Ashley and Gaby - The future's so bright
It’s a newsy notes kind of morning, because quite frankly, there’s so much going on right now it’s hard to just talk about one thing.
- I cannot even believe this, but the CAF has banned Togo from the next two African Cups for withdrawing their side after the horrendous terrorist attack on them in Angola. Simply unreal. [Sky]
- Wesley Sneijder will face the standard two match ban for his red card in last weekend’s Milano derby, and here’s the rest of the Serie A competitors who will miss matches. [Gazzetto]
- The USA is not alone in facing key injuries before the World Cup this year. Spurs winger Aaron Lennon, who mostly makes the substitute bench for Fabio Capello, may need a hernia operation. [Daily Mail]
- Reading between the lines, Rafa Benitez sounds like he’s off to Juventus this Summer without some type of improved outlook for Liverpool. [Guardian]
- MLS CBA negotiations deadline has been moved to 12 February. This is a very positive development. [MLSnet]
- Without quoting the source’s name, ESPN is claiming John Terry will retain the England captaincy despite his…shenanigans. [Soccernet]
- The news on injured Paraguayan striker Salvador Cabanas is better, but still not great. [Fox]
- The owners of Manchester City claim they would like to co-exist with United in a “spirit rivalry”. Note to Man City owners: You’re mental. [Independent]
- Is this goal a preview of coming attractions in this year’s World Cup? [Unprofessional Foul]
- New England Revolution club captain Steve Ralston has left the club. [SBI]
- Jim Jeffries is the new manager at Hearts. [Scotsman]
So it’s a full-rich day of football on television, which benefits us all. The Fox Soccer Channel hi-def situation is still murky. It would appear that despite it being available now, not all carriers have added it. I know for a fact when I changed over to it Thursday afternoon, there was one of those “bugs” that said “FSC HD”, but I haven’t seen it since and thus, I have no idea what we’ll see from today’s Birmingham-Spurs or Burnley-Chelsea matches. Stay tuned is the best advice I can give you. Here’s the sked.
Bayern Munich v Mainz 0930 GolTV
Liverpool v Bolton 1000 Setanta
Fulham v Aston Villa 1000 ESPN2
Birmingham v Tottenham Hotspur 1000 FSC/FSE
Nigeria v Algeria 1100 ACoN
Espanyol v Atheltic Bilbao 1155 GolTV
Bari v Palermo 1200 ESPN360/RAI
Leicester City v Newcastle 1220 Setanta/360
Schalke 04 v Hoffenheim 1230 ESPND/360
Burnley v Chelsea 1230 FSC/FSE
Sporting Gijon v Barcelona 1400 GolTV
Napoli v Genoa 1430 FSC/FSE/RAI
Montpellier v Olympique Marseille 1500 Setanta
Deportivo La Coruña v Real Madrid 1600 ESPND/360
Santos v Oeste 1630 GolTV
Chiapas v UANL 1800 Azteca
Monterrey v Cruz Azul 1800 Telemundo
Milionarios v Nacional 1820 GolTV
Chivas v Tecos 2000 Telemundo
Pachuca v Atlante 2000 Telefutura
Medellin v Sante Fe 2015 GolTV
San Luis v Morelia 2145 Telefutura
We’ll be around in comments and on Twitter as usual. Leave your thoughts on the matches and talk about the news. Have a great day and enjoy the matches.
It’s going to be a long season in Revolutionland.
Given what’s happened in the last few weeks I’m glad I’ve been wavering on buying a season ticket…
Liverpool have managed to avoid completely humiliating themselves and their fanbase today…although maybe this is too early to say that, since there’s still four minutes left.
COUNTY!!!!!!
1-0 over first place Dundee @ Dundee!
The Staggies are now six points out of first place with THREE games in hand over Dundee.
WOOOOOOOOO!
Rather incredible that County can go from relegation battle to fighting for first this season
They played their worst football at the end of the year last year and that dropped them from mid-table towards the bottom, but then they made some really good signings in the offseason and Derek Adams has proven himself to be a manager to watch- there was talk at him going to Motherwell a few weeks ago, but they ended up keeping Craig Brown on through the end of the season. My guess is that even if offered the job Adams sees that bringing County to the SPL might get him a better job than ‘well in the future.
I’m not sure that you can call what Barcelona plays “football”. It’s so scary how good their first teamers are.
Anyone else catch the tremendous booing when Terry scored that game-winner?
2-0, and Fulham only really threatened Villa once or twice all game. Dempsey really had become the team’s creative fulcrum, it seems.