January 2010
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Of pots, kettles and black shirts
The Daily Star have done their bit for international relations this week by giving the launch of the new Germany away kit far too much attention, mainly in order to churn out outdated Nazi jokes. Prepare yourself for the most tabloidesque and predictable of wince-worthy puns:
GERMANY is set to kick up a Reich stink at the [...]
Understanding Eidur’s move
What a difference a day makes. The Times have their finest men watching the transfer window, and that gives them a chance to provide factual rumours such as this one.
January 27:
Eidur Gudjohnsen to be reunited with Gianfranco Zola at West Ham
Gianfranco Zola looks to have persuaded Eidur Gudjohnsen, his former Chelsea team-mate, to sign for West Ham [...]
The numbers game: guessing the Chris Smalling deal
Manchester United have apparently made a foray into the transfer market this January and the deal sounds quite final, given that they’re not afraid to announce it on their official website. But ever since United stopped being a PLC and started being some strange Glazer bank they’ve no longer had to declare exactly what they [...]
The Daily Mail treats the story of a shooting with good taste
Footballer Salvador Cabanas has been shot in the head and is in a critical condition in Mexico. It’s a shocking and disturbing story, but some in the media appear a bit concerned that you won’t understand the story properly if he doesn’t have some kind of Premiership relevance. So the Daily Mail open their article [...]
The Nemesis
Roger Federer has reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open and he’ll be playing someone who isn’t as exciting for Sun readers as a Murray or a Nadal, so fortunately they’ve found a way of spicing up the tie:
ROGER FEDERER will face nemesis Nikolay Davydenko in the quarter-finals at the Australian Open.
The Swiss [...]
Geoff Thomas stays on the FA Cup message
The highlight of the FA Cup weekend was definitely the draw for the next round - not particularly for the south coast derby it threw up, but more for the pithy exchanges between Jim Rosenthal, hosting, and Geoff Thomas, plucking out the away sides.
Thomas was on the draw in order to promote his charity’s work, which [...]
Sports thoughts from the weekend
Haven’t we been here before?
It’s the second week of a Grand Slam tennis tournament, and we have a Briton playing well facing a big quarter-final. Since the mid-nineties, this has been the point at which we begin to hope almost relentlessly for victory, a burden which had been carried by Rusdeski and Henman, and has now [...]
Knee deep inside the Senderos deal
Sifting through the rumours of the January transfer window for the Daily Mail is Simon Jones, whose column dubs him ‘The Insider’, and gives us a helpful explanation of how he comes to his various pronouncements.
Simon Jones is Sportsmail’s man on the inside of all the major transfer moves this month.
His column, published every weekday, offers an [...]
Deals you may have missed: Chamakh is a Liverpool player now
Hot on the heels of having agreed a deal for Kenwyne Jones this week, the Mirror were pleased to report that Marouane Chamakh, linked fervently with the Premiership throughout much of last summer, was on his way to Anfield:
Liverpool agree £25million transfer deal for Chamakh
Now, we know what you’re thinking. That does sound like a deal has [...]
Ten goal thriller undone by the worst imaginable match report
You would think that a Carling Cup semi-final in which ten goals were scored, both sides led the tie at various points in the two legs and generally exhibited good, all action English football would be a fairly easy thing to write a match report about. Especially, especially, if your job is to write match [...]