Archive for the 'sport' Category

Webshop launched

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

As the first example of my Tienda.co.uk project, we’ve just launched slant1996.com which sells slightly mad t-shirt designs!

Oh, John, you *are* a card!

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

‘It’s a shame when you see world-class players trying to get others booked’, says John Terry. Yes, I agree. Did Drogba just like the nice Camp Nou surface or does he need a hip replacement? If I see him in the street (unlikely, I know) I’ll tap his ankle to see what happens.

Força Barça!

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Another league match, another draw for Football Club Barcelona. Anyway, they’re 11 points clear of Real Madrid and Valencia at the top. Odd they’re having trouble finding the net recently with a +43 goal difference, but the quality is still there. Which is what I wanted to mention in the first place. What really drives [...]

Oh, José. Shut up.

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Mourinho has to moan. It’s the law. But moaning about Del Horno’s red card is pointless. He probably shouldn’t have been on the pitch anyway, after his previous studs-in-the-knee challenge on Messi. At the very least both were worth a yellow. Ergo, he has to go.

Why, Madrid?

Tuesday, April 26th, 2005

“Oh dear.” That’s how the BBC News website put it, when trying to be polite about Madrid’s Olympic website. I feel kind of bad for them, even though I’ve not exactly been forgiving myself, when commenting on the state of Web Española. Unfortunately, there’s no arguing with the BBC’s point of view (”Right from the start, the [...]

They don’t like it up ‘em!

Thursday, February 24th, 2005

No point moaning, José, Chelski were crap and lucky to get the result they did. I’m not suggesting that going to London with a one-goal advantage against Chelsea is going to be easy for Barça, but I’m not expecting them to fail, either. Força!

1.4M Chinese chat with Barcelona’s Ronaldinho on internet

Monday, August 9th, 2004

So says Tribal Football. I remember doing internet chats for “stars” – how the hell do you organise a million and a half chatters?!

Mr Messi

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2004

So, while I’m not convinced about Deco, Leo Messi really looks like the genuine article. One to watch for sure.

On yer feet, son…

Thursday, July 8th, 2004

So, while I’m happy about Larsson and Guily, I’m definitely not convinced about Deco. Good player and all that, but why can he not stay vertical for more than a couple of minutes?

Larsson for Barça

Sunday, June 27th, 2004

The BBC news site reports that Henrik Larsson will be signing for Barça. Well, his agent “claims he is close to signing for the Catalans.” Hope so. I think Ronaldinho might just be able to provide a goal or two for Henrik.

Time for change?

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

I’ve said this for a while, but maybe it’s about time they actually went ahead with separate autonomous national teams in Spain? I doubt Catalunya would do any worse than the selección española and most likely they’d manage to do a lot better. They held their end up against Brasil (although once the scoring started, [...]

Thursday, September 18th, 2003

Great line: “Arsenal looked like they had been hit by Henry Cooper, let alone Hector Cuper” ;)

Wednesday, February 19th, 2003

Patrick scores!