Leeds United axed manager Simon Grayson after they were drubbed 1-4 at home to Birmingham City. Then quick as a flash Neil Warnock has thrown his hat in the ring for the job of getting the once mighty Leeds United back in the EPL Premier League.

Neil Warnock would be perfect for Leeds United, this guy has an impressive record in football club management. To the degree that (the has been or never was in management terms) Mark Hughes who replaced him at QPR has a much worse management record than the seasoned campaigner Warnock who must surely be in the box seat to land the Leeds United job.

Neil Warnock is available since he was fired by QPR although his QPR record was impressive – Won 33 – Lost 24 good by most people who know about football of course Tony Fernandez the QPR owner knows zero about football as he showed when he fired Neil Warnock and replaced him with hapless Mark Hughes.

Most experts would expect Elland Road Leeds to be buzzing if Neil Warnock is the new manager of Leeds United. Plus based on the latest Championship table Warnock must fancy getting the chance of two consecutive promotions QPR last season and as a long shot for this year Leeds United.

Neil Warnock Set to be Leeds United Manager…

Rotten apples usually all lie in the bottom of the box and that is certainly an appropriate place for football agent Kia Joorabchian and two smelly apples that he is agent for the braindead Carlos Tevez and the hapless clueless QPR manager the serial loser Mark Hughes. The way that these three conduct their business and carry on in public is disgraceful!

The latest sham from these greedy individuals is for Mark Hughes to offer to take Carlos Tevez on loan from Manchester City to QPR for the rest of the EPL season. Then to compound the felony Hughes has dressed up the deal with the charade that Carlos Tevez playing for QPR will help to ensure that Manchester City will be able to be crowned the EPL Champions come May 2012.

The QPR manager Mark Hughes said: “If he did come, he would be playing against teams and possibly help City win the league.”

Baloney – total BS – this is just a way for you all to make some money to further line the pockets of Kia Joorabchian – Carlos Tevez and Mark Hughes!

Of course for the uninformed Kia Joorabchian is also agent for Mark Hughes – so it looks like they are all p**sing in the same pot!

EPL Football is rotten and right at the top are rotten apples Kia Joorabchian – Carlos Tevez and Mark Hughes!

Carlos Tevez Agent Kia Joorabchian More Faces than a Town Hall Clock…

The pompous righteous straight backed UK tabloid The Daily Mail are running a story on Gary Glitter – here are the headlines and the first line :-

Paedophile Gary Glitter to pocket thousands of pounds in royalties when hit is played at Superbowl final

Convicted child molester Gary Glitter is in line to make hundreds of thousands of pounds when his 1972 hit Rock and Roll Part II is played at the Super Bowl final next month. – Attribution to The Daily Mail

Shame on The Daily Mail and as for the reporter what right have you to harangue and disparage Gary Glitter in that way!
OOPS Silly me of course without using the words ‘Paedophile’ – ‘Convicted child molester’ there is no storyline…

I guess I am so dumb because we never drop down to the level of the gutter press to get a story at any cost. The irony is that The Daily Mail does not need to run stories like this as they usually have a raft of great news!

Gary Glitter aka Paul Francis Gadd has done his time served his prison sentence and has not re-offended and if he wants to earn a few quid because they will play Rock and Roll Part II at the 2012 Super Bowl Final – Then he should be allowed to without all The Daily Mail BS!

Gary Glitter Super Bowl Final 2012 Rock and Roll Part II…

There is a chump who plays for AC Milan called Kevin-Prince Boateng and he is out with a groin injury that will keep him out of action on the football pitch for at least a month

But there is new bizarre twist in the injury mystery the mentally challenged Kevin-Prince Boateng has been shagging a WAG who claims to be a supermodel named Melissa Satta who has now told the press that the groin and/or thigh injury is directly due to Mr Kevin-Prince Boateng having sex up to ten times a week with WAG Melissa Satta!

Melissa Satta – quote – ‘The reason why he is always injured is because we have sex seven to 10 times a week. – more – ‘I hate foreplay, I want to get straight to the point,’ – more – ‘My favourite position is on top so I can take control.’

Please pass me the sick bag, I want to throw up! How is this news UNBELIEVABLE

Thank god for footballers you could not make up this BS.

Kevin-Prince Boateng Groin Injury Caused by WAG Melissa Satta…

Thierry Henry score winning goal on Fairytale return to Arsenal

We have all read or heard fairytale story where the hero embarks on a journey, encounter trials and tribulation, return home to save the day for his homeland and all is well. You will know that in reality, things hardly happen that way. In case of footballer, its even much less likely to happen especially when you are 34 years of age as Thierry Henry is when he made and appearance as a substitute on his return to the club where he is a living legend.

Henry, who is Arsenals all time goal scoring hero with 226 goals scored for the club in his eight years of playing for Arsenal before moving to Barcelona. Post Barcelona, he move on to the American club Red Bull (the same club another Premiership legend David Beckham play for). With 2 months on his hand because American soccer season is on holiday, Henry has been training with his old club Arsenal.

Arsenal manager who sign Henry for the club saw that Henry still has his old goal scoring prowess in him and sign him on load for just under two months. Arsen Wengers faith was re payed when Thierry Henry scored the decisive goal that break the deadlock in the lack luster FA cup 3rd round game between Arsenal and Leeds, sending Arsenal to the forth round of the draw.

FA Cup fourth round draw in full:

Brighton or Wrexham v Newcastle

Sunderland v Middlesbrough

Dagenham & Redbridge or Millwall v Southampton

Hull City v Crawley

MK Dons or QPR v Chelsea

West Brom v Norwich

Blackpool v Sheffield Wednesday

Arsenal v Aston Villa

Stevenage v Notts County

Watford v Tottenham

Liverpool v Manchester United

Derby v Stoke

Everton v Fulham

Macclesfield Town or Bolton v Swansea

Sheffield United v Birmingham or Wolves

Nottingham Forest or Leicester v Swindon

British number 1 tennis player Andy Murry won the Brisbane International Final had a comfortable victory over 3rd seed Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine.

Murray won nine straight games from 1-1 in the first set and, although Dolgopolov rallied, easily wrapped up the title.

“I’d like to say sorry to Alex; he had a problem with his leg,” Murray said.

“It’s my first week with this new team and it was good. Mr Lendl – he’s up there somewhere, hiding,” he added of new coach Ivan Lendl.

“I really enjoyed it. Hopefully it’ll bring more success in the future.”

The one slight concern for the world number four and his new coach will be a drop in concentration in the second set which allowed Dolgopolov to fight back from 4-0 to 4-3.

Murray had a fairly successful 2011, he is expected to do even better in 2012 with his new coach the legandarly Ivan Lendl.

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Very little change on the top of the premiership after the new year fixtures were played. Manchester United who were hot on the heels of Manchester City were beaten yesterday by Blackburn. If Manchester City had beating Suntherland today, they would have open up a significant lead over United, their Manchester rival. Instead, a last minute stoppage time strike by Ji Dong-won saw Suntherland dent Manchester City’s aura of invincibility.
An excellent report of the game on BBC website goes something like this:
Ji Dong-won’s injury-time winner earned Sunderland a superb victory over Premier League leaders Manchester City.

City were aiming to capitalise on Manchester United’s loss to Blackburn, but came up against a determined display by Martin O’Neill’s side.

Nicklas Bendtner and Stephane Sessegnon were denied a goal either side of the break, with Edin Dzeko and Micah Richards both hitting the woodwork.

But with the last kick of the game, Ji rounded Joe Hart to win it.

It was a breathless end to a pulsating second half as the Korean substitute latched onto Sessegnon’s through ball following an isolated counter-attack, before calmly finishing.

And it was a rich reward for a performance which would leave defensive coaches drooling such was their energy all over the pitch and their steel at the back.
you can read the full BBC report here: news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16328586.stm
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For several weeks of late WTA superstar the supremely talented Spanish tennis player Rafa aka Rafael Nadel has not been on the top of his game on the tennis courts in the end of season competitions. But now Rafa has gone public that he has a long standing recurring shoulder injury that can only be treated and cured by resting from playing one grueling tournament after another. So Rafael Nadal is going to play in the 2012 Australian Open then he is going to take many weeks off to ensure that his shoulder recovers so he can compete in the other grand slams of 2012 – Roland Garros 2012 French Open – Wimbledon 2012 Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows 2012 US Open.

Rafa has had a spate of injuries down the years, maybe due to the all out way he plays tennis, but Rafa is as ‘Tough as old Boots ‘ so we are sure to see Rafael Nadal winning many more grand slams in the coming years.

To Rafael Nadal ‘Happy New Year’ and may you have a speedy 100 percent recovery to the shoulder and we look to see you back in some warm up tournaments before Roland Garros 2012.

Rafael Nadal to take Month off after 2012 Australian Open due to Shoulder Injury…

Qatar Investment Authority – QIA – Money bags owners of French Football League leaders PSG – Paris St Germain have moved in superstar manager Italian Carlo Ancelotti on £110,000 a week over 2½ years totaling £14.3m making him the highest paid boss in French football.

This great move by QIA could open the doors to sign former England captain the much travelled David Beckham who it is understood has been offered £160,000 a week deal for 18 months.

This is a ton of money for both Carlo Ancelotti and David Beckham but these days in world football, you get what you pay for. Which means for the top managers and best players the salaries are in millions of pounds.

PSG are said to be close to signing Kaka from Real Madrid and are also considering a bid for Chelsea forward Florent Malouda who played under Carlo Ancelotti when he was the Blues manager.

French left wing politicians are up in arms at the salaries PSG – Paris St Germain are able to pay to bring in the best – but who cares about the politicians sounds as though they are just jealous!

Carlo Ancelotti takes over at PSG – Paris St Germain…

Manchester United 5 – Wigan 0

There is one undisputable fact about footballers in the EPL – English Premier League some are steady reliable journeymen. They play week in week out ‘Steady as a Rock’ never letting the team down yet never grabbing the headlines. Then you have the top players whose best form comes and goes, experts say ‘Form is variable – Class is Permanent’ this is the category they fit into like the great veteran Manchester United superstar Ryan Giggs – John Terry the Chelsea center back – Ashley Cole another Blues player who is one of the best full backs in the world – Joey Barton fans love him or hate him but he is without doubt one of the best midfield players playing in the EPL today.

Then you have the rare breed the flair players the players that can do unbelievable things with ball, play the game so skillfully in a relaxed manner – that to watch they make football look easy! They are special and only a few come along every generation. In 2011 Spurs have one in the mercurial Luka Modric who plays football like a dream as he jinks – twists and glides over the turf with the ball under such tight control one may think it is tethered to his feet – such are the amazing skills of this wonderfully creative midfield genius.

Then one has to travel up north to Manchester to find a striker – a goal poacher extraordinaire – the laconic goalmouth magician Dimitar Berbatov. Now this genius is a luxury that only the very rich clubs can afford to keep on the payroll, because they do not play often – not because they are injured – but as in the case of Dimitar Berbatov who only wants to play in the box and has a reluctance to play and work for the rest of the team. But when guys like Dimitar Berbatov play they are electric like on Boxing Day when Dimitar Berbatov scored a magical hat-trick as United hammered a 10-man Wigan Athletic side 5-0

Berbatov hits Stunning Boxing Day Hat Trick v Wigan…

It is well known that when he arrived in Manchester as a teenager that when football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was not playing football, folks that know him say he has a wicked eye always on the lookout for ‘Eye Candy’ ie beautiful women. When he played for Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo was known as a ‘Man About Town’ often seen with Wayne Rooney and others in the WAG infested night clubs in and around Manchester and the nearby towns.

Then he got the £80million dream move to Spain to join the La Liga giants the mighty Real Madrid where on the pitch he has been a revelation scoring 86 goals in 79 appearances.

However off the pitch with the ‘Eye Candy’ Cristiano Ronaldo has ditched his Manchester style bed hopping and for over a year now has been dating super WAG top Russian supermodel Irina Shayk!

Irina Shayk – Ozami Tale of the Tape
• Birth Name = Irina Shaykhlislamova aka Irina Shayk
• Date of Birth = January 6, 1986 ;
• Place of Birth = Yemanzhelinsk, Russia ;
• Height = 5′ 10” (178 cm) ;
• Hair Color = Light Brown ;
• Eye Color = Green ;
• Weight = 110 lbs (50 kg) ;
• Measurements and vital stats = 34-23-35 US; (86.5-58-88) EU ;
• Dress Size = 4 (US) 34 (EU) ;
• Shoe Size = 7

This girl Irina Shayk is sensational and in our opinion wins hands down as the Ozami WAG of the Year 2011.

Has Cristiano Ronaldo Bagged in Irina Shayk the WAG of the Year…

Two of the all time ‘Gunners’ greats are modern day sporting superstars Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry. Both can be categorized as great goal scorers both in the EPL – English Premier League and the CL – Champions League not forgetting of course a hatful of goals they have each scored for their national teams RVP – Holland and TH – France.
But it is at the old Highbury stadium and the new Emirates Stadium where Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry have excelled for Arsenal FC.

Robin van Persie has just equalled Thierry Henry’s Arsenal record for scoring 34 Premier League goals in a calendar year.

The Dutchman has scored 34 times in 2011 and has two matches left this year to try and beat all time EPL record of 36 by Alan Shearer in 1995.

RVP – Robin van Persie had this to say – quote – “It is a big honour to equal Thierry’s record because he is probably the best player Arsenal ever had. ” – more – “To achieve what he did in a year is really special. It makes me proud.”

RVP – Robin van Persie beats Thierry Henry Arsenal Goal Score Record…

Well as one would expect there was a whole boat load of contenders for the ‘EPL Incompetence Award of 2011’

The list is almost endless starting with Alan Pardew boss at Newcastle United who is similar to a Yorkshire Pudding all soft and covered in onion gravy. EPL players hundreds are in the shuffle but arguably standing alone as the ‘Prat of the Year’ is Manchester City want away striker Carlos Tevez. EPL Managers a heap of no hopers but right at the bottom where he belongs is Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean – who should be called the ‘Great Survivor’ but he is still in a job thanks to the winners of the ‘EPL Incompetence Award of 2011’ the unbelievably incompetent owners of Blackburn Rovers the Indian company Venky’s.

Runners up take your pick from Joey Barton – John Terry – Mario Balotelli – Ashley Cole – Mike Ashley – Peter Crouch – Luis Suarez and so on the names just keep rolling off the keyboard.

EPL Incompetence Award of 2011…

In EPL football there is the helpless like Blackburn Rovers. Then the useless owners like Venky’s of Blackburn Rovers. All topped up with the worst manager to ever manage an EPL football team Steve Kean, and believe me that is some statement as there have been some bad ones down the years.

But we understand that a Venky’s chef started to spit roast Steve Kean early on Wednesday morning and when he is done he is going to be minced up into Steve Kean Pies. Then the Venky’s to appease the Blackburn Rovers fans will hand out Xmas sacks filled with mini Steve Kean Pies.

Early Christmas Sack Special Roasted Steve Kean Pie…

The end of year EPL transfer window is now open and the tabloids are full of transfer news speculation and pages of gossip and rumors.

But one thing is certain down at Stamford Bridge Chelsea FC is not a happy camp either on the pitch – off the pitch – or in dealing with the hapless clueless manager AVB. Many players are unsettled and when they are on the pitch look like they could not care less!

Didier Drogba is one exception he is on fire, and playing out of his skin, but the problems lies with the dummy who is the manager AVB, so one has to ask will Didier Drogba say enough is enough and leave to join a new club. AVB has been dithering about offering the striker a new contract and it looks to outsiders that AVB has lost the confidence of most of the dressing room. So in our opinion if the best player they have on current form decides to leave then surely Lampard and others will jump off the sinking Stamford Bridge ship!

Will Didier Drogba leave AVB led Chelsea FC…

Legend
AVB – meaning – Andre Villas-Boas the Portuguese Chelsea FC Manager
EPL – meaning – English Premier League

Actress and model Liz Hurley is spending a few days down in Melbourne, Australia which is very convenient as her boyfriend ex cricketer Shane Warne is here at the same time. Hey wait a minute Shane is no longer the BF he is the fiancé as Liz and Shane got engaged in Scotland in October 2011.

So now it is all official like it is fine for everyone to play happy families and if that means chucking in a game of cricket – well we guess that is fine too!

Liz Hurley and Shane Warne up for a bit of cricket in Australia…

 

Americans often have an undefineable connection between God and Sports. We are not going to pursue the positives or negatives of such analogies. But there is power and status behind any combination relative to sports and God. Hence when  less than three months back a new buzzword website was launched on the internet  Tebowing aka Tebowing.Com the site was an instant viral success and has now been elevated as the in word of the year and millions of Yanks are Tebowing!

Now quite frankly we have an open mind about Tebowing namely is it for real when a sports star gets down on one knee to pray in the middle of a live sports event  or is Tim Tebow just trying to look like a vagina in public!

We report – you decide!

Legend

Tebowing – meaning – Two meanings ‘To get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different.’ Attribution to UrbanDictionary.Com and/or a person trying to look like a vagina in public!

Tebowing is one of the Top 2011 Buzz Words…

After a long talk with Ronaldinho’s manager, Venky’s representative has offered a deal of about £20 million for three years of playing. According to Venky’s Anuradha Desai, the 30-year-old football player is really keen to play in English Premier League and that is exactly what Rovers are placing their bets on. Moreover, it seems that not only Ronaldinho is under Blackburn’s radar but also the 35-year-old player of Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham.

Not only Blackburn is interested in Beckham but also Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United as well. As well, Ronaldinho is wanted by Brazilian clubs Palmeiras, Gremio and Flamengo but it seems that the offer placed by Blackburn is very tempting for AC Milan leaders and also for the player, in terms of wages and possibility to play in English Premier League.

Ronaldinho left Barcelona in 2008 for AC Milan but quickly lost his place in the first 11 when Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho signed with the club last summer. The offer for the 30-year-old player is, according to Desai, as following: £6.5 million for the first year and £7.2 million for the second and third year, leading to a total of £20.9 million for a three-years contract.

Blackburn’s manager Steve Kean stated that he does not know how far the discussions between Indian owners and Ronaldinho’s representative have reached however he would be more than happy to train a twice World Player of the Year that could really add the spark needed by Rover football team. The rumours about acquisitions do not end up here while Desai also added that she is looking for other players as well, one of them would be the former Blackburn’s player Damien Duff.

Liverpool moved to the top of the Premiership yesterday in a dramatic way. Yossi Benayoun scored an injury-time winner which Fulham could not respond to. It looks as if the game was going to end in draw if not for Benayoun’s stoppage time goal.

Liverpool are perhaps temporarily ahead of Manchester United by two points however Manchester United has two games in hand, if Man U win both games they will move to the top by 4 points ahead of Liverpool.
Before the dramatic win, Andrea Dossena hit the bar twice – each time with a header, Xabi Alonso volleyed against the bar and Fernando Torres dragged a shot against the post.

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