BLOODY LONG ODDS…

Well I am sitting here (a bit bored tonight as I am sure you can tell) watching Newcastle vs Spurs and the former have just gone 2-0 up - all fair considering they have had 71% of the posession so far!! And it made me think - all the start-of-season predictions really seem to be screwed this time round.

They were saying Tottingham would finally become the “only” team in North London, pipping their arch rivals Arsenal to 4th spot. And here we are, only 10 games in and The Arse are 18 pts ahead with a game in hand already! The Gunners fans celebrate the Tottenham “birthday” every year - the date always varies as it’s traditionally the date in the season when Spurs can no longer catch the Arse. The rate this year’s going, Spurs look set to have two birthdays in one calendar year. But I like Jol, and I would hate (more…)

I was just reading that Dida has had his ban reduced to one game for acting the death scene from King Lear up at Celtic the other week. Quite frankly, wo cares if it’s one game or 10, that footage will be with him forever as an embarassing ball and chain. It reminded me of Rivaldo back in the 2002 World Cup (hmmm…both Brazilian) and I thought a bit of Youtube-ing might lighten my day - so here are some links to videos of the best actors, cheats and  frauds we pay millions to entertain us week in (more…)