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Logic failures - why Fabio will be England boss until 2012 - golf
Fabio Capello will not quit England early… says Alan Nixon in the Mirror today, due to his love of golf. The bullshit detector started beeping furiously at that headline, and unfortunately it only got louder as we scanned through the article text (all 407 words of it):
Fabio Capello will stay on as England boss for the [...]
Weak exclusives: David Luiz wanted by clubs
“We’ve got an exclusive!” boast the Mirror! “It’s big, it’s exciting, and John Cross can tell us more! Aggghhhh!”
Chelsea tracking £10million-rated Brazilian central defender - exclusive
Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is tracking Benfica’s Brazilian defender David Luiz.
The 22-year-old is regarded as one of his nation’s top prospects and has also attracted interest from Manchester United and Real Madrid. The [...]
Stan Collymore: The Man’s not for turning
So now we know. Wayne Bridge won’t shake John Terry’s hand, won’t share a dressing room with him, and as things stand, won’t go the the World Cup. Terry won’t be captain, will be in the team, and as things stand will go to the World Cup. Given the fragility of Rio Ferdinand’s back, the [...]
Don’t worry, we’ve got the gist of it
Even when Ashley Cole gives the media a gem of a quote, it can still be misreported. Clearly he said something to indicate his despondency at the latest events, but as the Guardian astutely points out, who knows exactly what?
The England left-back lost his cool yesterday while relaxing on his balcony, launching a tirade of abuse [...]
Stan’s horror column lunges in after horror tackle
One of the major talking points of the weekend was the horrible injury sustained by Aaron Ramsey, whose season has been ended after a tackle from Ryan Shawcross during Arsenal’s game with Stoke on the weekend. Wenger didn’t much care for the inevitable defences of Shawcross that followed in the immediate aftermath - not that [...]
On Ashley Cole and sympathy
Having watched - having largely been forced to watch, we should say, so pervasive has the coverage been - Ashley Cole’s marriage fall apart very publicly over the last couple of weeks, it feels as if we are being treated to the same media narrative over and over again from the papers. What a bastard! [...]
The Mirror reminds us what’s in a game
A whimsical piece appears on the Daily Mail’s pages this morning - they lead in with something that can’t possibly be true in real life - and then… wait… it was just a computer game:
Glen Johnson reveals he has won everything with Liverpool - on Championship Manager
Glen Johnson has won all the trophies with Liverpool on Championship [...]
Non-stories: Beckham wants his side to win
As soon as the draw for the Champions League 2nd round was made the talk was of AC Milan’s clash with Manchester United and the prospect of David Beckham returning to Old Trafford for the first time since leaving the club in 2003. It was to be expected if not desired that the ageing midfielder [...]
Stan Collymore incorrectly identifies the villain
One of the more trivial aspects of Collymore’s weekly column in the Mirror is to describe an individual as the ‘hero of the weekend’, and another as the ‘villain’. Normally it can be let go, on the basis that the attribution of hero and villain status seems to be based on little more than whether [...]
Non-stories: Loan deal to finish as scheduled, players may leave liquidated club for free
Portsmouth’s financial woes have been amply documented all week, especially given their winding-up court case on Wednesday. They continue to exist, but their future hangs by a thread. So the following Mirror article is really a lesson in the bleeding obvious:
Portsmouth star set for quick exit
Algerian midfielder Hassan Yebda is set to quit crisis club Portsmouth - [...]