What you missed while discovering that jellyfish are not only poisonous and swarming; they are also immortal…
- Scotland national team manager George Burley, who survived not qualifying for the World Cup, has been sacked after losing to Wales in a friendly over the weekend.
- Rafa Benitez claims that he’d resign if Fernando Torres were ever sold; Liverpool faithful glad that they at least know how to get rid of him now. Meanwhile, Benitez has supposedly been mulling over signing Lassana Diarra with the imaginary money he doesn’t have.
- Solomon Kalou was dropped from the Côte d’Ivoire squad over the weekend after an altercation with West Brom defender Abdoulaye Meite.
- Russia is hoping “to entertain” tomorrow against Slovenia; personally, it’d be really entertaining if they happened to choke and lose to Slovenia.
- Jose Antonio Reyes: “Cesc Fabregas will stay at Arsenal.”
- Gerard Pique: “Cesc Fabregas will return to Barcelona.”
- Two Estudiantes fans were shot by a rival faction of other Estudiantes fans. Damn.
- Fiorentina left back Juan Manuel Vargas will not be heading to Real Madrid.
- The head of the Japanese FA has requested that FIFA reconsider banning vuvuzelas from the World Cup.
- Eduardo’s ready to dive right into the roster spot vacated by Robin van Persie in Arsenal’s lineup.
- David Beckham says that internal friction with Landon Donovan has made the Galaxy a better team.
Burley was 3-3-8 while having essentially the same player pool with which Walter Smith and Alex McLeish went 7-5-4 and 7-0-3 respectively.
Word is that John Collins is the leading candidate to replace him. He can’t be worse, and on the plus side, Scottish players are known for being slackers when it comes to diet, conditioning, etc.* and Collins is known to be a fanatic about things like that.
*Okay, the whole Scottish population is known for that- highest rate of heart disease/heart disease-relate deaths in Europe.
Speaking of vuvuzelas, I found this last night…
http://www.soccernetstore.com/shop-by-league-world-cup-2010-qualifying-world-cup-2010-vuvuzela-south-african-soccer-horn–black-.html
ESPN deserves a swift kick in the balls for selling these. And for lying to their customers about how awesome they are. Here’s their description:
“This is the horn of choice for soccer fans in the stadiums in South Africa. It kind of sounds like an elephant and is a great way to show your support for your on-field heroes.”