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Pundit Watch: Arsenal get their first clean sheet against Man United because Liverpool and Newcastle don’t count

 

Pundit Watch: the BBC’s Garth Crooks has news for Arsenal fans.
I saw Gabriel stand up to Chelsea’s Diego Costa recently at Stamford Bridge and he refused to be intimidated by … (read more)

Posted: 5th, October 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment

Yorkshire Ripper: eye clinic opens early for Peter Sutcliffe, no old people or buses attacked

Peter Sutcliffe is “strolling in the sun”. Presumably the Yorkshire Ripper also ambles in the rain and strides in the mist. The words are loaded. The Sun is clear that Sutcliffe … (read more)

Posted: 5th, October 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Vale Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers’ top 10 quotes

 

Liverpool have sacked Brendan Rodgers, the man who liked to talk in parables. He’s was much the Jesus of middle-management-style football coaching. Here were his greatest hits…

1. ”It was a perfect away performance, … (read more)

Posted: 5th, October 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment

Refugees still wait for a cake from Tunbridge Wells

Residents of the Calais ‘Jungle’ refugee camp are tonight sat around waiting for the arrival of a cake. The good people of the Royal Borough of Tunbridge Wells have donated a cake … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers sacked, moves one step closer to England job

No sooner had his Liverpool side drawn 1-1 against Everton in this afternoon’s Merseyside derby than Brendan Rodgers found himself out of a job.

According to the BBC, the decision to … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (2)

Arsenal balls: Wenger outlines his retirement non-plan

Arsenal balls: Arsene Wenger answers questions on his eventual retirement:
“I’m always scared as I’ve heard so many times people say ‘next year I will retire’ and then they continue or … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

Watch a Chelsea fan delivers a truly brilliant rant

 

Chelsea fans sued to be noisy, passionate and reviled. They are now called henry. They bring picnic hampers to the match, as they might to Twickenham. One fan hankers for … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports | Comment

Chelsea: Jose Mourinho resigns with rhetoric

Chelsea lose at home to Southampton and the Press being talk of Jose Mourinho getting the sack. Having seen his team defeated, Mourinho spoke with the Sky Sports, as he … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2015 | In: Chelsea, Key Posts, Reviews, Sports | Comment (1)

Sunderland balls: Dyche, Pearson, Vieira and Allardyce replace Advocaat

 

Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat, 68, is ready to leave the club in the next few days, reports the Sunday Telegraph. The media then set about identifying his replacement. 

It’s  formerWest Ham manager Sam Allardyce, … (read more)

Posted: 4th, October 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

Real bald v false bald: should all bald men wear swimming caps?

“I’m a bald man,” says Yann Marcotte, a swimmer at a pool in the Sainte-Julie suburb of Montreal, . “When I swim [with a cap on] it’s very, very hot … … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

Toys R Us gives away free live ammo with Minecraft Foam Diamond Swords

Jasemin Stephenson says she never order 800 rounds of 9mm ammunition for Toys R Us. She only wanted the Minecraft Foam Diamond Sword. But when the order arrived to her Virginia Beach, … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2015 | In: Reviews, The Consumer | Comment

Arsenal: Wenger wanted Martial but Monaco owed Manchester United over Falcao

Arsenal manger Arsène Wenger says he thought about signing Anthony Martial, the French footballer now with Manchester United. Wenger thought about buying Martial when he was at Lyons. But the French club … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2015 | In: Arsenal, manchester united, Sports | Comment

VIP paedophiles: Darren, Exaro and trial by twitter

The story of VIP paedophiles is sliding from the top of the news cycle. Today the Times, has more bad news for peado hunters:
A man who claimed to have been sexually … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment

England v Australia rugby World Cup crunch match: the backpages

It’s England v Australia in the rugby World Cup. And England have a new hymn for the “troops”:

 

And do it for me, and all, does Stuart Lancaster, England’s head coach, … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, October 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

Man sacked from pork roll factory for excessive farting and uncontrollable diarrhea

Louann Clem of Trenton, New Jersey, is suing her employer Case Pork Roll Co., for firing her husband Rich for excessive farting. The Clems told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), but they … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment

Ronaldo To Manchester United Watch: the happy ‘big hint’

Ronaldo Watch:a  look at bullshit.com reporting that Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving Real Madrid to rejoin Manchester United.

Today the Manchester Evening News thunders:
Manchester United transfer news: Ronaldo hints he could leave Real Madrid next … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment

Arsenal: Manchester United can bank on success, says Wenger

The football media love to make sensation for nothing. So it is for Arsenal’s press conference ahead of their match with Manchester United. According to the Star, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: Arsenal, manchester united, Sports | Comment

Pundit watch: Sunderland are as bad as they appear to be

Pundit Watch: The BBC’s Mark Lawrenson gets the big bucks for offering insight into football.
From what I have seen so far this season, Sunderland are the worst team in the … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: Sports | Comment

‘Pink elephant’ Chris Brown makes a trunk call to Australia

US singer, Chris Brown, who once beat up his then lover Rihanna, wants Australians to overlook his criminal past and let him visit the country. He reached out via Twitter:
“I would be more … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: Celebrities, Reviews | Comment

Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers would make a great England manager

Liverpool are looking limp under Brendan Rodgers. Jurgen Klopp is the media’s favourite to take over should Rodgers get the boot. In the Times Matt Dickinson asks readers to pause and remember … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comments (2)

Chelsea v Dr Carneiro: Jon Fearn is Mr Cellophane as Dyke and moralists attack Mourinho’s

Mr Cellophane

Jose Mourinho will not be banned, censured or fined for his criticism of Dr Eva Carneiro, her removal from first-team duties and finally her decision … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: Chelsea, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Eamonn Holmes subjects Jeremy Corbyn to one of the worst interviews of all time (video)

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was interviewed by Eamonn Holmes on Sky News Sunrise. It was painfully enjoyable viewing. It gets worse and worse and worse… From 7 mins 40, Holmes causes … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, October 2015 | In: Politicians, Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment

Wayne Rooney: the Daily Mirror didn’t hack the ‘thick’ Manchester United star’s phone out of respect

Brian Reade has penned a defence of Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney.
Class snobs who try to keep council-estate-kid sports stars down and revel in their failings at it again … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2015 | In: Key Posts, manchester united, Reviews, Sports | Comment

Liverpool balls: football genius picks Neymar over Ings

Banteriser Jimmy Bullard has a plan to make Liverpool great. Jimmy, last seen being irritating (surely, engaging in hilarious bantz – ed) in the I’m A Celebrity jungle has been talking … (read more)

Posted: 1st, October 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment (1)

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