March 16, 201313 yr Swansea 0-2 Arsenal FT Finally a "normal" victory My CL predictions: Malaga v Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid v Galatasaray Paris Saint Germain v Barcelona Bayern Munich v Juventus
March 16, 201313 yr Galatasaray to beat Real Madrid?! :o That's even stranger than PSG to beat Barca?!?! :o
March 16, 201313 yr 15 points clear, 9 games to go. Can't see Fergie dropping those points somehow. If Wigan lose those 2 games in hand, they will break away with QPR & Reading, 6 points adrift from Villa & Co. Good win for Southampton today against some team hoping to get back into the top 4.
March 17, 201313 yr BBC Sport @BBCSport Just had a slight delay at Ewood Park as a chicken ran on to the pitch. Blackburn 0-0 Burnley
March 17, 201313 yr Galatasaray to beat Real Madrid?! :o That's even stranger than PSG to beat Barca?!?! :o I'm just expecting a surprise ;) And Galatasaray isn't that bad with Sneijder and Drogba
March 17, 201313 yr You won't see a more horrific challenge all season then McManaman on Haidara in Wigan vs Newcastle, how he didn't break his leg I'll never know, and the best thing? No card, nothing. 1-0 to Wigan at half time, who scored via a terrible back heel from Santon to a Wigan player, in his own box. This is not going well. Meanwhile Spurs have lost to Fulham, the challenge for top 4 spots getting more interesting, and Spurs dropping 6 points after they should have beat Liverpool last weekend, and I didn't see todays game but as tough as Fulham can be Spurs can still go there expecting at least a point.
March 17, 201313 yr looks like Odemwingie is driving in all directions tonight, the guy is out of control. https://twitter.com/OdemwingieP
March 17, 201313 yr He's even tweeting photos of his texts explaining what happened in January (I assume that's what it was referring to). Gut wrenching last minute goal conceded by Newcastle, and at that point we were playing better. Hate when they scramble in like that too, weak defending.
March 17, 201313 yr Spurs have got to watch out, there is another 3 points dropped, their rivals from north london will be looking on and smiling.
March 17, 201313 yr Gut wrenching last minute goal conceded by Newcastle, tell me about it, imagine it was against Sunderland, whom you hadn't beaten in 34 years!
March 17, 201313 yr ^Uhm wut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34-SLBSC3QI This guys been banned from the Greek national football team (For a start), claims he didn't realise that it was a Nazi salute and was pointing towards his injured team mate in the crowd. There's an odd, probably photoshopped picture in that video of his Brazilian team mate looking at him in confusion, yet looking at the video I have no idea how that could've happened, but that picture is being used in articles all over the web. Amazingly the club, and manager are completely behind him. By an amazingly unlucky coincidence he's made this rather odd "point" for the first time ever, on the same day that marks the 70th anniversary of Greek Jew deportations during WW2.
March 22, 201313 yr West Ham get Olympic Stadium after government ups funding West Ham get Olympic Stadium after government ups funding West Ham will be anchor tenants for the Olympic Stadium after the government agreed to put in an extra £25m towards the costs of converting the venue. The additional money takes the Treasury's contribution to around £60m. Adapting the stadium could cost between £150m and £190m. But the deal was secured only after West Ham agreed to increase their own funding of the project by £5m, to £15m. They will move in from August 2016 and pay around £2m a year rent. Under conversion plans, the roof will be extended and the seating capacity reduced from 80,000 to 60,000, with a retractable system allowing the venue to be converted from an athletics arena to football stadium within days. Seats will slide over the running track to bring West Ham fans closer to the action. The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) will begin work on the roof in the autumn and officials hope it will be ready for the autumn of 2015 - in time for the Rugby World Cup. After that the stadium will close again to reconfigure the stadium's lower seating bowl and re-open in time for West Ham to start playing their games there in August 2016. Although West Ham were appointed preferred bidders by the LLDC three months ago, there were still fears the agreement could collapse over how to finance the transformation of the stadium. Initially the club had been reluctant to pay anything, but over time they increased their contribution to £10m and are now prepared to pay £15m. The rest of the money will be drawn from a range of sources, including London Mayor Boris Johnson's budget, a £40m loan from Newham Council and around £20m of borrowings by the LLDC. To guarantee the 99-year lease, West Ham also had to agree to pay a proportion of any future sale of the club back to the LLDC. Johnson argued that the move into the stadium significantly enhanced West Ham's value and that the public purse should share in any profits generated from a sale by owners David Gold and David Sullivan. In response, West Ham have agreed to pay a one-off windfall back to the LLDC if they sell the club in the next 10 years. West Ham say that is a sign of Gold and Sullivan's long-term commitment to the club. The deal will be a huge relief to the mayor and the government, who feared the stadium could become a major drain on taxpayers. As well as £2m-a-year in rent, the club will share catering and hospitality revenue with LLDC but it is understood West Ham will take all ticket and merchandising income. Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn is seeking a judicial review of the decision but the LLDC is confident that will not stall the process. Sources insist Hearn is contesting the LLDC's failure to do a joint deal with the Premier League team and Leyton Orient, rather than the decision to place West Ham in the stadium. The LLDC and West Ham will now work together to sell the naming rights for the stadium to a major sponsor. Initial talks with the International Olympic Committee and the British Olympic Association have begun on whether they can use the word "Olympic" in any future naming of the venue. This is thought to be extremely unlikely unless the sponsor of the stadium is also one of the Olympic movement's big commercial partners. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21889864
March 22, 201313 yr Ah you meant Burnley and Blackburn.ah yes I was going to post a link to the review, but I was too pissed off
March 22, 201313 yr LOL at Blackburn <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=2243114671001&linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.burnleyexpress.net%2Fnews%2Fstrange-but-true%2Fburnley-fan-applies-for-vacant-blackburn-job-1-5515595&playerID=2999987001&playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAAH7YAAk~,wy3kE_WV5Okg_KmNNxRgNbVAxEAluNJT&domain=embed&dynamicStreaming=true" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="412" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed> Burnley fan applies for vacant Blackburn job CLARET and blue through and through James McDonough has managed to land himself a very unlikely job interview – the vacant manager’s position at arch-rivals Blackburn Rovers. Burnley season ticket holder James (28), who lives in the shadow of Turf Moor, sent a spoof job application for the Ewood Park hotseat following the sacking of their third manager this season Michael Appleton. His CV included his previous experience – managing the Princess Royal pub team in the Warburton’s Sunday League Burnley Division Two. James also favours the “Christmas Tree” formation adopted by England manager Terry Venables in Euro 96. Not expecting any response, the former Barden High School pupil went back to his day job at Daisy Communications only to find he had been shortlisted by bookmakers Betvictor. “Someone created a Facebook group calling for me to be appointed. Betvictor obviously spotted it and it snowballed from there.” James even found himself trending on Twitter under the hashtag #MaccaForRovers which saw his odds slashed from 500-1 to 100-1. “I received an email from Blackburn Rovers inviting me for a job interview. Apparently 40% of all bets placed have been on me. I’m guessing it’s mainly my friends and fellow Burnley fans!” So what targets would James set for his under-pressure squad? “I have to say my dream is to manage Blackburn in a great East Lancashire derby...against Accrington Stanley. I would also love to achieve unprecedented back-to-back relegations at Ewood Park.” It has not all been plain sailing for James though. He suffered relegation with German side VFL Osnabruck on computer game Football Manager. http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/strange-but-true/burnley-fan-applies-for-vacant-blackburn-job-1-5515595
March 22, 201313 yr BetVictor@BetVictor What a day for #MaccaForRovers, the public are showing huge support & he's been cut from 500/1 to 25/1. I assume they're all #Rovers fans!
March 22, 201313 yr Newcastle fans getting plenty of abuse here on Granada Chaos as Newcastle fans rip nets, drop pants and steal match ball at Sunday League match in Wigan http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/chaos-newcastle-fans-rip-nets-drop-pants-steal-134530493.html meanwhile this is what Burnley fans did to the Rovers toilets on Sunday The battered toilet was just one of several galling images during the derby, as the tension in the ground was illustrate by a line of police separating fans in the stadium while footage of a young Blackburn fan giving Burnley the finger was also spotted at the match. http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/in-pictures-burnley-fans-trashed-blackburns-toilets-after-drawing-1-1-at-ewood-park/
March 22, 201313 yr West Ham get Olympic Stadium after government ups funding West Ham will be anchor tenants for the Olympic Stadium after the government agreed to put in an extra £25m towards the costs of converting the venue. The additional money takes the Treasury's contribution to around £60m. Adapting the stadium could cost between £150m and £190m. But the deal was secured only after West Ham agreed to increase their own funding of the project by £5m, to £15m. They will move in from August 2016 and pay around £2m a year rent. Under conversion plans, the roof will be extended and the seating capacity reduced from 80,000 to 60,000, with a retractable system allowing the venue to be converted from an athletics arena to football stadium within days. Seats will slide over the running track to bring West Ham fans closer to the action. The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) will begin work on the roof in the autumn and officials hope it will be ready for the autumn of 2015 - in time for the Rugby World Cup. After that the stadium will close again to reconfigure the stadium's lower seating bowl and re-open in time for West Ham to start playing their games there in August 2016. Although West Ham were appointed preferred bidders by the LLDC three months ago, there were still fears the agreement could collapse over how to finance the transformation of the stadium. Initially the club had been reluctant to pay anything, but over time they increased their contribution to £10m and are now prepared to pay £15m. The rest of the money will be drawn from a range of sources, including London Mayor Boris Johnson's budget, a £40m loan from Newham Council and around £20m of borrowings by the LLDC. To guarantee the 99-year lease, West Ham also had to agree to pay a proportion of any future sale of the club back to the LLDC. Johnson argued that the move into the stadium significantly enhanced West Ham's value and that the public purse should share in any profits generated from a sale by owners David Gold and David Sullivan. In response, West Ham have agreed to pay a one-off windfall back to the LLDC if they sell the club in the next 10 years. West Ham say that is a sign of Gold and Sullivan's long-term commitment to the club. The deal will be a huge relief to the mayor and the government, who feared the stadium could become a major drain on taxpayers. As well as £2m-a-year in rent, the club will share catering and hospitality revenue with LLDC but it is understood West Ham will take all ticket and merchandising income. Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn is seeking a judicial review of the decision but the LLDC is confident that will not stall the process. Sources insist Hearn is contesting the LLDC's failure to do a joint deal with the Premier League team and Leyton Orient, rather than the decision to place West Ham in the stadium. The LLDC and West Ham will now work together to sell the naming rights for the stadium to a major sponsor. Initial talks with the International Olympic Committee and the British Olympic Association have begun on whether they can use the word "Olympic" in any future naming of the venue. This is thought to be extremely unlikely unless the sponsor of the stadium is also one of the Olympic movement's big commercial partners. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21889864 The best solution of the problem "what to do with this stadium". At least it will be used every other week for football, rather than every couple months for Athletics [they have got Crystal Palace for that]
March 28, 201313 yr & Bosman lawyer Dupont warns Uefa over Financial Fair Play A lawyer who helped win the landmark Bosman Ruling says new Uefa Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations would not stand up to a legal challenge. The rules , designed to ensure clubs live within their means over a rolling three-year period, do not come into full effect until the 2013-14 season. But Jean-Louis Dupont claims FFP will breach European competition law. Why have Uefa introduced FFP? • to introduce more discipline and rationality in club football finances • to decrease pressure on salaries and transfer fees and limit inflationary effect • to encourage clubs to compete with(in) their revenues • to encourage long-term investments in the youth sector and infrastructure • to protect the long-term viability of European club football • to ensure clubs settle their liabilities on a timely basis He said the rule "likely constitutes collusion and hence a violation of European Union competition law." Dupont was part of the legal team that won the landmark Bosman ruling in the 1990s and who led the case that forced Fifa and Uefa to compensate clubs for players being on international duty. Writing a column in the Wall Street Journal, Dupont added: "FFP may also infringe other EU freedoms such as the free movement of workers and services. "Even if FFP were sufficiently legitimate and necessary to justify its distortions of EU principles, however, it would still have to clear a final hurdle: proportionality. "Uefa would need to convince the EU's judges in Luxembourg that FFP is the least restrictive means of achieving its aims. This seems unlikely." Uefa defended the rules and insisted FFP will stimulate competition. "Uefa is aware, that there are large differences between the comparative wealth of different clubs and countries, but Financial Fair Play does not have financial equality as its objective," a spokesman for European football's governing body said. "However, more investors should be attracted if club football is more sustainable and those clubs with sustainable and stable business models will be in a position to become more competitive." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21958992 ===== Up yours Platini.
March 29, 201313 yr Can't see why your happy, after suffering the worst English club record in the champions league of 3 points, man city are on course for the worst title defence of the premiership.
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