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Transfer Balls: Manchester Untied will have to pay £768m for Cristiano Ronaldo

 

Transfer Balls: How much is Cristiano Ronaldo worth? Paris St-Germain and Manchester United have asked just that question. The Mail says the reply from Real Madrid told them the former … (read more)

Posted: 11th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment (1)


Transfer balls: Manchester United offer David De Gea and his agent a fortune to stay

 

The Sun leads with news that David De Gea “could make a shock U-turn and sign a new £200,000-a-week deal with Manchester United”.

He hasn’t. But he “could”.

The Sun says De … (read more)

Posted: 11th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Legend: marketing mastermind turns two-star Kray biopic into five-star PR

 

Is Legend, the big screen biopic about black-and-white British gangsters the Kray Twins, any good? Benjamin Lee answers that question in his review for The Guardian. He says:
It’s a disappointingly shallow take on a … (read more)

Posted: 11th, September 2015 | In: Film, Reviews | Comment


FBI porn scam takes your photo and locks your mobile phone

 

The FBI is watching you users of porn app. Porn Droid. If you’re looking at smut on your Android phone, the FBI will lock it, display a message that you are … (read more)

Posted: 11th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Technology | Comment


Refugees crisis: Fisking the Hungarian Nazis for signs of a Holocaust

Writing in the Independent, Robert Fisk talks abut Hungary, a land that “must look to its own history for migrant guidance”. The part of Hungary’s history Fisk wants the people to … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Spurs balls: Rodney Marsh on Harry Kane and forgetting Benzema to Arsenal

In the Daily Express, a “Man City legend urges Harry Kane to leave ‘mediocre Spurs’ for Man Utd”?

Who is this quotable legend? It’s Rodney Marsh, who tells talkSport:
“He needs to … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports, Spurs | Comment (1)


Manchester City fan has entire transcript of Martin Tyler’s ‘AGUERO!’ commentary tattooed on his arm

As it was quite possibly the last genuinely dramatic thing that happened in the Premier League, Sergio Aguero’s title-snatching 93rd-minute winning goal against QPR on the final day of the 2011/12 … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Manchester City, Sports, The Consumer | Comment


Caroline Flack’s ‘unwitting’ nipple debuts (NSFW)

 

Want to see Caroline Flack’s nipple? For those of you missed it, the Sun brings news that X Factor host Flack “unwittingly” posted her exposed nipple to her Instagram followers.

We’ve … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Charlotte Proudman shows us her ugly side

Charlotte Proudman, 27, ​is in the news. She posted a photo of herself on LinkedIn – perhaps one she selected to portray her at her best, or worst, or fairest, … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Grace Jones the autobiography: ‘If the fuck don’t feel right, don’t f*ck it’

Grace Jones performs live at the Royal Albert Hall on April 26, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

 

Grace Jones has a book out. ‘I’ll … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Books, Celebrities, Key Posts | Comment


Transfer Balls: Manchester United paid only £6m for Bastian Schweinsteiger

Criticised for spending £58m on Anthony Martial (a sum Louis Van Gaal called “ridiculous”), it turns out that Manchester United scored a bargain elsewhere in the summer transfer market. Bastian … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Police locate loaded pistol inside suspect’s vagina

 

To Waco, Texas, where Gabriel Garcia, 30, and Ashley Cecilia Castaneda, 31, after being pulled over by the police. Police find 2.7 grams of methamphetamine under the driver’s seat, 29.9 grams of meth in … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Reviews, Strange But True | Comment


Left wing Press and biased BBC ignore rising anti-Semitic hate crime – focus only on Muslim victims

The Metropolitan Police say hate crime is up. Crimes against Muslims have risen in London by 70% on last year (816 Islamophobic compared with 478 for the previous year). Anti-Semitic crime … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment


Chelsea and Spurs can share Wembley Stadium

 

Chelsea and Tottenham can share Wembley Stadium while their grounds are redeveloped. FA’s chief executive, Martin Glenn says:
“We are there to provide help. We can run the FA for less costs and … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: Chelsea, Sports, Spurs | Comment (1)


Manchester United: players and Louis van Gaal in row over ‘rigid’ training methods

 

Louis Van Gaal and his Manchester United players have been involved in a “row” over his “rigid” training methods, says the Times. The story goes that a few United players approached … (read more)

Posted: 10th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Manchester United v Liverpool: police control scum fans inside a bubble

Manchester United host Liverpool in the weekend’s big Premier League match. The 5:30 kick-off gives time for fans to get to the game, soak up the atmosphere (and that’s the … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment


Transfer Balls: Arsenal eye Zaza, Manchester City chase Isco, Manchester United are insane

Manchester City are in the market for… No, not a local youth who will rise through the ranks and bind the fans to their club. No. City wants another foreign-born … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Manchester City, Sports | Comment


Video: human wasp makes drone helicopter in his garden

 

Drones are invasive. And now YouTuber user Gasturbine101 has managed to make them still more annoying by creating one that can fly him over your heads.

Called Swarm –  aka The Manned Aerial Vehicle … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Technology, The Consumer | Comment


Tottenham Balls: Emmanuel Adebayor is like a ‘negative woman’, says coach

 

On Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor, Togo head coach Tom Saintfiet had this to say:
“If you are dating a woman who does not want to respond positively, then you must look for … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Sports, Spurs | Comment


SEO Football – Arsenal: Henry’s strikers, Benzema and the three-year deal

SEO Football: a look at mainstream media football news stories written for robots.
Exclusive: Arsenal’s Benzema move, Chelsea’s Stones failure, De Gea’s Man Utd return
So says the Daily Express in a story … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Arsenal, Sports | Comment


Motorhead: you can buy one of these Lemy virbators

 

You can buy a Motörhead vibrator via the Lovehoney onanist boutique:
World-renowned heavy metal legends Motörhead have turned their attention to your intimate pleasure with their own range of branded sex toys. Powerful classic vibrators … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Music, The Consumer | Comment


Liverpool: Steven Gerrard’s Anfield return in the MSL off-season, Beckham’s two clubs and the brand

Steven Gerrard will not play for Liverpool in the MLS off-season. Well, maybe. MLS Commissioner Don Garber goes on the record:
“I don’t think so. And I had not heard that was … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Liverpool, Sports | Comment


Manchester United transfer news: Gareth Bale rumours is a Star U-turn

News is that Gareth Bale is not being transferred to Manchester United.

The Daily Star hears from the player’s Mr 10-15% Jonathan Barnett. “It was stupid paper talk both in and out of the … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: manchester united, Sports | Comment


Watch: camerawoman trips up refugee father carrying his child at Roske refugee camp

A camerawoman with Hungarian news site N1TV thought is an idea to make the news a tad more interactive by tripping up a refugee carrying his young child at the Roszke reception centre.

She’s … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Reviews | Comment


Clear the court: John Terry’s FCB introduces the woman saying ‘vagina’ over and over and over

 

When England footballer John Terry rowed with Anton Ferdinand, the matter came to court. In 2012, Chelsea captain Terry was acquitted of the racially aggravated public-order offence of calling QPR’s … (read more)

Posted: 9th, September 2015 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment