What you missed while geeking out over the latest “Tron: Legacy” trailer…
- English Premier League roundup: Aston Villa 3-2 Blackpool, Chelsea 1-0 Fulham, Newcastle 1-2 Blackburn, West Ham 2-2 West Brom, Wigan 1-1 Liverpool, Wolves 0-2 Arsenal, Everton 1-1 Bolton, Manchester City 0-0 Manchester United.
- Manchester United may be without Rafael and Patrice Evra for Saturday’s tie against Aston Villa.
- United have also blamed Manchester City’s tactics for the dismal state of yesterday’s derby.
- Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton might face retroactive action from the FA after appearing to punch Blackburn midfielder Morten Gamst Pedersen in the ribs.
- Carlo Ancelotti wanted to review Michael Essien’s tackle on Clint Dempsey before commenting on whether or not he felt the red card was justified.
- The Premier League (and my fantasy team) is none too pleased with Blackpool manager Ian Holloway’s decision to make ten changes to his starting lineup for yesterday’s match against Aston Villa; Ian Holloway says he’ll quit if he’s fined for his squad rotation.
- Bolton chairman Phil Gartside wants a Premier League wage cap.
- Tottenham suffered a £6.6 million loss in spite of the fact that their income rose by 6% last year.
- This year’s first “Clasico” between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be held on November 29th; astute calendar users will note that this is a Monday.
- Franck Ribery and Mark van Bommel could return to Bayern’s lineup for the Bavarian derby against Nuremberg on Sunday, while Arjen Robben has resumed running in training.
- Inter playmaker Wesley Sneijder’s 2009-10 campaign – which saw him guide Inter to a treble and Holland to the World Cup final – has left him exhausted and anemic.
- AC Milan’s 3-1 win over Palermo (coupled with Lazio’s 1-0 loss to Cesena) has put them in the top spot on Serie A’s table ahead of the Milan Derby this weekend.
- Hugo Lloris feels that, with only eight points between the top and bottom in Ligue 1, Lyon still has a chance to win the whole thing.
- American international Maurice Edu injured his knee while playing for Rangers in their 3-0 loss to Hibernian; the extent of the injury is unknown. This is the same knee he injured in May of 2009; that injury kept Edu out for seven months.
- David Beckham wants to continue playing until he’s 40.
- Landon Donovan may reassess his future after the season is over.
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Joey being Joey again: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/9181426.stm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Becks probably could play to 40 and beyond. For a guy with as many miles on him as he has, he looks damn good out there.
Landon deserves to be playing on the biggest stage for football and that’s in Europe. Yes, he’s the poster boy for soccer here. Yes, it would hurt the league to have him go. The fact is that the MLS is not on par right now with the Euro leagues and if he wants to heighten the game, he needs to go abroad.
This bullshit about weakened squads and whatever…if you have the players on the squad, who the hell are the Prem to say: You suck too much to play or too many of you suck to be on the pitch at once. That’s a dangerous precedent.
Gartside wants a wage cap, eh? I wouldn’t be against it, but I’m sure the top 5 would.
Joey was just starting to seem like he’d stopped being Joey, too.
You can’t stop the crazy. You can only hope to contain it. We haven’t had a Roy Keane freakout in a while either, so I keep watching on that front.