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Jose Mourinho opens Manchester United’s school of science

Jose Mourinho says the world is full of football Einsteins. No, not Socrates. Einsteins. Following Manchester United’s defeat of Northampton in the League Cup, Mourinho shared with MUTV his thoughts on the brains … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, September 2016 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Joseph Connagh: former BBC Egghead ‘CJ’ arrested in murder investigtion

Joseph Connagh, a former Egghead on the BBC quiz show Eggheads has been arrested as part of an investigation into an alleged killing in the Netherlands. CJ de Mooi, as he was … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment

When Arsenal picked Arsene Wenger the British Press mocked them

Arsène Wenger has been manger of Arsenal for 20 years. The 66-year-old manager joined the club on this day 1996.

The Sunday Mirror took the rise out of this new foreign manager, rolling it eyes and … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Paul Gascoigne becomes an anti-free speech role model

Paul Gascoigne is not in the best of health. This we know because the tabloids love to feature Gazza in various stages of trouble. He’s back in the news for the … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Madeleine McCann: more taxpayers’ money, Amaral’s cash and thought crimes

Madeleine McCann: a look at reporting on the missing child.

The Sun bring news of “Maddie Hope”. What hope? The Sun tells us: “Madeleine McCann fund given £100k of government money … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Madeleine McCann, Reviews | Comment

Liverpool balls: ‘pyschotic coward’ Joey Barton, Xabi Alsono and the red mist

Liverpool fans will be gutted. They could have had Joey Barton and not Xabi Alonso in the side. Alsono is a terrific player. Barton has long been underrated as a … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | Comment

Arsenal: Barcelona rewrite Bellerin’s history as they move to tap him up

Following on from yesterday’s news that Manchester City are looking to sign Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, the Sun says The Citizens are ready to shake the massive wad of cash at … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comments (2)

Manchester City War: Guardiola sees off Yaya Toure’s limp attack

Manchester City are at WAR. Have the club’s owners co-opted players into Middle East conflict? Is Pep Guardiola’s mastery of formations and attacks be be employed in Abu Dhabi’s invasion of Saudi … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, Sports | Comment

Kent teenagers ‘torture’ squirrel and post video on Snapchat

Mrs Donna Lodge, head of Wilmington School for Boys, in Dartford, Kent, responds to news that pupils in her charge mutilated what appears to have been a dead squirrel with a … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Asda sells bananas that can give you a four-hour erection

Ever hear of the spider whose bite can give you a four-hour erection? The spiders are free and come with bunches of Asda bananas. Right now everyone with a flaccid bellend … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comment

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt split the children in what media hope will be a messy divorce

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will end their marriage of a whole 2 years and being together since 2004. Divorce has been triggered. She wants sole physical custody of all the couple’s collection of children – … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment

Manchester United balls: Jose Mourinho’s double ‘Red-olution’

It’s been a topsy-turvy season for Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho. Of course the Premier League season is just a few weeks old – but in the Sun it’s been a … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

Bacteria of the New York City subway: artist captures tiny life forms

Artist Craig Ward took sterilized sponges onto the New York sUbway system. He was looking for life invisible to the naked eye. He pressed the swabs into agar plates  and incubated … (read more)

Posted: 21st, September 2016 | In: Key Posts, Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment

Transfer balls: Manchester City to move to Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez

Transfer balls: ‘Is Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez heading to Manchester City,’ asks the Guardian. No. He plays for Arsenal.

But the paper says the “word on the street” is that Sanchez is … (read more)

Posted: 20th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Ahmad Khan Rahami: Islamist Chelsea bomb suspect is ‘mad’

Ahmad Khan Rahami has been charged in New Jersey with the attempted murder of two policeman. Ahmad Khan Rahami also allegedly tried to murder scores of people in New York in … (read more)

Posted: 20th, September 2016 | In: Reviews | Comment

Manchester United: Mourinho publicly slams injured Luke Shaw as fear factor returns to Old Trafford

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho continues to win hearts and minds. The Times says United defender Luke Shaw, 21,  was suffering from a groin injury during his side’s defeat at Watford. … (read more)

Posted: 19th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Manchester United endorse Michael Oliver’s magic foam party

Enjoy the game, then? We watched mediocre Watford take on gilded Manchester United in hope that the hubris that pricked so many Premier League egos last season would continue. We were not … (read more)

Posted: 19th, September 2016 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Media Balls: Arsenal reject Jack Wilshere was 100% awful

Max Miller has news for Arsenal fans looking to see how Jack Wilshere is getting on during his loan spell at AFC Bournemouth. Well, Bournemouth were thrashed 4-0 by a vibrant … (read more)

Posted: 19th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports | Comment

Iguanas on a plane: flights delayed by lizards that might not be there

‘Which way to the Illuminati meeting?’

The WestJet flight from Toronto to Vancouver was evacuated when someone said there were lizards loose on board.

Four iguanas were found in … (read more)

Posted: 19th, September 2016 | In: Strange But True, The Consumer | Comment

How Chelsea’s Conte and Manchester United’s Mourinho manage failure

Following Chelsea’s home defeat to Liverpool in the Premier League, the BBC says Blues’ manager Antonio Conte “subjected his players to an angry dressing-down”. Conte “accused his players of failing … (read more)

Posted: 19th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Chelsea, Key Posts, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Dele Alli signs new Spurs deal as Real Madrid go cold

Daily Express readers will be shocked to learn that Spurs and England player Dele Alli has signed a new deal at the London club. Alli’s new contract keeps him at … (read more)

Posted: 19th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Sports, Spurs, Tabloids | Comment

Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin is the fastest man on Earth?

“Who is faster – Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin or Usain Bolt?’

Goal.com. readers are told, “Arsene Wenger has the answer.”

So do we. It’s the Olympic Champion.

Although if the distance over which speed … (read more)

Posted: 18th, September 2016 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Transfer balls: Liverpool chase the Manchester United supporting Borussia Dortmund ‘wonderkid’

Transfer balls: the BBC says Liverpool are on course to sign 17-year-old Borussia Dortmund midfielder Christian Pulisic. They’re not.

The Bleacher Report says Liverpool tried and failed to bring Pulisic – the “wonderkid” –  to … (read more)

Posted: 16th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Liverpool, Sports | Comment

Ethiopian shepherd transports two sheep on his bicycle (video)

In this video, an Ethiopian shepherd transports two sheep. Notes below the video tell us the “shepherd moves a couple of his animals across Bahir Dar in Amahara State”.

 

So much for … (read more)

Posted: 16th, September 2016 | In: Strange But True, TV & Radio | Comment

Manchester City balls: Sergio Aguero’s Champions’ League ‘vow’

Big news: Sergio Aguero, 28, has signed a one-year contract extension at Manchester City, says the BBC.

The Daily Mirror ups that with more amazing news: “Aguero has vowed to remain at City … (read more)

Posted: 16th, September 2016 | In: Back pages, Manchester City, Sports, Tabloids | Comment

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