THIS IS EXTRA TIME

You know what they say: it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.

It was only a few minutes after this that Kahn, being the ginger wildebeest of a keeper that he is, pounded his chest and charged at dear Francky ripping the well-meaning prankster to shreds.

EDIT: The extended version reveals that van Bommel is also evil. Definitely worth a click.




via bundesliga offside

Labels: angry keepers, germans are hilarious, oliver kahn, video

It's not exactly been a secret that our favourite Jose fan-girls - Didi and Lamps included - have been itching to leave the Bridge since their one and only's departure leaked. The boys still have a Champions League final to play before the transfer season ridiculosity begins though. The fun's not over yet.

Blue-y odds and ends:

• You can now add trusty Carvalho to your list of wishy-washy Chels ballers: 'You have to be prepared for the team to change after the final because people go, people stay and people come in.' We hear you loud and clear, Carvie - 'Kinda, sorta. Maybe. A little. Ya'll know how it is, right?' No. No, we don't.
• Aside from spewing cryptic messages shrouded in not-so-mysterious mystery, Carvalho's also been talking up the boys' current BFF status: 'Everyone has known each other here for a long time and we enjoy each other’s company so we have to try to win this last game.' Aw, do it for old times' sake, boys.
• Cashley translates for our not-so-squishy readers: 'No-one remembers the losers.'
• Meanwhile, geriatric Blue and current Galaxy manager (how do you lose to the Whitecaps?) is tipping his former club for CL glory. Something about revenge.
• Makelele isn't thinking about revenge, he thinks they've got to win it for credibility's sake. You know, because if they win, then no one will ever, ever dismiss Chelsea as a rich man's plaything ever again.
• Ballack's sick of coming close. We actually have sympathy for him.
• The elbow is just fine according to JT: 'I have full range of movement. It is a little stiff when I wake up in the mornings but when the physios do a bit of work on it and I do some swimming, it frees right up.' Swimming, you say?
• We don't even need to read Didi's autobiog to know that the Didier/Jose man-tears are the best part.

Labels: chelsea fabulosity

It's the eve of the FA Cup Final and some neat little piece of goss about a particular Portsmouth baller has trickled down the pipes.

Coincidence? Of course not. Well played, the Sun.

The baller: Sulley Muntari
The offense: Stepping out on his high profile ex-Miss Ghana girlfriend, Menaye Donkor, to get his man-whore on with some random stripper from Dorset.


Menaye's a university graduate and a pagaent queen who does charity work on the regular while Amanda is, er, a stripper (who now works as an 'office worker'). The choice should be obvious, no?

Not in moronic-footballer land.

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Since we're on the topic - is anyone actually going to watch this year's Cup final? We're quite tempted to skip the whole thing, actually. You know, out of sheer bitterness and not knowing who the hell plays for Cardiff. Don't get us wrong, we like the fact that teams outside of the top four are getting their due however, it feels as though the highlight of the FA Cup has already come and gone: Barnsley 1 - Chelsea 0. Oh, the LOLz.


source: Rompey Pompey

Labels: bad behavior, portsmouth, sulley muntari, WAGs

This is a good look for you, Cris.

And isn't transfer season traumatic?
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Labels: cristiano ronaldo, man-flesh du jour

The last time Evra was at the Champions League final was back in '04 with Monaco when his side lost the trophy to Sex in an Overcoat's, Porto. This time though, our favourite Chelsea-groundstaff-punching footballer (god, we loved that story), is going to the CL final with United and is definitely in it to win it.

Bitter memories are spurring him forward:

"It is my second final and the game is now the most important game in my life. I don’t want to lose a final a second time. It holds bad memories for me. I joke that I went to the final with Monaco in a Fiat. Now I am going with the Ferrari – but I know I need to drive the Ferrari very well!"

A Fiat? Well, that's not very nice is it, Paddy? Yeah, even if it is a little bit true.

Jak over at FL informs us that it's also Patrice's birthday today. The boy's turning 27 so many well-wishes go out his way. Here's to hoping he didn't spend all of his time insulting Monaco and pining for the CL trophy.


source: Evra Revved up for glory - xposure

Labels: candids, manchester united, patrice evra, sandra evra, WAGs

With Matty splitting and Hleb's shocking revelations about London's noise pollution (a three year old could've come up with better) the off-season's not been fun for Arsenal so far.

Other bits and pieces we've spotted lately:

• Matty actually wants you to feel sorry for him. He says he left because he couldn't take the 'pain'. He wanted to stay though. No, really, he did.
• Clichy's gone and spewed some stuff about wanting to 'leave his mark' at the club. We're hoping he doesn't mean that in some territorial animals-peeing-on-trees kind of way. That would be awkward.
  
• Ade says he wants to stick around for a bit longer although he's 'flattered' by all the transfer talk. Any chance your lovely feelings for Arsenal might disappear once flattery turns to moola, Ade? Well, you know how the story goes.
• Vieira's got the solution to all the off-season drama. As usual. He's never going to stop jabbering about Arsenal is he? Oh, we love you nonetheless, Paddy.
• Yaya Toure wants to be reunited with his big bro. Even if you have the best name ever, it's no excuse, Yaya. Stop trying to be cute.
• Our favouritest angry keeper of all time is being lined up for a move to Stuttgart. We're just glad he's sticking around the game for a little longer. Those retiring rumours were a little frightening. In other geriatric Gunner news - Gilberto might stay.
  
• Lassana, the new Anelka, is talking about how great his decision to leave Arsenal is.
• Another annoying/probably false rumour about Cesc has surfaced: Puyol's bait in Barca Fab move. Pfft.
• They've done the taping for the Cesc Fabregas show. No footage to speak of has leaked onto the web yet aside for a few dodgy clips on Youtube including this somewhat frightening piece. EPL Talk was there - they've got a review and photos.
• Transfer talk we can get behind: David Villa. Yum.
  

Labels: tee-hee arse-nal

So what if this thread's been a little Chelsea heavy lately? Man-flesh is man-flesh, okay?

Labels: frank lampard, man-flesh du jour