Corinthians knew they had made a big signing when they secured the services of Ronaldo, but they are only just discovering quite how BIG. The rotund one is struggling to shift the weight he piled on during his injury layoff and is left jogging round behind his team-mates like the fat kid at school on a cross country run. Watch the video above for a sneaky look at his muffin top belly.
Show off your silky skills, avoid the rampaging animal
This could be the future of the Premier League in these days of on-demand entertainment and short attention spans. Just imagine: “Manchester United have fallen a goal behind here at the Emirates. It looks like Alex Ferguson is preparing to play his Bully Bonus. Yes, the fourth official is signalling that Manchester United are releasing their bull into the Arsenal defence.”
The ease with which this trick is pulled off (ie the statuesque defenders) plus the fact that there only seems to be four players on the pitch suggests that this trick is probably set-up, but it is impressive nonetheless. And it’s a good job the corner flag is sturdy and stuck into the ground well!
Southampton’s difficult task of seeing off Manchester United in the FA Cup third round was made nigh on impossible when young Matt Paterson was red carded for this lunge on United’s Nemanja Vidic.
Harry Redknapp backs out of controversial substitution
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp was forced to scrap a planned substitution in Friday night’s FA Cup win against Wigan amid fears the swap would disrupt his side’s momentum. Hossam Ghaly has not played for the club since throwing a tantrum (and his shirt) when substituted by Martin Jol in a match against Blackburn in May 2007.
s Sol Campbell will testify, the White Hart Lane faithful are not the most forgiving folks, and last night they showed Ghaly that he was still in their bad books. Ordered by Redknapp to strip off his tracksuit for a 10-minute comeback appearance, Ghaly faced a barrage of boos as he waited to join the action. This prompted Redknapp to tell the Egyptian to put his tracksuit back on and return to the bench. Read more »
You just wouldn’t catch the Premier League’s finest playing Debbie McGee like this! Bayern Munich and Germany left-back Philipp Lahm was the star performer on Germany’s Stars in der Manege as he became a magician’s assistant for the day, much to the amusement of an onlooking Bastian Schweinsteiger. Watch and ponder just how the motorised device doesn’t cut Lahm to shreads (this one won’t require Jonathan Creek to solve!).
Spurs’ Luka Modric thought he would make a bit of effort and follow up Jamie O’Hara’s long range shot in the FA Cup third round tie against Wigan on Friday evening. The clumsy Croat tripped up on his way forward, but fortunately for him O’Hara’s shot rebounded off the post and straight onto his head to give Spurs a 2-0 lead. They won the match 3-1.
Today’s papers are full of stories that Stoke players Andy Griffin and Ricardo Fuller have kissed and made up after their very public spat against West Ham. In an interview with Sky Sports Fuller seemed a little more circumspect. He claimed that Griffin had been “very rude and disrepectful” towards him. He added: “What he said was bad, but what I did was worse.”
The real heart-rending moment comes as Fuller discusses his passion for Stoke and football. [Cue violins] he said: “I give my all for Stoke all the time. maybe I give too much, and maybe that’s why I’m in this position now because I always try to do so much for football and for Stoke City.”
Just look at Reading goalkeeper Adam Federici’s reactions as he picks himself up from a tangle on the floor to fire home a vital equaliser against Cardiff. His manager Steve Coppell said: “It was a good take. He had to get up off the floor quickly to finish, which is a skill he would have learnt in goalkeeping practice. I’ve seen him score for us before in a pre-season game at Bromley when he played outfield. He’s a good outfield player. All goalkeepers are frustrated centre-forwards anyway.”
There is something horribly David Brent about this moment of petulance from Groningen boss Ron Jans. The daredevil coach gives the referee a middle finger salute after Paulo Henrique’s goal for Heerenveen before pretending his was just having a good old stretch. Ooh yeah, that’s got it!
