"Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick has told England manager Roy Hodgson he is ready to come out of international retirement." (Source: Daily Mirror) Hey, England! You know how you've been 5hit for at least two decades? Well, don't worry, because Carrick (who was 5hit before he went into retirement) is coming out of retirement!
"Manchester United legend Eric Cantona kung-fu kicked a coffee table in frustration after they lost the Premier League title to neighbours City on the final day of last season, according to his son Raphael." (Source: Daily Mirror) Quick! Call the cops!
"Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has intervened to help the Spanish club sign playmaker Luka Modric from Tottenham." (Source: Daily Fail) Levy to the Spurs board: "Hey, fellas! We'd best give Moddy to Real Madrid double-quick for next to nothing, because The Special One in about to intervene!" I bet Daniel and Joe must be 5hitting their pants at this very moment.
Team GB hockey player James Tindall thinks that the atmosphere at the Olympic hockey stadium is better than at Stamford Bridge, where he is a season ticket holder. (Source: The Sun) It won't be when the Spanners start playing their relegation football there.
Sprint king Usain Bolt yesterday begged Sir Alex Ferguson for the chance to play for Manchester United - but warned he would have to be quick. (The Sun) A lot of pace, but little else? Sounds like the perfect replacement for Walcott to me...
The Hockey arena at the Riverbank is compact and very noisy with a full house in there.... Not sure that the Spanners would even manage to fill that tho'.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2179841/Nuri-Sahin-join-Liverpool-instead-Tottenham.html Liverpool has the advantage over Spurs because of Rodgers' link with Mourinho. Because AVB hasn't met JM before has he?
Zingy was being sarcastic, Totsfan. Villas-Boas was Mourinho's assistant for several years, starting at Porto and staying with him during his time at Chelsea and Inter. The suggestion that Rodgers would have an advantage due to familiarity is pretty ludicrous, which is what Zingy was hinting at.
Rodgers was the youth coach, wasn't he? Mourinho probably never met him - nor did any other Chav coach in the last ten years.
Rodgers' time at Chelsea was basically the same as Mourinho and Villas-Boas, 2004-2008. He was youth coach for a couple of years, then reserve coach.
However, if he ran in a straight line for nine-and-a-bit seconds, he'd start playing to the crowd - which would probably see him lose possession...
The arrogance of these sprinters who think that simply because they can run very fast makes them automatically good at football! He be taken apart by any half decent centre half.
"Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini prepared for the new season with a visit to church on Sunday morning. He was rewarded with a 3-2 victory over Southampton." (Source: The Sun) That's right. Because God couldn't give a toss about the thousands of children dying in Africa every week, or the torture and degradation of innocents around the world, or the plight of those in poverty and on the verge of despair. All He cares about is helping some billionaire Arab win a game a football with his expensively assembled team of multi-millionaire super-stars against a team that is was newly promoted from the Championship!
Midfielder Andrea Pirlo, 33, claims he will cut off his long hair and opt for a Mohican like fellow Italian Mario Balotelli if his Juventus side win the Champions League this season. (Source: Metro)
Wayne Rooney gets a deep gash within twenty minutes of arrival. But that's enough about his extracurricular activities...
QPR's new goalkeeper Julio Cesar, 32, says he wants to win the Premier League with the west London club. (Source: Daily Mail)
