is that really vinny jones?
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yes it is, that is one of his more famous fouls.
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Nice!
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for your viewing pleasure
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short one...hilarious.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XuEGHHoZGM
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never thought of this..
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Couple of players from Arsenal tried this same penalty a few years back and muffed it completely. Pires and Henry if memory serves. It was funny.
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This is my favorite of all time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eawlZjqho4w
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Baresi missed one in that series as well. The 2 guys that drug them to that final (debatable) absolutely fooked it in the end. Irony.

I'm beginning to think this place is full of Italian haters :-)
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**Fantasy and Injury update**

1 fantasy1 Dan'lboone 482
2 Jdbwolverines Jdbwolverines 427
3 Heritage St. Lou Stu 406
4 SOS FC yayson 396
5 Lakeland Wednesday T. Tripoli 381
6 CS Scousers P NOON 380
7 aldukes aldukes 362
8 Buckeye's Bashers reggiebuckeye 341
9 Leeds Ga. Aracos 313
10 Trudy Tours TTOURS 261

Pnoon continued his storied fall (quit watching arsenal damnit) from the top 3 down to # 6 with St Lou Stu, Jason and T.Tripoli in front of him. The dynamic duo of JDB and Dan'lboone hold down spots 2 and 1 respectively.

So far in November Aldukes and St Lou Stu lead the scoring with 111 and 117 points... so far.

My 55 point lead is shrinking... William Gallas continues to lose points starting 6 times with my squad and allowing 10 goals... scoring 1 and having 2 cautions. he's getting dropped.. (which means he'll probably score, have a clean sheet etc.. I guess I'm going to have to start scoring some points... come on TORRES! I know that if I pick up Kuyt he'll stop scoring.

Drogba picked up a 3 match ban for hurling a coin back at the burnley fans..
Young Star Theo Walcott, poor bastard, dislocated his shoulder in training for the England Squad.

******************Injury updates********************************
Chelsea 9 F Lampard Rib Injury 22nd Nov 08
P Cech Thigh Muscle Strain 22nd Nov 08
F Di Santo Hamstring Injury 14th Dec 08
Alex Thigh Muscle Strain 6th Dec 08
J Belletti Ankle/Foot Injury 22nd Nov 08
A Cole Calf Muscle Strain 22nd Nov 08
R Carvalho Thigh Muscle Strain 22nd Nov 08
J Cole Ankle/Foot Injury 22nd Nov 08
M Essien ACL Knee Injury Mar 09
Newcastle United 7 J Barton MCL Knee Ligament Injury 17th Jan 09
Xisco Groin Strain 22nd Nov 08
S Taylor Groin Strain 22nd Nov 08
I Gonzalez Achilles Tendinopathy Mar 09
A Smith Achilles Tendinopathy 20th Dec 08
W Ngo Baheng ACL Knee Injury 1st Jan 09
M Viduka Achilles Tendinopathy 28th Nov 08
Manchester United 6 D Fletcher Knee Injury no return date
R Ferdinand Back Injury 22nd Nov 08
W Rooney Virus 22nd Nov 08
W Brown Sprained Ankle 22nd Nov 08
O Hargreaves Jumpers Knee May 09
P Scholes MCL Knee Ligament Injury 20th Dec 08
West Ham United 6 D Tristan Ankle/Foot Injury 23rd Nov 08
M Noble Calf Muscle Strain 23rd Nov 08
D Ashton Os Trigonum Syndrome 3rd Jan 09
D Gabbidon Groin/Pelvis Injury 8th Dec 08
J Spector Hip/Thigh Injury 23rd Nov 08
K Dyer Broken Leg 3rd Jan 09
Arsenal 5 B Sagna Ankle/Foot Injury 13th Dec 08
T Walcott Dislocated Shoulder Feb 09
E Eboue Knee Injury 21st Nov 08
E Da Silva Broken Leg 22nd Nov 08
T Rosicky Hamstring Injury 10th Jan 09
Manchester City 5 D Sturridge Ankle/Foot Injury no return date
J Hart Ankle/Foot Injury no return date
M Petrov Knee Injury Feb 09
M Johnson Groin Strain 5th Dec 08
V Bojinov Calf/Shin Injury Feb 09
Sunderland 5 M Waghorn Sprained Ankle 6th Dec 08
G McCartney Ankle/Foot Injury 23rd Nov 08
D Connolly Groin/Pelvis Injury 13th Dec 08
C Gordon Sprained Ankle 23rd Nov 08
D Ward Back Injury 23rd Nov 08
Blackburn Rovers 4 B Emerton Hamstring Injury 13th Dec 08
S Reid Knee Injury Jun 09
V Grella Hamstring Injury 13th Dec 08
D Dunn Calf/Shin Injury 20th Dec 08
Fulham 4 F Stoor Flu 22nd Nov 08
K Seol Knee Injury no return date
Andranik Knee Injury Jan 09
D Kamara Knee Injury 1st Jan 09
Middlesbrough 4 M Shawky Thigh Muscle Strain 6th Dec 08
Mido Hamstring Injury 28th Nov 08
R Huth Ankle/Foot Injury 22nd Nov 08
R Williams LCL Knee Ligament Injury 17th Jan 09
Portsmouth 4 L Diarra Sprained Ankle 22nd Nov 08
S Campbell Ankle/Foot Injury no return date
J Utaka Virus 22nd Nov 08
G Little Hamstring Injury 22nd Nov 08
Hull City 3 A Dawson Ankle/Foot Injury 22nd Nov 08
A Gardner Thigh Muscle Strain 22nd Nov 08
C Fagan Broken Leg 13th Dec 08
Liverpool 3 S Gerrard Thigh Muscle Strain 26th Nov 08
P Degen Metatarsal Fracture 26th Dec 08
M Skrtel PCL Tear 21st Dec 08
Tottenham Hotspur 3 L Modric Thigh Muscle Strain 8th Dec 08
G Dos Santos Sprained Ankle no return date
Gilberto MCL Knee Ligament Injury 23rd Nov 08
West Bromwich Albion 3 L Barnett Cartilage Knee Injury 22nd Nov 08
D Kim Knee Injury 21st Dec 08
N Clement Knee Injury no return date
Wigan Athletic 3 A Zaki Virus 24th Nov 08
E Heskey Calf Muscle Strain 24th Nov 08
E Edman ACL Knee Injury 29th Nov 08
Everton 2 N Valente Knee Injury 30th Nov 08
L Jacobsen Dislocated Shoulder 22nd Dec 08
Stoke City 2 A Davies Knee Injury 29th Nov 08
L Lawrence Sprained Ankle 29th Nov 08
Aston Villa 1 W Bouma Ankle/Foot Injury Jan 09
Bolton Wanderers 1 R Vaz Te Knee Injury Jun 09
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At this rate, I'll finish 11th. :-)
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I think someone would be punched in the brain if they tried that.
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England 1 Germany 0 at half. Pretty entertaining first half actually, England is playing very hard.

In other news my club team will earn its first 3 points of the season tonight, because the other team won't play in the cold.
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good luck with that whole cold thing...

germany 1 - england 2 courtesy of a John terry winner

I'm watching a replay of the Italy-Greece match... reminds me why I hate the italians all the nonsensical blah blah ing.Howard Webb gives nothing. I like him. Even the Italian Snarl-er gattuso I don't like.
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US looked damn good last night vs Guatemala for a "Second side" against a team desperate for a win.

Some great fast paced pinging combos through the back line of Guatemala. Had the feeling they should have scored a lot more but they looked really sharp. Does Sacha Kljestan ever do anything wrong in the USMNT jersey?
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the move that JOZY made before that cross was fantastic. Sure, he missed 2 wide open nets, but he's the most exciting player to ever put on a US jersey.
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That big guy number 9? um he wasn't too bad. I thought the US played OK. Sacha.. yep. He's good. Freddy Adu, he did ok had some good runs, his 50 yard run/ shot was really nice. free kick goal, was a goal, but not the nicest, Sacha K had a big hand in that as the keeper bit on his "run over the ball"

Arsenal... are done.
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Donovan's loan to Bayren Munich is through: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...europe&cc=5901

this quote sums it all up:

And Bayern manager Uli Hoeness has been impressed with what he has seen so far. "What he has shown so far is okay, he can certainly kick," said Hoeness.
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I was chatting with a German friend at length this morning about this. I think we wrote a better article between us. He certainly can kick? Like he's a mule :-)

As a German side note I'm proud to report some outstanding behavior of some Bremen fans in dealing with some neo-Nazis at the Bremen/Bochum match last week. The Nazis unfurled a banner with their politiks on it and the crown turned on em with Nazis Raus! and got the cops to haul them off. They taunted them all the way off with the auf Wiedersehen, awesome :-)

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...n+bochum+nazis
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Oh man, the Premiership Respect Campaign.... how are you supposed to have respect for refs when they couldn't officiate a sunday league game, let alone a top flight one. If they didn't make multiple bad calls in one match, I could get behind the campaign, but when they screw up each and every game with awful decision,,,,
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