Paul Merson's take on Dele Alli's baffling omission from the POTY list: “If he was in the main one, he wasn’t winning it anyway, so he is better off being in the young one.” In his next column he'll be telling 99% of the people signed up for the London Marathon they won't be winning it so there's no point in them showing up at the starting line, that's how monumentally dense his argument is.
Ex-drunk? based on his rambling nonsense, I thought he'd been on the Bloody Marys since he woke up...
Today has seen a glut of ridiculous 'rumours' - Mauricio Pochettino to go to Seville next season Eric Dier to be sold to United to fund the purchase of Michael Keane Toby Alderweireld rejecting a new contract to sign for Inter Milan....With Kyle Walker. I'm waiting for the Dele Alli to Villa story to resurface.
There's a very good article by Raphael Honigstein published today saying that and suggesting why..... www.redbulletin.com/int/en/sports/why-tottenham-dont-get-more-credit I don't agree with all of it but he's on the right track.
Timing is essential to good comedy. On the day that Matt Law of The Daily Telegraph published the 'Eric Dier to United' rumour again based upon our lad's dissatisfaction with playing in a back 3, the man himself has said on the Spurs site: "I find it easy to adapt and I enjoy it - I think it makes me a much better footballer." Timing..... It's all in the timing.
Pochettino is just not good media material. No on/off pitch antics. No antagonistic relationship with the media. Combine that with the usual Narrative (TM) , and everything is meh. Which is just how I like it. He is paid to attempt to help the club I support achieve on-pitch success, not to sell newspapers or spawn myriad Internet click-baits by his words/actions.
This week's big lie has been the imminent departure of Toby Alderweireld. Some have chosen to ignore the fact that his contract contains a term limiting his value that only becomes active in 2019 if we offer him a 1year extension. He has been sold off to every club with a few quid and a hole where their centre of defence should be. Today, Toby is quoted in The Standard saying - "With this team and the people working for it, we will get a trophy 100%. If it is this season, it will be the next one......I am very pleased with how things are going now. It is an honour to play for Tottenham. I am very pleased to do so." Yes, he's definitely off to Inter Milan.
Let's see how prominent the coverage of the Dortmund bombing is going to be now that it's been revealed the attacker was a German-Russian national who carried out the attack in the hope of tanking BVB's share price so he could profit from stock market speculation. Yes, really: https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-arrested-as-police-allege-share-dealing-plot
Hats off to Sean Dyche. In his press conference today, be addressed made up rubbish.....Sorry, press rumours concerning the alleged departure of Michael Keane. "I got told via a TV screen that he will be leaving. That's news to me...... I'm always a good source, as manager. I'm pretty reliable as well." Good man!
Exactly my feelings. The same crime done for "terrorist" motives is somehow worse. Actually read more newsworthy and important (because a collusion of media and politicians tells us it is). It seems to me that if I get stabbed to death by a terrorist or some care in the community type, the result for me, my wife and son is exactly the same. (And the government could probably save more people by financing social care properly than spending it on anti-terrorism!)
I wonder what's going on with his surname? Sergej W? Are they concealing his identity, for some reason, or is it actually just W? The latter seems extremely unlikely.
From the BBC live feed... Llorente puts Stoke ahead Swansea City 1-0 Stoke City Posted at15:12 Sigurdsson cross, Llorente goal. It was a 50/50 chance, and they still got it wrong!
Almost as amusing as the opinion that you never see thousands of Chelsea fans bawl at the referee in unison demanding opposition players get booked: http://southendnewsnetwork.com/actu...led-the-sn-into-publishing-a-fake-news-story/
And they won't give a crap. Virtually nobody that read that story will see this. The club really should back the Merseyside clubs and ban it, too. Won't have much of an affect, but they shouldn't be able to keep pulling this ****. They clearly think very little of football fans and those involved in the game, so the feeling should be returned and amplified.
Sky actually used this one an article: please log in to view this image Was it take your child to work day or something? "Yes Timmy, that's a wonderful graph. What? Er, yeah, of course I'll use it...." Just because nobody's going to believe me, this is the source: http://www.skysports.com/football/n...lry-in-stats-ahead-of-scottish-cup-semi-final