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Football / Villarreal omits Riquelme again

« on: January 09, 2007, 09:04:19 AM »

Jai, what's this about???

 Villarreal omits Riquelme again

Associated Press
Posted: 1 hour ago         
   
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Villarreal has left out Juan Roman Riquelme for the second straight game amid reports of continuing differences between the Argentine playmaker and coach Manuel Pellegrini.

Riquelme's omission from the squad for Wednesday's Copa del Rey fifth-round, first-leg match at Valladolid followed his absence from Sunday's 1-0 league defeat against Valencia.

Pellegrini denied Tuesday that his relationship with Riquelme has influenced his decision.

"This affair isn't a personal problem, it's a sporting problem. I have to evaluate a series of parameters in the players and then take decisions. I never pick as a result of personal relations," Pellegrini was quoted as saying Tuesday by the Web site of sports daily Marca.

Villarreal's Argentine left-back Rodolfo Arruabarrena called for Riquelme and Pellegrini to patch up their disagreement, especially as the team has lost its last three matches.

"Pride should be left to one side and the club should be considered. In June they'll have the chance to sort out their personal situation," Arruabarrena said.

However, the club's Argentine-born Mexico striker Guillermo Franco expressed support for Pellegrini, whose contract expires at the end of the season.

"Roman gets defended a lot but there are things in the background that people don't know about. Roman is important but he's not essential," Franco said.



Riquelme has struggled to recapture his scintillating form of last season, when he helped Villarreal reach the Champions League semifinals.

In September, the 28-year-old midfielder announced his international retirement, citing his mother's health and criticism of his World Cup performance with Argentina. Riquelme was one of the most criticized players in the squad which lost in the quarterfinals to host Germany in June.

Since he joined in 2003, Riquelme's languid but precise play has been key to Villarreal's rise in European soccer, helping the team reach the UEFA Cup semifinals in his first season.

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Football / Absolutely HILARIOUS Jose Mourinho/Chelsea song

« on: January 03, 2007, 12:35:51 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBniDRCcciI

The guy who does the Jose impression is pretty good. I also like the part where he threatens to sell Drogba and mocks Damien Duff 

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Football / Jagielka hits out at Arsenal's 'big babies'

« on: January 02, 2007, 08:12:58 AM »

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=398243&cc=5739


Arsenal's nemesis Phil Jagielka claims the 'big baby' Gunners refused to shake his hand after he had kept them at bay during their shock 1-0 defeat at Sheffield United.

Jagielka was the Blades' hero, retreating from his favoured forward position to replace the injured Paddy Kenny in goal as the hosts held on to their narrow advantage in Saturday night's Premiership fixture.

The response from Arsene Wenger's beaten stars did not entirely surprise him.

'If they want to be like big babies, let them be big babies,' he said. 'We expect that now from Arsenal - we have had it a couple of times. They don't care to shake hands; they get very upset.'

'That's what happens when you have a lot of foreign players who don't like the nitty gritty of the Premiership.

'I'm sure they are just disappointed to lose, but as far as I am concerned you have still got to be sporting enough to offer a handshake.'

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Football / Manchester United Opus Released - 50 Greatest Players in United's history.

« on: December 12, 2006, 08:27:18 AM »

There  is a new "book" that ManU released yesterday; actually it is an 850-page opus of ManU's history that weighs 35 kgs. and is full of (very) large photos and editorial material. It only costs about 3,000 pounds 
As part of the  launch, the creators of this Opus have come up with a list of United's 50 greatest ever players. It makes for interesting reading... When I look through the list I see a lot of the names I grew up with as a boy, and some true legends that are before my time. It seems heavily weighted towards the modern era though. Interesting to see where they place Dwight and Cole. Here is a link to the ManU website that describes the "book" (it's marketing stuff though...)

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={C9239B03-24A5-4E44-A76D-4EDCDF469C00}&section=amazing&page=2

Here is the list of players:

Manchester United Opus: Top 50 Players of All Time:
1 Sir Bobby Charlton,
2 George Best,
3 Roy Keane,
4 Duncan Edwards,
5 Denis Law,
6 Bryan Robson,
7 Eric Cantona,
8 Peter Schmeichel,
9 Ryan Giggs,
10 Paul Scholes,
11 Wayne Rooney,
12 Bill Foulkes,
13 Roger Byrne,
14 David Beckham,
15 Ruud Van Nistelrooy,
16 Nobby Stiles,
17 Dennis Viollet,
18 Gary Neville,
19 Mark Hughes,
20 Denis Irwin,
21 Pat Crerand,
22 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,
23 Tommy Taylor,
24 Steve Bruce,
25 Liam Whelan,
26 Martin Buchan,
27 Brian Kidd,
28 Steve Coppell,
29 Norman Whiteside,
30 Alex Stepney,
31 Eddie Coleman,
32 Brian McClair,
33 Gary Pallister,
34 Tony Dunne,
35 Lou Macari,
36 Paul McGrath,
37 Paul Ince,
38 Arthur Albiston,
39 Cristiano Ronaldo,
40 Jimmy Delaney,
41 Andy Cole,
42 Dwight Yorke,
43 Sammy McIlroy,
44 Shay Brennan,
45 Jaap Stam,
46 Kevin Moran,
47 Harry Gregg,
48 Rio Ferdinand,
49 Johnny Berry,
50 Teddy Sheringham.

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Football / Happy Anniversary Sir Alex

« on: November 06, 2006, 12:57:38 AM »

Congrats to Sir Alex Ferguson, on achieving the outstanding milestone of 20 years in charge of the world's greatest football club. He has seen the club through the lows (first game loss to Oxford United, at one time, second from bottom in the old First Division), to the well-documented orgies of success.
Congrats, Sir Alex

...every single one of us...loves Alex Ferguson...

http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1939758,00.html

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General Discussion / World's first transplanted penis removed for "psychological reasons"

« on: September 18, 2006, 12:55:27 PM »

Truth is stranger than fiction (if the Mail is to be believed)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405646&in_page_id=1770

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Football / Roy Keane's appointment at Sunderland

« on: August 24, 2006, 10:50:57 AM »

Well it seems from all reports that Sunderland is close to getting Roy Keane as their manager. If this is true, you know all underperforming players at Sunderland are wetting their pants in fear right about now, becuase Keano don't take no shyte and he expects everyone around him to give 150% It's a risky move by Niall Quinn, but one thing is sure, it will be entertaining to watch.

A couple articles:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/5280226.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/5280442.stm

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Football / Holland vs. Australia

« on: June 04, 2006, 07:16:36 AM »

Playing right now... Holland up 1-0 Van Nistelroy goal.
Showing now on Sopcast (China CCTV5)

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Football / Plans today for T&T presence at World Cup

« on: May 26, 2006, 02:39:13 PM »

In case this has not been posted before:

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=160953933

Culture Minister Joan Yuille-Williams and Tourism Minister Howard Chin Lee will today announce plans regarding Trinidad and Tobago's presence in Germany during the World Cup Finals next month.

Among the topics of discussion during a press conference this morning at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port of Spain, will be the contributing artistes who will form the cultural contingent in Germany, otherwise known as the Soca Caravan, the Tourism Development Company said in a statement yesterday.

Activities in the cities where the Trinidad and Tobago football team games will be played will also be disclosed.

These cities are Dortmund, Kaiserslautern and Nuremberg.

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Football / FIFA Worldcup trivia game

« on: May 22, 2006, 12:27:21 PM »

http://en.quiz.fifaworldcup.yahoo.net/fifaquiz/

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Jokes / A Manc, A Scouser and a Rasta...

« on: May 13, 2006, 12:25:43 PM »

In honour of the Liverpool victory in the FA Cup today...


Three men, a Scouser, a Manc and a Rasta all in the maternity ward waiting for their partners to give birth. The midwife comes out and tells them congratulations, they're all fathers of beautiful healthy boys, however unfortunately they've run out of the name tags, and the babies have been mixed up, so if they could each go in and identify their sons from any family resemblance etc. The Manc wants to go first, so in he goes and comes out with a black baby The Rasta looks a bit confused, "excuse me", he said, "but don't you think he's likely to be mine ?" "Probably", said the Manc, "but one of them in there's a scouser, and I'm takin' no chances !!!!!"

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General Discussion / Pointman vs. point-man

« on: May 07, 2006, 01:15:28 PM »

Wait nuh, I just realised that there is a "pointman" and a "point-man" on de board. You all should duke it out for the undisputed "point man" of sw.net 
Maybe this could be another Muhammed Ali vs Superman (or not... really; that was a joke).

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Jokes / Same as downtown...

« on: May 06, 2006, 06:13:32 PM »

A young priest had his first parish in New York City. One day he decided to walk through Times Square on his way to church. About halfway there a prostitute stopped him and said, "Hey Father, how's about a blow job, only 5 bucks!" Well the reverend being totally innocent had no idea what she was talking about so he smiled and declined. He pondered about what a "blow job" might be until he reached his church. Seeing the Mother Superior he decided he would ask her. When asked what a blow job was the Mother Superior replied, "5 bucks same as downtown!"

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Jokes / Poor guy...

« on: May 05, 2006, 01:55:33 PM »

An old farmer is having trouble getting his bull to breed with the cows and is lamenting the fact to a few of his friends down at the local beer hall. One of them says, "Ya know, Ben, I used to have the same trouble with my bull, but I got it fixed really quick."
"How did you get it fixed?"
"Well, I just dipped my finger in the cow's vagina and rubbed it all over the bull's nose and he got right after her." Ben goes home to the farm and decides to try it. He grabs a cow, dips his fingers in the cow's vagina and rubs it all around the bull's nose. The bull gets a rip roaring boner and jumps on the cow immediately. Ben was impressed. That night, Ben gets into bed with his wife and can't get the effect on the bull out of his mind. As she lays sleeping, Ben dips his fingers into his wife's vagina and feeling that it's nice and wet, he rubs it all around his nose and gets a rip roaring hard on. He quickly shakes his wife awake and cries out, "Honey, look!" She rolls over, turns on the light and says, "You mean you woke me up in the middle of the night just to show me that you have a nosebleed?"

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Jokes / Ouch!!

« on: May 05, 2006, 01:53:24 PM »

Not sure if this one is here already...
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A fellow walsk into his house one day to find his wife in bed with another man. The husband calmly picks up his shotgun and leads the guy, naked, out to his garage. He put's the man's penis into a vise, tightens it down, and removes the handle. As if the guy wasn't in enough pain now, the husband retrieves a hack saw with a dull blade. He fellow says, "You're NOT going to cut it off now!?"
The husband hands the hacksaw to the guy and says,
"No, you are. I'm going to set the garage on fire."

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General Discussion / Who here into old Star Trek

« on: April 15, 2006, 01:07:35 PM »

G4 showing old Star Trek marathon on Saturdays and every night as well. I watching Kirk ress some hurry han on some man...

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Jokes / Google search - George W.

« on: March 22, 2006, 02:55:53 PM »

Not sure if this has been posted before, but if you put in "miserable failure" or "worst president ever" in the Google search box and click on "Im feeling lucky", the results are interesting...

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Football / Chelsea Vs. Barca (from the guardian)

« on: March 06, 2006, 08:01:44 AM »

Chelsea get rough welcome in Barcelona

Mourinho spat at by Barça fans

Staff and agencies
Monday March 6, 2006

   Jose Mourinho
Mourinho in an earlier phlegm-less moment. Photograph: David Cannon/Getty.
 
Jose Mourinho was spat at and subjected to verbal abuse as Chelsea received a hostile welcome in Barcelona ahead of Tuesday's Champions League showdown.

Former Barça coach Mourinho angered Catalan supporters by accusing Lionel Messi of "play-acting" in the first leg at Stamford Bridge in order to get Asier del Horno sent off, with Chelsea ultimately losing 2-1.

The Barcelona fans at the airport jeered and jostled the Blues manager when he arrived from London and spat at him and the team bus. Mourinho responded by smiling and applauding sarcastically. Chelsea TV cameraman Kieren Startup, filming the scene, said: "There were very few police to marshal it, and they didn't seem interested once the players got on the coach to stop any abuse. It was intimidating, there was a lot of aggressive chanting at Mourinho to begin with, but he ignored it and then they moved on to angry gestures and spitting. Everyone else on the coach seemed to be unbothered."

Article continues
Meanwhile, Messi has vowed to make Mourinho pay in Tuesday's return match. "I want to produce the biggest match of my life against Chelsea to silence the mouth of Mourinho and his players," he told the Daily Star. "They claim I am an actor. They are wrong. I am a professional footballer and I have received many kicks this season. The actors are for the cinema and not for sport.

"I do not want contact with Mourinho because he was deceptive with me through his behaviour. He should look at the bruises on my legs. Del Horno has also had a lot to say about me but so he should because he got nowhere near me on the pitch until he fouled me."


A bit extreme from the Barca fans, but I like Messi's response. Let the games begin; it should be a great game tomorrow.

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Football / T&T Ticket story just made Fox Soccer Channel

« on: January 17, 2006, 09:41:16 PM »

They basically took the report from the Independent Newspaper... not looking too good for Jack!

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Football / Football tricks and skills video

« on: January 10, 2006, 08:12:52 AM »

from Google Video... some crazy ball skills featuring Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (C), Zizou etc...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6063478215160948442

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General Discussion / Govt purchases Helicopter Gunship???

« on: January 03, 2006, 11:30:59 AM »

Got this from the Express... why, Lord???

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Army officer welcomes helicopter
Tuesday, January 3rd 2006

   
An AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship in flight.

Cabinet has reportedly approved the purchase of a helicopter gunship for this country from Israel.

But what exactly is a helicopter gunship and what are its uses?

A helicopter gunship is a military aircraft armed for attacking targets on the ground, using automatic cannon and machine-gun fire, rockets, and precision guided missiles.

It is used in ground troop support and to provide fire cover.

Some of these attack helicopters also have the capability of carrying air to air missiles.

The helicopter gunship has two main roles, first is to provide direct and accurate close air support for ground troops, its second role is to destroy enemy armour behind enemy lines, Internet information suggests.

Cabinet has approved the purchase of one helicopter gunship from Israel, a close ally of this country, providing the country with military hardware in the past.

A well placed military source told the Express that gunships are used for military purposes and have not been deployed in police operations involving civilians.

The source suggested that any helicopter coming from Israel would be a used gunship and not a new one.

A new helicopter gunship costs more than $350 million.

Asked about the practical use of a gunship, the senior army officer said that "any piece of equipment is always welcomed''.

But he added that "at this time a gunship might not be necessary as that money could be re-deployed to other areas of necessity''.

The Israeli army uses the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter which it purchases from the United States.

Internet websites and reports from several international human rights bodies say that Israel has used Apache helicopter gunships on non-combat and residential Palestinian targets resulting in the death of civilians. -DH

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Football / Reflections on Trini Greatness

« on: November 17, 2005, 04:45:30 PM »

People, I was just reading a New York Times artice about us (thanks Toppa), and something the writer said struck ah cord. We are going to a  World Cup with players  like Yorke, Latapy, Me Mum, Avery... Think of this; great nations with even greater players have NEVER done this, and some NEVER will.
Wales: Ryan Giggs
Ireland George Best
Liberia: George Weah

We could go on and on... My point is, we, a  little island in  the Caribbean have done so much in our short time as a nation, we have achieved SO MUCH!! How great it is to be a Trini; a nation blessed by the Father.  Big up T&T and all T&T massive!! Dey  ca't  hold we down!!!


Bless.

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FAQ & Crew Meet Up. / Watching the game in Houston?

« on: November 08, 2005, 12:17:54 PM »

Any Trinis in the Houston area getting together to watch the game?