Football UnCut

As I struggle to use the net since I have an agnosingly crap ISP, I cannot imagine what Gareth Barry must be going through right now. Aston Villa’s darling to villain, then again back to somewhat darling..it seems his wish to join Liverpool has taken a turn for the worse as it was officially announced by the club on their website that he is not going to leave the club. The reason being? That Liverpool failed to make a bid before the time both parties had mutually agreed. If whispers coming out of England that Rafa Benitez was 15 minutes late in putting his bid through, it will be even more bitter for Gareth.

Everything seemed to have been heading the right direction, as reports were emerging that talks were on-going between Liverpool and Aston Villa, with Liverpool even sweetening the deal by throwing in Steven Finnan also along with the 18 million pounds, the price tag that Martin O’ Neil set for Barry and refused to budge one penny from. 15 minutes late? Come on ! It’s not August 31st! Aston Villa is scraping the deal for being 15 minutes late?! Its absurd. But I have got my own theory behind Aston Villa playing such hard-ball.. (more…)

Latest rumours flying about that Mourinho has been given a week to decide whether he wants the coaching job at Inter Milan. I think some peopl are really trying hard to get rid of Roberto Mancini..

As we all wait to see what rumours fly out next, I guess the man least bothered is Mourinho himself ’cause I am pretty sure he will have Valencia, Barcelona and AC Milan to choose from after their disastrous campaigns in their standards..

Liverpool pretty much sealed fourth place in the league with the win as that man, Fernando Torres has scored again for Liverpool. The 20-plus million pounds striker has been in fine form and Liverpool’s recent revival, bar the Manchester United game, has been largely thanks to the former Madrid man. (more…)

Wayne Rooney got his scoring boots back in the right time before the vital Champions’ League clash against Roma as he grabbed 2 goals. Carlos Tevez and of course Cristiano Ronaldo scored the other two goals. The whole forward line were in devestating form and they kept pouring down with attacks, especially in the first half. (more…)

It must be obvious now that even though David Beckham can still bend it, American ’soccer’ is nowhere near the fitness levels required for the other big leagues. Apart from a few good trademark long passes, he seemed to be out of wind at times. He is known for three things, superb set-piece ability, pin-point crosses and his tremendous work-rate. And the last one was definitely missing. And so eager was he to impress, he seemed to be reluctant to play the simple short pass at times which would have been the better option. He probably needs more games to get his fitness levels back up but it probably might be too late already. No doubt Capello will select him again, but I have a feeling he will be more of a squad player rather than a starter. Capello gave him some extra-time on the pitch in the second half, but that plan also didnt work and was eventually replaced by his successor David Bentley.

Now the thing with David Bentley is (more…)

So Rio Ferdinand will be the ‘new’ England’s first captain. Interesting choice as many were looking at John Terry to be named captain again after some inspirational displays for his club Chelsea. Also in contention was David Beckham but Fabio Capello seems to be keeping to his word that form alone can get you into the team. (more…)