Football

If nothing else, we're even with Liverpool now for the beach ball.

That old chestnut of players not knowing what their jobs are was never more apparent than at Goodison yesterday, Phil Jones even thought he was playing in goal.

Taxi for the Moyessiah.  

No wonder Fergie's getting rid of his wine collection, the guilt of being half cut when he picked Moyes has clearly consumed him. Watching Hodgson's mind slowly unravel at Liverpool was a sad sight to see but Moyes turned into a crumpled shell of a man right from day one. You just knew that he knew it wasn't going to work.   

The number of 180-degree turns I've seen in the media today has made my head spin, but a 'closed shop' arrangement between two Glaswegians was always going to be out of step with the rest of the footballing world. It's highly unlikely that we'll ever see a managerial appointment like it again.

The number of 180-degree turns I've seen in the media today has made my head spin, but a 'closed shop' arrangement between two Glaswegians was always going to be out of step with the rest of the footballing world. It's highly unlikely that we'll ever see a managerial appointment like it again.

Hold the phone, not every club sends an elderly Glaswegian to tell, er, I mean 'anoint' their mate, er, I mean 'excellent contemporary' as manager? Bloody hate modern football!    

Easy with hindsight yada yada....still amusing http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22459837

Easy with hindsight yada yada....still amusing http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22459837

I might have known Shearer would get in on the act.

Is it just me or did Jose's latest stroke of 'tactical genius' play right into Simeone's hands on Tuesday evening? The Chelsea-Atletico return leg will now require both teams to score, only Atletico will have the luxury of receiving better value for their goals against a more expansive Chelsea side shorn of their best defensive players.

Also, Bayern really blew it last night. Not taking shots from distance when you have the likes of Schweinsteiger, Robben and Kroos at your disposal is bordering on criminal.

Real's record in Germany is pretty dire so I still see the Munch squeaking through. I don't read too much into this post-title 'slumber', last night was the first game of importance they've had since the second leg of the Moyesterplan (not to denigrate their dispatching of Kaiserslautern in ze cup) though they could certainly do with Francky ending his tired Start Playing Rubbish Just In Time For A Major International Tournament routine. Naturally I hope they lose, so really it doesn't bother me a jot. 

Terribly sad news about Tito Vilanova this evening. RIP.

RIP Tito

17th place in the Premier League, how I've missed you!

Abominable. Inept. Gutless. A club on the brink of oblivion.

But enough about Birmingham City, let's talk Villa! *cue sitcom laughter track*

No but seriously, that wasn't very nice at all. In fact that was terrifying in its brutal simplicity. I don't want Nathan Baker in my life any more, its that simple. Apparently Yacouba Sylla wants to leave well HERE'S THE CAB FARE, FELLA. Bruce hates us and would take tremendous delight in beating us next week and I suspect several Biblical miracles will need to occur for us to get the point we crave. The rest is up to Norwich and Fulham.   

That was a Leverkusen style meltdown from Bayern. Hilarious. 

As a little experiment, I've started taking extra interest in seeing how Ribery gets on when I watch Bayern in the Champions League. Starting to lose count of the number of times he's been bloody hopeless.

Ancelotti has done in less than a year what Mourinho failed to do in three, with football that's actually fun to watch.

It helps if you field actual footballers (like Modric) in midfield.

I hear the distant sound of a thousand amateur podcasters throwing their Bayern shirts into a rubbish tip.

LMAO at Mourinho.