What's the betting that when Wenger was asked about that foul after the game, that he said "I didn't see it".

Of course. Cynical french.
If it was the other way around he'd say something like "should be banned for life".



"That was just le ball. He didn't even touché Sneijder."

Of course. Cynical french.
If it was the other way around he'd say something like "should be banned for life".



"That was just le ball. He didn't even touché Sneijder."

'Portikins' Today, 03:25 AM
"Eduardo? I wasn't watching it live. In this case I was. And unlike Eduardo, Sneijder is a world-class player who I like to watch."

Don't you realise Wenger is trying to shield Diaby from the press? He lets the blame fall on him instead, and I'm sure he'll have a few words with Diaby about the incident. Besides it's still uncertain how serious the injury really is.
Hell, when that happened to Eduardo that **** who was managing Birmingham just went on with "Martin Taylor is such a nice chap, he really is, he'd never do it on purpose, it's unfortunate this happens, but etc."

But you no doubt saw some replays of it.
But since Eduardo according to you isn't world-class, then you don't care, right?

Eduardo and Sneijder are lucky, they don't really have a right to complain about their injuries.

I think that when something like this happens to you, you are allowed to complain a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WAj7xdqT1c

This is how it's done in EPL.

On another note, there was this report on goal.com saying Barry's testimonial is postponed?

Kurt? What testimonial? Why? First, he's not leaving football? Second, he's not even leaving Villa for sure! So what's going on?

Parrejo of Real Madrid has signed on loan with QPR.. beating out Arsenal and many Spanish clubs. QPRs new owner is friends with Calderon..

QPR got promoted or is it still hanging around in the championship?

Still in the Championship.

With the 50th anniversary of Bobby Moore's debut for West Ham, they have decided to retire the number 6 shirt in his memory. I don't think retiring numbers in football is sensible, and a bit tacky really. There are thousends of ways to remember players, won't be long until we'll be seeing 3 digit numbers on theback of shirts.

So, Manchester United played the Zebras today in a friendly. It ended in a 0-0 draw.

One nice moment -- when Del Piero was subbed off, the Old Trafford fans gave him a standing ovation. Kurt will probably hit me, but I think that was a rather nice gesture by the MU fans.

BOBBY ROBSON has won countless battles during a career which has earned him a permanent place in the nation’s hearts.

But his latest fight, sadly, will be his last.

English football’s favourite knight has admitted that a fifth bout of cancer affecting his lungs will be the one which sends him to his grave.

He knows his time is coming to an end in a matter of months.

Yet his legacy will never die. No one would ever let that happen.

Sir Bobby has taken on and outwitted many a top-notch coach and team in his glorious life.

From memorably leading Ipswich to domestic and European triumph to taking England unforgettably to the brink of World Cup glory, Robson knows what combat means.

But taking on the illness that has hit him so cruelly once again is beyond him. Specialists have told the 75-year-old to prepare for the worst.Typically, he will fight until the bitter end.

Emotionally, he revealed to SunSport: “I have accepted what they have told me and I am determined to make the most of what time I have left. I have been fortunate to survive this long. It is thanks to my doctors and their dedication.

“My condition is described as static and has not altered since my last bout of chemotherapy.

“They have arrested the growth of the tumours on my lungs and I have my next scan shortly.

“I am going to die sooner rather than later. But then everyone has to go sometime and I have enjoyed every minute.

“I don’t even think about it and my biggest problem today was unrelated, just old-fashioned laryngitis.” Caring, charismatic and with time for anyone, Robson is loved by all.

He may have been struggling with cancer for 17 years but continues to spread his warmth over everyone.

Donating a £500,000 cheque on behalf of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation for a new dedicated cancer research centre in his beloved Newcastle yesterday simply said everything about the man.

Troubled times? The worst. You will not find him, though, shutting himself away in despair.

He added: “I am not going to sit around at home thinking about what might or might not happen.

“I have always found it difficult to turn down good causes and invitations from people I know.

“My family and close friends have always said I should say ‘No’ more often and now is no different.

“It has been a hectic summer. I have watched a couple of days of Wimbledon, several days of Test cricket and Durham county cricket.

"I had my own celebrity golf tournament in Portugal and managed to enjoy a few days holiday afterwards before returning to London, where I was honoured by the Football League Managers Association.

“They not only inducted me into their Hall of Fame with a host of celebrities but it was at a special dinner, the first of its kind.”

The word legend may be used too freely in the modern world of egotistical football stars. Yet it was made for blokes like Bobby Robson.

Will anyone ever repeat what he did with Ipswich, after a playing career which saw spells at Fulham, West Brom and Vancouver Royals plus caps earned for England?
...
An operation for a brain tumour in 2006 was negotiated. Then in May last year, cancer returned yet again — this time in his lungs.

Despite that, he is still bursting with an enthusiasm and love for football that should be studied by many of the money-grabbing mercenaries polluting the beautiful game today.

And the man is so special that Alex Ferguson even put to one side his bitter feud with the BBC last December to present him personally with a lifetime achievement award.

There will be only one Bobby Robson.

We must enjoy him while we can, as we will certainly miss him when he is gone.

I liked Bobby Robson...the WC was far before my time. I liked him coz of the connection to kurt's number 2 club.

From SSN: They're currently quoting Ronaldo from an interview with a Potugese newspaper saying that he is 100% going to be at United next season.

Chelsea have made a £19.7m bid for Real Madrid player Robinho. Not sure why Chelsea are in for him, if there's a position they don't need it's Winger/AM types. With Ronaldo now staying at United, I don't know if Madrid would be desperate to sell.

Not a big fan of Robinho however I do think this fee would make him a worthy signing. I was hearing figures like £48mil a few weeks ago which would have been ridiculous.

Hopefully it would mean the end of Joe Cole as well so he can go to a mediocre club like Newcastle and show that he really isn't World Class like everyone in England seems to want to believe.

Anyway at least Robinho is only 24 so he has a lot left of his career not like usual Chelsea past-it buys. #cough# Deco #cough#...

Not a big fan of Robinho however I do think this fee would make him a worthy signing. I was hearing figures like £48mil a few weeks ago which would have been ridiculous.

Hopefully it would mean the end of Joe Cole as well so he can go to a mediocre club like Newcastle and show that he really isn't World Class like everyone in England seems to want to believe.

Anyway at least Robinho is only 24 so he has a lot left of his career not like usual Chelsea past-it buys. #cough# Deco #cough#...

but he can't have been playing well to be sold at such a cheap price and that said about him.

It will be a very good dilema for him. My personal favourite of the 3 is Lampard, not just for the obvious reason. But 10 goals in 18 EPL games last season? I don't believe there's a better goal scoring midfielder in the World, and Lampard is even a true AM, he's more of a box-to-box guy as he finished Chelsea's top tackler the other season. I hate the way he's been made the scapegoat for the England failures, while Gerrards been made out to be the good guy

I agree that Deco was somebody they just bought for the sake of it. Then again, Scolari was the last Portugal coach.

You snooze, you lose in big twos bid to sign Roque Santa Cruz

Manchester City and Aston Villa each want to sign striker Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn.

City boss Mark Hughes is now understood to have put Santa Cruz at the top of his wish-list but must wait for the funds from defender Vedran Corluka’s stalled £7million move to Tottenham.

Corluka has not been able to agree an increase on his City wage of £45,000 a week.

Villa boss Martin O’Neill has also prioritised Santa Cruz and, if they are forced to sell, then Blackburn would rather the player head to the Midlands than join up with his old Rovers manager at City.

Villa are believed to have had an initial offer of around £10m turned down.

Meanwhile, Blackburn striker Maceo Rigters is heading to Barnsley on loan. The 24-year-old Dutchman has flopped at Rovers despite winning the Golden Boot at the 2007 European Under-21 Championship.

Mail on Sunday

Of course there is one, and Chelsea are lucky to have him in their squad --> Ballack (of course Lampard is very good as well). At almost 32 he's better than ever in his career. He might have been unlucky last season to loose both the CL and the EURO final but Balle is not the kinda player who'd start whining over it. He's desperate to win the CL now.
Besides that Chelseas transfer policy has been really stupid this summer. Buying Deco..he's done plus it doesn't make any sense to buy a central midfielder when already have Balle, Lamps and Essien.

Won't be long until he gets the sack.

Well, besides todays result, disasterous times for Man City. Shinawatra has had his assets in Thialand frozen, and City are now unable to pay off the necessary installments for Bojinov, Petrov and Elano. This is forcing him to sell Vedran Corluka and Stephen Ireland against the wishes of manager Mark Hughes, rumour is that Hughes may walk out on City before even taking charge of an EPL game with the club.

Players they they have "bought" but can't afford to pay the remaining installments for will have to be sold as it would be in fact illegal to keep them. They're quickly looking like the new Leeds. The only good thing for them is that the tv money comes in next week, so that should help them a little, but it seems that that will be just delaying the inevitable. A real shame, they were a decent club before he decided to buy and ruin them.