Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Transfer Season Talk

Twas the night before the transfer season and throughout the world not a team was stirring not even the Gunners.

I have to admit part of the allure of Footy is the summer and January transfer seasons. There is not another sport in the world where a team can either choose to buy or sell a player. Some would say the Yankees here in America buy players but only after they have run out of contract with another team. It's great to see teams buying and selling players like there were a piece of meat in some dirty downtown market. And nothing leads up to the January transfer season like the rumours swirling around certain teams and players. So here are some posted rumours from the Internet and my own personal comments.

1.Ex–Girlfriend Texts me out the blue(who know's nothing of football)saying she had just been J Pennant's house (random).She knows his agent supposedly. Saying he got back from Madrid Yesterday(29th DEC). And is Buying House there. IF SHE READS THIS I'LL BE DEAD

OK, raise your hand if you believe this one. This bloke is quoting his ex-girlfriend who somehow knows Pennant's agent. I laughed out loud in my office when i read this one.

2.I have been told that Jermaine Defoe will be coming to Rangers for 3.5 million plus Andy Webster

Right Defoe to Rangers. This isn't even the most ridiculous rumour found about Rangers.

3. This is a rumour about possible Manchester City Transfers(These are in Euros):
ins/outs:
Aguero – 34million
Santa Cruz – 12 million
Bellamy – 14million
Villa – 40million euros
Sergio Ramos – 30 million
Kaka – 44 million
Iker Casillas – 55 million euros – record transfer!!!

out: Johnson – Liverpool
Richards – ManUtd
Benjani – Aston Villa
Ball – Reading
Hart – Tottenham

That's 229 Million Euros or in Dollars $176,000,000. I don't care how much their new owners are worth that's an impossible amount of money to spend in one month. Will City get one or two of those players. I wouldn't bet against them but not all of them.

4. Last but not least these are just a few of the Arsenal rumours floating around.
1ST TEAM:CHIELLINI 10M+GALLAS
VAN BUYTEN 8M–12M
WITSEL 13M
MELO 15M
RIBERY 15M+BENDTNER
DEFOUR 8M
DI MARIA 12M

For those counting at home this rumour would have Arsene "The Scrooge" Wenger spending 85 million pounds in the January transfer seasons when this old man hasn't spent 85 million in the last 5 transfer seasons put together. I would doubt if any of these rumours come true. Arsene spending money is about as likely as me taking my shirt off and looking like Brad Pitt.

Here are a few of my transfer predictions:
1. Manchester United and Chelsea do nothing.
2. Liverpool sell a few fringe players and make a run at Heskey and a RB.
3. Arsenal loan some of the younger GUnners out and actually spends some money on a CB and holding midfielder. One rumour is Viera coming back but that seems unlikely.
4. Portsmouth gets a new manager in Alan Curbishley.
5. Oguchi Onyewu gets a transfer to a French League 1 side, probably PSG or Marseille.
6. Demarcus Beasley will be loaned out by Rangers to a new club.
7. Sasha Klestjan will get a transfer to a Dutch team, probably FC Twente who is managed by Steve McClaren.
8. Kenny Cooper stays in Dallas
9. Jozy Altidore stays with Villareal instead of getting loaned out.
10. And the big one: Landon Donovan or "The Golden Boy" here at Worthless Sentiments will be loaned out to Bayern Munich with a hope that it becomes a permanent deal.

Thanks to all and Here's to an eventful and fun transfer season!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, December 29, 2008

EPL Predictions

And Poor Choices Were Made by ALL:

With the Holiday Season here in America we at Worthless Sentiments chose not to participate in predicting the weekends action. But these are the results from our first weekend and please look for more predictions this coming weekend.

Here are the games that the Trio of Morons chose to pick:

Arsenal v Liverpool (1-1 Draw)
Newcastle v Tottenham (2-1 Newcastle)
Fulham v Middlesbrough (3-0 Fulham)
Everton v Chelsea (0-0 Draw)
Blackburn v Stoke City (3-0 Blackburn)

The Dobbers Pick's:
Arsenal (Wrong)
Newcastle and Spurs to Draw (Wrong)
Middlesbrough (Wrong)
Chelsea (Wrong)
Stoke City (Wrong)

The Dobber finished 0 and 5. Ouch

Ace's Pick's:
Arsenal (Wrong)
Newcastle (Right)
Fulham and Middlesbrough to Draw (Wrong)
Chelsea (Wrong)
Blackburn (Right)

Ace finished 2-3. Not Bad.

Eugene's Pick's:
Liverpool (Wrong)
Tottenham (Wrong)
Fulham and Middlesbrough to Draw (Wrong)
Chelsea (Wrong)
Blackburn and Stoke to Draw (Wrong)

Eugene's Dumb Ass also finished 0-5. But he is mentally challenged so we need to be nice to him.

Leave your comments.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Eugene's Picks(Which coincidentally are the best)!!!

I will have to admit I have never been good at predicting things (I totally missed that Obama thing) but I have decided that I will try and get these knocked out before I knock back a few. Here we go:
Arsenal v Liverpool
At first glance this game reminds me of a boring fixture between two BIG four teams. (Oops. One of these teams isn't even in the top four anymore. Sorry Gunners.) Without Torres this will be a tough one to win outright for Liverpool, so we come back to the idea that two very good teams will play to a draw. But I really do think one of these teams will get three full points from this match up. Arsenal's defense is shaky at best and their chemistry is a long way from good. Liverpool will push the tempo and control the midfield with the likes of Mascherano, Alonso and Gerrard. I will take Liverpool to win: 2-1. Sidebar, why doesn't Liverpool have a cool nickname like the rest of the supposed Big Four; Chelsea are the Blues, Manchester United are the Red Devils and Arsenal are the Gunners. Hell even Aston Villa has a sweet nickname: The Villains.

Newcastle v Tottenham
Wow what a match up. Two shitty teams that switched managers and have begun to magical play better. I hate the argument that if you switch managers all of a sudden that makes the teams better. Anyways this one is easy. Harry the Great and his Tottenham warriors win this one easily. Tottenham 3 - 1 Newcastle. If i were granted $2 Billion dollars and a EPL team the first thing i would do is hire Harry Redknapp as manager. His wit, his tactics and his teeth will win more games than we will ever know. Best manager in the Premier League for my money.

Fulham v Middlesbrough

When I first looked at this game it was a no brainer that Fulham would win. After some research I am not as confident. Oh I feel like Fulham is the better team but their manager, Roy Hodgson, worries me. Seriously he was leaving their most creative player on the bench for the better part of three months. Of course I am speaking about Ace's man-crush: Clint Dempsey. Go Deuce!!!!!!!!!!!!. I am going to have to go with a very boring nil-nil draw. At least both get points.

Everton-Chelsea

I would just like to start this post by saying: Fuck Chelsea. Okay now with that out of the way this game is going to be a massacre of great proportions. Everton put up a great fight against ManCity over the weekend but had exactly ZERO fit strikers. That will not cut it boys. Even if the reports are true that Saha and Anichebe will be healthy to play against Chelsea the questions will be raised: Who are these two and does it make Chelsea even a little bit scared. The answers: Nobody and No. Chelsea win in a laugher: 3-0.

Blackburn v Stoke City
BIG SAM is back baby. Really you left Bolton for Blackburn. Wow big step up there Sam. Blackburn are terrible and nothing short of a miracle will save their season. They need points and that means only one thing: 11 men behind the ball to play defense and try for the draw. Which would suit Stoke well because they also need the points badly. If Big Sam brings the same tactics from Bolton this Blackburn team will not play the best looking football but they do have a shot, maybe one in a million shot but they do have a shot. I see this one being boring as well Blackburn 1-1 Stoke City.

I hope I am absolutely wrong on all of these predictions> Because if I am right we will have one weekend full of horrible footy.

Until next time get your beers in...........

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Dobber's EPL Predictions - Week 18

While Dobber may have just been a sidekick to Coach Hayden Fox (the greatest fictional coach to ever live...well, except maybe for Major League's infamous Cleveland skipper Lou Brown) and Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam (the 2nd greatest fictional assistant coach next to Dobber to ever live), I in no way shape or form plan to sit idly behind Ace in Eugene in their EPL predictions. This is football, a man's game, and I, the great and powerful Dobber, have joined this blog to rule all predictions. Starting.......right.......now.


Fulham 0 Middlesbrough 1
While Ace is right that both teams struggle with consistency and that both teams will break out sooner or later, he's wrong about the timing. One will break out this week...and that team is Middlesbrough, who will connect late and snatch away a point from Fulham. And on the road no less! How about that for my first prediction? Suck it Ace!

Everton 0 Chelsea 3
Not much to say here. Even though Everton has played the big four relatively strong this season, Chelsea is still Chelsea and well, Everton is still Everton.

Blackburn 0 Stoke City 1
The "toilet bowl" in this weeks EPL fixtures will be a stinker. Did you see what I did there when I mentioned toilet bowl and stinker together? That's what we call a metaphor. This blogging thing is easy. As for the match, I could care less, but I just can't pick against a team named Stoke.

Newcastle 1 Tottenham 1
I might have spoke too soon in regards to the whole "toilet bowl" reference. Wait scratch that, these two teams are so bad that the loser would find themselves circling around the regelation cut-off? As much as it would please El Dobberino (for our Spanish readers) to see Tottenham fall into relegation, unfortunatenly neither team has what it takes to actually win a match. Even if its against a pathetic opponent. They both just stink that bad. Sigh, draw.

Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1
While the young Gunners have been widely inconsistent this season, the one thing you have to admit is that when the Gunners play in big matches, they tend to show up. Too bad Arsenal can't play a top four team every match, as they might reward their faithful with some silverware. I'm predicting the young Gunners come out firing on all cylinders and are able to leave the pitch with a victory, hence closing the gap in the table and giving Gunner fans hope of title aspirations once again this season. Of course those dreams will be quickly shattered when Arsenal plays down to the competition and drops points to Portsmouth and Bolton in the weeks that follow.

Ace's BPL Predictions... Week 18

With predictions flowing forth like the following, I cannot help but feel the need to gloat and strut around chanting "I am the greatest to ever live." I must admit I came to a crossroad in life many years ago where I asked myself what I was to do with the wonderful gift of foresight. No, I did not use it to pursue financial gain by betting on racehorses or Super Bowl games. No, I did not use it to predict and thus prevent catastrophic events. These aforementioned things pale in comparison to the success I crave for winning this blog's BPL prediction contest. Therefore, all of my efforts have been geared toward this one purpose: Beat Eugene and Dobber.


Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 1
This is an interesting match-up. In fact, I think these two teams are very similar. They both have problems with consistency. They both have decent lineups and relatively good benches. Plus, they are both well-coached. Therefore, after peeking into my crystal ball, I have foreseen a draw in this game. One of these two will break out sooner or later, just not this week.

Everton 1 Chelsea 3
The dominance of Chelsea is just too overbearing, especially for a team like Everton. I’m not really sure why I’m even giving Everton the one goal. Does it really matter though? Everton could score that one goal in the first minute of this game, and Chelsea would still win. That’s it. That’s all I have. You’re not really reading this anyway. No one reads anything about Everton.

Blackburn 1 Stoke City 0
Remember that old saying: “A cross in by Bolton!”??? Well, Big Sam was a “Big Fan” of that one. The guy could have 10 minutes of preparing an unknown team and they would come out of the locker room with eyes glazed, chanting “Crossing is good, crossing is our pal.” Stoke City will see so many crosses, they won’t even like doing the Sunday Crossword anymore. Furthermore, even after 75 crosses sent in, Blackburn will probably score from the penalty spot instead. That’s how BORING this game will be.

Newcastle 2 Spurs 0
Check out this shocker! My hatred of Spurs and everything they stand for has no bearing here (just kidding). No seriously, Magpies have been better as of late, and while Redknapp has been good so far, there’s only so much one man can do with a squad so brutally awful. I heard from Eugene that Michael Dawson made it onto the pitch last weekend versus Man United. Eugene also said that Dawson actually played well. Really? By that do you mean he didn’t score any own goals? The guy is a joke who needs sold to the K-League. Not to mention the "Ace & Gary" duo they had last week of Lennon and Bentley as their wingers. Did I just say that? Oops. Anyway, Newcastle will find a way to win this weekend at home.

Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1
Either team could potentially run the score up like the Duke Basketball team versus a Nashville Auto Diesel College intramural team. However, every time the big boys scrap it out the score is always low. 2-1 might be stretching it. A draw could be in the works also, which would suck something awful either way to be quite candid. My prediction will stand if Arsenal can squeak a goal by before the half-hour mark. If not, it will be a game fought in the midfield and will ultimately bore us all to an inch of sanity.

You feel smarter already don't you?