates caused a sack of a popular bloke, called Mick McCarthy, AVB takes another step towards his sacking, Aaron Ramsey is somewhat apocalyptic, Emmanuel Adebyor likes tickling, 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 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 "25th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 25th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
MANCHESTER UTD - LIVERPOOL 2-1 (0-0)
@ManUtdStuff
Roy Keane: "If I was playing, if Incey was playing, if Sparky was playing: Suarez ends the game wishing he'd shaken hands." #MUFC
@MissEJHarvey
Please have some respect for Wayne Rooney. He is, after all, the worlds only surviving brain donor.
@BernardMannlng
Wayne Rooney turned up for the Grammies last night and was very disappointed. Apparently he misread the invite.
@eddo75
Good weekend for Wayne Rooney. A brace against Liverpool on Saturday and The Granny awards on TV last night
BLACKBURN - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 3-2 (3-0)
@OptaJoe
39% - Yakubu has the best conversion rate of any regular player in the Premier League this season. Attack.
@AnnieEaves
QPR in real trouble. They've bought players not a team. Like when you go to the supermarket, spend a fortune, and realise you've no meals.
BOLTON - WIGAN 1-2 (0-1)
@CptnPyjamaPants
Owen Coyle is 5/1 in the sack race. Tempted.
@SkySportsFraser
Phone rang during Roberto Martinez press conf. Someone shouted "It's the FA!" Roberto said "Tell them I'm not available!"
@OptaJoe
20 – Bolton Wanderers committed the most fouls today, while Wigan have committed the most this season (326). Sinners.
EVERTON - CHELSEA 2-0 (1-0)
@MatthewCSpence1
@jamesaleung Suarez = dickhead! Everton = the boys!! "Neva felt more like singin the blues, when Everton win and Liverpool lose!
@OptaJoe
2 - The last time Everton won two consecutive home league games was May 2011; their wins were against Manchester City & Chelsea. Repeat.
@philmcnulty
Mancini says didn't prepare right & Man City lose at Everton. AVB says more or less same as Chelsea lose. What is it they don't know about?
@tonymunday1
Will AVB be at Chelsea next season? More importantly when will BOSINGWA stop pretending to be a full back?
FULHAM - STOKE CITY 2-1 (2-0)
@OptaJoe
1 - Pavel Pogrebnyak is the first player to score on his Fulham Premier League debut since David Healy in August 2007. Import.
@OptaJoe
20% - Stoke City posted the worst shooting accuracy today and also for the season as a whole (34%). Wayward.
SUNDERLAND - ARSENAL 1-2 (0-0)
@waleedabunada
The last 4 goals Aaron Ramsey scored for Arsenal killed Osama Bin Laden, Muammar Gaddafi, Steve Jobs and Whitney Houston the next day. #afc
@LethalBizzle
Can someone make a Thierry Henry mask & put it on Chamack and send him to NY red bulls? #DENCHENRY
@OptaJoke
503,226 - Number of Arsenal fans who will have unsuitable dreams about Thierry Henry tonight. Va-va-voom.
SWANSEA - NORWICH CITY 2-3 (1-0)
@blowersh
Fantastic to wake up to Swansea 2 The Canaries 3!!! What a terrific season they're having! A good, wholesome blend of Stephen Fry & Delia!!!
@seanreidHSR
Grant Holt and Danny Graham have all scored equal (Holt) and more (Graham) goals then Darren Bent. Guess which one will go to the Euro's?
TOTTENHAM - NEWCASTLE UTD 5-0 (4-0)
@R_o_M
Adebayor is a quality player when he fancies it. Really seems to fancy it at Spurs, doesn't he. 23 games, 10 goals, 11 assists.
@InfostradaLive
Newcastle record their biggest PL defeat since losing 6-0 at Manchester United in January 2008. #spurs #PL
@F365
Spurs players tickling Adebayor after he scored, like he's a playful dog. Lovely. More of this sort of thing please.
WOLVERHAMPTON - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-5 (1-1)
@OptaJoe
8 - Roy Hodgson's 8 PL away wins as West Brom gaffer in one year, match his 3-year tally with Liverpool (1) & Fulham (7). Kinetosis.
@empiremagazine
Sorry to hear that Mick McCarthy's been sacked. Liam Neeson is hot favourite to take over, as he has a good track record with Wolves. #BOOM
ASTON VILLA - MANCHESTER CITY 0-1 (0-0)
@StupidFootball
Aston Villa are going to go defensive against Man City. They're starting Emile Heskey.
@MirrorFootball
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City - Lescott scores against his boyhood club. Robbie Keane not happy
One thing that must be outlined is the derby of the round. Which was won by Manchester United. Wayne Rooney to be more precise. Scored a brace. But most fans were again more impressed by his hair and even eyelashes.
In other matches Peter Odemwingie and his team-mates caused a sack of a popular bloke, called Mick McCarthy, AVB takes another step towards his sacking, Aaron Ramsey is somewhat apocalyptic, Emmanuel Adebyor likes tickling, 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 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 "25th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 25th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
MANCHESTER UTD - LIVERPOOL 2-1 (0-0)
@ManUtdStuff
Roy Keane: "If I was playing, if Incey was playing, if Sparky was playing: Suarez ends the game wishing he'd shaken hands." #MUFC
@MissEJHarvey
Please have some respect for Wayne Rooney. He is, after all, the worlds only surviving brain donor.
@BernardMannlng
Wayne Rooney turned up for the Grammies last night and was very disappointed. Apparently he misread the invite.
@eddo75
Good weekend for Wayne Rooney. A brace against Liverpool on Saturday and The Granny awards on TV last night
BLACKBURN - QUEENS PARK RANGERS 3-2 (3-0)
@OptaJoe
39% - Yakubu has the best conversion rate of any regular player in the Premier League this season. Attack.
@AnnieEaves
QPR in real trouble. They've bought players not a team. Like when you go to the supermarket, spend a fortune, and realise you've no meals.
BOLTON - WIGAN 1-2 (0-1)
@CptnPyjamaPants
Owen Coyle is 5/1 in the sack race. Tempted.
@SkySportsFraser
Phone rang during Roberto Martinez press conf. Someone shouted "It's the FA!" Roberto said "Tell them I'm not available!"
@OptaJoe
20 – Bolton Wanderers committed the most fouls today, while Wigan have committed the most this season (326). Sinners.
EVERTON - CHELSEA 2-0 (1-0)
@MatthewCSpence1
@jamesaleung Suarez = dickhead! Everton = the boys!! "Neva felt more like singin the blues, when Everton win and Liverpool lose!
@OptaJoe
2 - The last time Everton won two consecutive home league games was May 2011; their wins were against Manchester City & Chelsea. Repeat.
@philmcnulty
Mancini says didn't prepare right & Man City lose at Everton. AVB says more or less same as Chelsea lose. What is it they don't know about?
@tonymunday1
Will AVB be at Chelsea next season? More importantly when will BOSINGWA stop pretending to be a full back?
FULHAM - STOKE CITY 2-1 (2-0)
@OptaJoe
1 - Pavel Pogrebnyak is the first player to score on his Fulham Premier League debut since David Healy in August 2007. Import.
@OptaJoe
20% - Stoke City posted the worst shooting accuracy today and also for the season as a whole (34%). Wayward.
SUNDERLAND - ARSENAL 1-2 (0-0)
@waleedabunada
The last 4 goals Aaron Ramsey scored for Arsenal killed Osama Bin Laden, Muammar Gaddafi, Steve Jobs and Whitney Houston the next day. #afc
@LethalBizzle
Can someone make a Thierry Henry mask & put it on Chamack and send him to NY red bulls? #DENCHENRY
@OptaJoke
503,226 - Number of Arsenal fans who will have unsuitable dreams about Thierry Henry tonight. Va-va-voom.
SWANSEA - NORWICH CITY 2-3 (1-0)
@blowersh
Fantastic to wake up to Swansea 2 The Canaries 3!!! What a terrific season they're having! A good, wholesome blend of Stephen Fry & Delia!!!
@seanreidHSR
Grant Holt and Danny Graham have all scored equal (Holt) and more (Graham) goals then Darren Bent. Guess which one will go to the Euro's?
TOTTENHAM - NEWCASTLE UTD 5-0 (4-0)
@R_o_M
Adebayor is a quality player when he fancies it. Really seems to fancy it at Spurs, doesn't he. 23 games, 10 goals, 11 assists.
@InfostradaLive
Newcastle record their biggest PL defeat since losing 6-0 at Manchester United in January 2008. #spurs #PL
@F365
Spurs players tickling Adebayor after he scored, like he's a playful dog. Lovely. More of this sort of thing please.
WOLVERHAMPTON - WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1-5 (1-1)
@OptaJoe
8 - Roy Hodgson's 8 PL away wins as West Brom gaffer in one year, match his 3-year tally with Liverpool (1) & Fulham (7). Kinetosis.
@empiremagazine
Sorry to hear that Mick McCarthy's been sacked. Liam Neeson is hot favourite to take over, as he has a good track record with Wolves. #BOOM
ASTON VILLA - MANCHESTER CITY 0-1 (0-0)
@StupidFootball
Aston Villa are going to go defensive against Man City. They're starting Emile Heskey.
@MirrorFootball
GOAL! Aston Villa 0-1 Manchester City - Lescott scores against his boyhood club. Robbie Keane not happy
2012-02-05
FUNNY (?) TWITTER RECAP OF THE 24th ROUND OF ENGLISH PREMIERLEAGUE
I remember the times when some Arse's fans demanded Arsene Wenger's ass to be kicked out of their beloved club. Oh, wait, that was just four days ago! So, how come couple of days later he's a genius again, a mastermind again, the best in the world again (you got the point)?
Remarkably, the (new) turning point was Blackburn, a multiple European champion, a power-house in recent years, a team that everyone fears! Well, I may be exaggerating a bit... The Gunners really justified the cannon in their logo, scoring seven (three by RPG... I mean the penetrating RVP), being the superior team, but come on! There were only 10 Venky's chickens to fight with. In the 2nd half, that is. I wonder if that French grasshopper will still be glorified after a next week's fixture.
Arsenal will visit the Stadium of Light. Which is unbelievably bright these days. Some say, the Messiah's been around. The others say, the same Messiah made a pact with the devil. Whatever. The point is, Sunderland are brilliant after the Martin O'Neill's appointment. 22 points of a possible 30. They must be doing something right. And the Arsenal match will be a proper test. For both of them: the Tracksuit and the Sleeping-bag.
I should mention the clash between Chelsea and Manchester UTD. Pure drama! Chelski 3-0 up (Juan Mata scored with a beautiful volley), then two penalties - yes, Howard Webb was the referee - for the Red Devils (Wayne Rooney, who now lost his hair at the sides of his head, converted them brilliantly), Chicharito later scored for 3-3. And that's how it finished.
In other 24th round matches Andrew Surman's messing with the fans' bladders, Swans have a serious English fire-power, Manchester City are missing Hyde, Gabriel Obertan, whose teammate Papiss Cisse scored a cracker, is better as interpreter than as footballer, and much more. Liverpool - Tottenham? It was all about a cat, 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 "24th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 24th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
ARSENAL - BLACKBURN 7-1 (3-1)
@ShinobiAFC
Figures, the one decent ref left in the #EPL gets a knock to the head...virtue has no rewards #AFC
@nicogrounds
RVP. When a girl says no... why? He's more penetrative than a Samurai sword #afc
@SamerF89
Bet those people who brought them black bin bags are wearing them over their heads #afc
@Ashfaque_Anees
I'm having chicken biryani for dinner ..venkys chicken biryani slightly black burnt #afc #arsenal
@KWAMMC
I don't respect any team Bendtner can score against. He scored a worldie couple seasons back against....Blackburn. Go figure.
NORWICH CITY - BOLTON 2-0 (0-0)
@CGoreham
I think today was first time I've ever actually touched the match ball at #ncfc when it was booted into stand. A tremendous thrill
@DavidMaidstone
Can't understand the moaners, in 1902 we couldn't even raise 11 shirts and there wasn't a ref. Don't people realise how far we've come #NCFC
@MadMarcT
I swear I wet myself when Andrew Surman scored... That's why the gaffer jumped up so high. I would have drenched him. #NCFC
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - WOLVERHAMPTON 1-2 (1-0)
@FourFourTom
Djibril Cisse has been sent off. Who at QPR thought "yeah, what could possibly go wrong!" when they heard he was available to buy? Hothead.
@OptaJoe
13 - Wolves have now recovered more points from losing positions than any other team in the top flight this season. Grit.
STOKE CITY - SUNDERLAND 0-1 (0-0)
© @NeilTheGeordie
Martin O'Neill has obviously sold his soul to the devil. More Jam than Hartleys. ;) #SAFC #ONeillsOnWheels
@gavalar_5318008
Anyone else think tony pulis is turning into Neil warnock, blaming everything and everything other than himself #delusional #safc #stokecity
@Smudgerjumps
Well done to the lads, 3 good points in very difficult conditions today! Not the snow, Stoke's horrible tactics & playing style #safc
@FourFourTom
22 points from a possible 30 for Martin O'Neill since taking over at Sunderland. Unbelievable record.
@Martin_O_Neill
Marty's fact of the day: Jack Bauer is Seb Larrson's dad."lets hope he gets 24 goals this season then!
@BenVanDerVelde
I've said it before and I'll say it again - if we want out of this recession, appoint Martin O'Neill Chancellor immediately.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - SWANSEA 1-2 (0-0)
@MirrorFootball
GOAL! West Brom 1-0 Swansea: Baggies enjoy a change in FORTUNE
@MirrorFootball
GOAL West Brom 1-1 Swansea - Sigurdsson. Now that IS a change of fortune!
@swansnews
22 of Swansea's 26 goals have been scored by Englishmen, only Manchester United can better that
WIGAN - EVERTON 1-1 (0-0)
@MirrorFootball
SUB: Everton's new striker has come on. Fans are apparently singing 'Follow the Jelavic Road' #quality
@LittleChimpy
Is Victor Chinedu Anichebe becoming the new Ole Gunnar Solskjær? #impact #20LEGEND
MANCHESTER CITY - FULHAM 3-0 (2-0)
@KaiWayne
Chris Baird has now given away a penalty & scored an own goal. All he needs now is to find out his wife is having a coffee with John Terry.
@IgnorantLuke
Man City need to get a striker called Hyde. So they can have Dzeko and Hyde
NEWCATSLE UTD - ASTON VILLA 2-1 (1-1)
@DavidKifford
Gabriel Obertan acting as interpreter for Cisse. Finally found a regular position for him at #NUFC.
@Balaurderaa
Papiss Cisse who has one funny syllable in his name makes his debut for Newcastle #bpl #nufc #avfc
@ianmurphy89
Forget the goal, how hasn't Warnock been sent off?! That's what happens when you watch Hutton too much in training #avfc #nufc
@soccer_dude91
Maybe if Fernando Torres changes his first name to Demba he'll start scoring goals again #NUFC #CFC
@cristoff19
I'm 28,with no right knee and a few extra lbs,but watching Gabriel Obertan 'play' football keeps my dreams of a football career alive.#NUFC
CHELSEA - MANCHESTER UTD 3-3 (1-0)
@blazerunner
The MUFC defence opens to give Torres a clear sight of goal... but he doesn't fall for it and shoots at the corner flag instead.
@SALMAN_1562
Has anybody else noticed how @waynerooney gone from loosing his hair to having the best haircut on the pitch? #hairwego #MUFC
@Twiccip
Why on Earth did Wayne Rooney bother spending all that money on a hair transplant to have it cut like he has ? #MUFC @SkySports
@JacquiOatley
Sturridge used Evans then like a snooker player uses a cushion. #MUFC #CFC
@Red_or_Dead_Edd
Excellent PR work by Team Terry...planting a black man next to John for him to hug in celebration. ;-) #CFC #MUFC
@Ultra_Fox
The Suarez episode obscures fact that Evra past sell-by episode. At fault for all 3 Chelsea goals today #mufc
LIVERPOOL - TOTTENHAM 0-0
@HonestFrank
Cat on the pitch at Anfield. Must have thought it was the Milk Cup. #lfc #thfc
@ianirv
Not much happened at #LFC 23 mins. A cat came on the pitch and #THFC singing "Harry's dog's a millionaire" just about the highlights so far
@BigRedEgg
Lucky it wasn't a black cat on the Klu Klux Klanfield pitch. Suarez would of abused it. #THFC #LFC #MUFC
@eddaball79
Super Harry Redknapp he wears a magic hat, he couldn't fly to Anfield so turned into a cat! #Yiddo #thfc”
@mr_keets
Every Taxi driver in the UK refused to drive Harry Redkanpp to Anfield tonight. They heard he doesn't pay his taxis. #LFC #THFC
Remarkably, the (new) turning point was Blackburn, a multiple European champion, a power-house in recent years, a team that everyone fears! Well, I may be exaggerating a bit... The Gunners really justified the cannon in their logo, scoring seven (three by RPG... I mean the penetrating RVP), being the superior team, but come on! There were only 10 Venky's chickens to fight with. In the 2nd half, that is. I wonder if that French grasshopper will still be glorified after a next week's fixture.
Arsenal will visit the Stadium of Light. Which is unbelievably bright these days. Some say, the Messiah's been around. The others say, the same Messiah made a pact with the devil. Whatever. The point is, Sunderland are brilliant after the Martin O'Neill's appointment. 22 points of a possible 30. They must be doing something right. And the Arsenal match will be a proper test. For both of them: the Tracksuit and the Sleeping-bag.
I should mention the clash between Chelsea and Manchester UTD. Pure drama! Chelski 3-0 up (Juan Mata scored with a beautiful volley), then two penalties - yes, Howard Webb was the referee - for the Red Devils (Wayne Rooney, who now lost his hair at the sides of his head, converted them brilliantly), Chicharito later scored for 3-3. And that's how it finished.
In other 24th round matches Andrew Surman's messing with the fans' bladders, Swans have a serious English fire-power, Manchester City are missing Hyde, Gabriel Obertan, whose teammate Papiss Cisse scored a cracker, is better as interpreter than as footballer, and much more. Liverpool - Tottenham? It was all about a cat, 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 "24th edition". Here are some of the bits, which should shed some (different) light on the 24th round of EPL. I thank all the tweeps for contributing...
ARSENAL - BLACKBURN 7-1 (3-1)
@ShinobiAFC
Figures, the one decent ref left in the #EPL gets a knock to the head...virtue has no rewards #AFC
@nicogrounds
RVP. When a girl says no... why? He's more penetrative than a Samurai sword #afc
@SamerF89
Bet those people who brought them black bin bags are wearing them over their heads #afc
@Ashfaque_Anees
I'm having chicken biryani for dinner ..venkys chicken biryani slightly black burnt #afc #arsenal
@KWAMMC
I don't respect any team Bendtner can score against. He scored a worldie couple seasons back against....Blackburn. Go figure.
NORWICH CITY - BOLTON 2-0 (0-0)
@CGoreham
I think today was first time I've ever actually touched the match ball at #ncfc when it was booted into stand. A tremendous thrill
@DavidMaidstone
Can't understand the moaners, in 1902 we couldn't even raise 11 shirts and there wasn't a ref. Don't people realise how far we've come #NCFC
@MadMarcT
I swear I wet myself when Andrew Surman scored... That's why the gaffer jumped up so high. I would have drenched him. #NCFC
QUEENS PARK RANGERS - WOLVERHAMPTON 1-2 (1-0)
@FourFourTom
Djibril Cisse has been sent off. Who at QPR thought "yeah, what could possibly go wrong!" when they heard he was available to buy? Hothead.
@OptaJoe
13 - Wolves have now recovered more points from losing positions than any other team in the top flight this season. Grit.
STOKE CITY - SUNDERLAND 0-1 (0-0)
© @NeilTheGeordie
Martin O'Neill has obviously sold his soul to the devil. More Jam than Hartleys. ;) #SAFC #ONeillsOnWheels
@gavalar_5318008
Anyone else think tony pulis is turning into Neil warnock, blaming everything and everything other than himself #delusional #safc #stokecity
@Smudgerjumps
Well done to the lads, 3 good points in very difficult conditions today! Not the snow, Stoke's horrible tactics & playing style #safc
@FourFourTom
22 points from a possible 30 for Martin O'Neill since taking over at Sunderland. Unbelievable record.
@Martin_O_Neill
Marty's fact of the day: Jack Bauer is Seb Larrson's dad."lets hope he gets 24 goals this season then!
@BenVanDerVelde
I've said it before and I'll say it again - if we want out of this recession, appoint Martin O'Neill Chancellor immediately.
WEST BROMWICH ALBION - SWANSEA 1-2 (0-0)
@MirrorFootball
GOAL! West Brom 1-0 Swansea: Baggies enjoy a change in FORTUNE
@MirrorFootball
GOAL West Brom 1-1 Swansea - Sigurdsson. Now that IS a change of fortune!
@swansnews
22 of Swansea's 26 goals have been scored by Englishmen, only Manchester United can better that
WIGAN - EVERTON 1-1 (0-0)
@MirrorFootball
SUB: Everton's new striker has come on. Fans are apparently singing 'Follow the Jelavic Road' #quality
@LittleChimpy
Is Victor Chinedu Anichebe becoming the new Ole Gunnar Solskjær? #impact #20LEGEND
MANCHESTER CITY - FULHAM 3-0 (2-0)
@KaiWayne
Chris Baird has now given away a penalty & scored an own goal. All he needs now is to find out his wife is having a coffee with John Terry.
@IgnorantLuke
Man City need to get a striker called Hyde. So they can have Dzeko and Hyde
NEWCATSLE UTD - ASTON VILLA 2-1 (1-1)
@DavidKifford
Gabriel Obertan acting as interpreter for Cisse. Finally found a regular position for him at #NUFC.
@Balaurderaa
Papiss Cisse who has one funny syllable in his name makes his debut for Newcastle #bpl #nufc #avfc
@ianmurphy89
Forget the goal, how hasn't Warnock been sent off?! That's what happens when you watch Hutton too much in training #avfc #nufc
@soccer_dude91
Maybe if Fernando Torres changes his first name to Demba he'll start scoring goals again #NUFC #CFC
@cristoff19
I'm 28,with no right knee and a few extra lbs,but watching Gabriel Obertan 'play' football keeps my dreams of a football career alive.#NUFC
CHELSEA - MANCHESTER UTD 3-3 (1-0)
@blazerunner
The MUFC defence opens to give Torres a clear sight of goal... but he doesn't fall for it and shoots at the corner flag instead.
@SALMAN_1562
Has anybody else noticed how @waynerooney gone from loosing his hair to having the best haircut on the pitch? #hairwego #MUFC
@Twiccip
Why on Earth did Wayne Rooney bother spending all that money on a hair transplant to have it cut like he has ? #MUFC @SkySports
@JacquiOatley
Sturridge used Evans then like a snooker player uses a cushion. #MUFC #CFC
@Red_or_Dead_Edd
Excellent PR work by Team Terry...planting a black man next to John for him to hug in celebration. ;-) #CFC #MUFC
@Ultra_Fox
The Suarez episode obscures fact that Evra past sell-by episode. At fault for all 3 Chelsea goals today #mufc
LIVERPOOL - TOTTENHAM 0-0
@HonestFrank
Cat on the pitch at Anfield. Must have thought it was the Milk Cup. #lfc #thfc
@ianirv
Not much happened at #LFC 23 mins. A cat came on the pitch and #THFC singing "Harry's dog's a millionaire" just about the highlights so far
@BigRedEgg
Lucky it wasn't a black cat on the Klu Klux Klanfield pitch. Suarez would of abused it. #THFC #LFC #MUFC
@eddaball79
Super Harry Redknapp he wears a magic hat, he couldn't fly to Anfield so turned into a cat! #Yiddo #thfc”
@mr_keets
Every Taxi driver in the UK refused to drive Harry Redkanpp to Anfield tonight. They heard he doesn't pay his taxis. #LFC #THFC
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