What you missed while vomiting up your fungus burger…
- Stade Rennais F.C. – who have accused Manchester City of stealing their young talent – have been found guilty of stealing 19 year old Hamned Doumbia from Ligue 2 side Châteauroux by the Ligue de Football Professional. Too bad “schadenfreude” is German, huh?
- Steven Gerrard goes way out on a limb to say that the African Cup of Nations may impact the Premier League title race; the fact that Liverpool don’t have any Africans on their squad certainly has nothing to do with this comment (although he might not realize that Manchester United also have no African nationals on their squad, either).
- While we’re talking about Liverpool, ESPN’s Harry Harris thinks that eventually Rafa Benitez will be sacked so the club can hire Jose Mourinho.
- Cesc Fabregas is whining about a scar Adebayor gave him the other day; it might be time for them to let this one go.
- John Terry doesn’t like the Premier League’s new homegrown rules.
- River Plate is out of the Copa Sudamericana after losing 3-1 on aggregate to Lanús; I only mention this because I watched it last night, and it was played in monsoon-style rain, which always makes for an awesome game.
- Sir Alex Ferguson says that Manchester United’s real rival is Liverpool, not Manchester City. Not that he’s trying to play mind games with City ahead of the Manchester Derby or anything.
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Ways that Sir Alex Ferguson can also screw with Manchester Arabia:
1) Refuse to call their manager by his name, instead referring to him as “Sparky” at all times.
2) Point out that FC United of Manchester had a better record last season than Manchester Arabia.
3) Start every sentence about Manchester Arabia by saying “In the 33 years since they last won shit,…”
I think if SAF follows these 3 simple ideas, he’ll have a lot more fun.
It’s going to make Benitez’s head explode when Liverpool plays Manchester United in a few months and Ferguson says that Manchester City is Manchester United’s real rival.
Like Ferguson needs to do anything to Rafa anymore. He could just smile, cock his head, and wink and Rafa’s head would explode.
There’s no fun in that at all, though. Ferguson wants to be the one to push Benitez over the edge.
Lads, I hate to tell you, but the championship is coming back south this season. It’s Chelsea’s for the taking.
Also, north London will have something to say, trust me on this.
The Cup of Nations is really going to hurt Chelsea, though, and it could last for a good month. Look at how Chelsea did without Drogba earlier this week; they’re a completely different team. Now take away Malouda, Kalou, and Essien on top of that; problematic, to say the least.
I want to see Spurs at least draw with Chelsea over the weekend.
I fail to see how Tottenham is going to affect the title race with their injury problems.