Wrong football, I know
Sepp Blatter rules out video replay again [The Offside]
Also, will the new importance of FIFA rankings lead to more in-game cheating? [Times Online]
ESPN’s growing presence on the soccer landscape [US Soccer Players]
Hey, if culture dictates you don’t wear your soccer shirt, don’t do it [Futfanatico]
Well, they changed the rules once to accommodate them, why wouldn’t they do it again? [In the Stands]
Japan coach says national team must revive samurai code. Happy US isn’t in their group now [Soccerway]
Torres to enjoy same leisurely return schedule as Aquilani [RTE Sport]
A quiz for those who like their footballers young [Football Pie]
Fox Soccer have revamped their website. It’s very flashy [Duh]
Finally:
Without getting too morose, we were all rather shocked at the death of Chris Henry. As anyone with an internet connection in 2007 knows, Henry had his problems. What saddens me is that, until last night, equal (in fact, almost no) time was not given to the man he grew into. Rest in peace, Mr. Henry
How does Benitez saying “I think he’ll be ready for Portsmouth” = he’s going to get the Aquilani treatment?
Random: of Torres’s 61 goals in his 100 appearances, how many have come from open play? All 61.
actually, that’s not random. he doesn’t take free kicks or spot kicks.
Well random in that it wasn’t really about anything. I just think it’s impressive that he doesn’t take penalties or free kicks and still has that strike rate.
yes, very impressive.
I mean I think more than half of Gerrard’s hattricks include penalties, definitely remember Rooney having many as well.
It means he’ll be coming off the bench more often than normally, and will otherwise be given plenty of time to get “match fitness”. Didn’t say he wouldn’t play.
Gotcha. The tone I got from it was that he had been getting that treatment, and Rafa was now hoping he was back to normal.