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[Rahim]

Ronaldinho signs for Flamengo :Brazilian star joins his home country club in a bid to revive career and win a place in Brazil's 2014 World Cup squad.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Football365 | Features | F365 Features | Howard Webb's Last Ten Trips To OT

And speaking of Webb:
*breakingnews.ie/sport/dalglish-stands-by-babel-488815.html#ixzz1Ai5nwG7A

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has leapt to the defence of forward Ryan Babel after he was charged with improper behaviour by the Football Association.

The Holland international was hit with disciplinary action after posting a picture and comments about referee Howard Webb on Twitter after Sunday’s FA Cup defeat at Manchester United.

He sent out a mocked-up picture of the World Cup final referee wearing a Manchester United shirt and also wrote: “And they call him one of the best referees? That’s a joke. SMH (shaking my head).”

Dalglish felt Babel was just sharing a joke which quickly swept the internet after the game and it was not the player’s deliberate intention to accuse Webb of bias.

“I think it is only a bit of fun,” said the 59-year-old Scot, who is the only Barclays Premier League manager who currently has his own Twitter account.

“Maybe I’ve been out of the game too long but let’s see if they can find a sense of humour,” he said.

“He apologised straight away.”

And Dalglish joked: “I don’t think he’s clever enough technically to have drawn that up himself.”

Soon after his original postings Babel apologised and put forward an explanation.

“My apology if they take my posted pic seriously. This is just an emotional reaction after losing an important game,” said the 24-year-old. “Sorry Howard Webb.”

Babel has until 4pm on Thursday to respond to the charge.

*news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/9352443.stm

The Dutchman has more than 166,000 other Twitter users following his updates and his messages and the offending image was subsequently reproduced in the media.

 

[XTerminator]

dit: i see michael owen won it too ballon d'or

the fact that you at the once most lethal striker ever says it all

And Dalglish joked: “I don’t think he’s clever enough technically to have drawn that up himself.”

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Yeah he single handedly won us the cup that year. But Figo or Raul deserved it more during that year.

 

[skeletor]

Yeah he single handedly won us the cup that year. But Figo or Raul deserved it more during that year.

yup, that is the whole point.

 

[abyss88]

BBC Sport - Football - Man City's new signing Edin Dzeko taunts Man Utd

I saw something else in Man City. It's a big club and I'm an ambitious player and I think we can have a lot of success together

 

[Kl@w-24]

I heard Arse reserves got walloped 10-1 by Aston Villa.

 

[Arsenal_Gunners]

Freak result,Arsenal reserves are 2nd in the table.

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

I heard Arse reserves got walloped 10-1 by Aston Villa.

thats an even bigger embarrasment if they are 2nd in the league

what is the world's 'best' coach doing with the world's 'best' youngsters?

 

[Liverpool_fan]

people caring about Reserve results and using that for pisstake now?

BBC Sport - Football - Man City's new signing Edin Dzeko taunts Man Utd

What he said is true. Old Trafford is even not in the City of Manchester. The real fans in Manchester support City, and supported them well long before the Sheiks took over. ManYoo fans are mostly part time fans (read: gloryhunters)

 

[XTerminator]

yeah,right the club defies borders,and Manchester will be known for a certain Man United and not Man City,accept it or not

 

[Ronnie11]

people caring about Reserve results and using that for pisstake now?


What he said is true. Old Trafford is even not in the City of Manchester. The real fans in Manchester support City, and supported them well long before the Sheiks took over. ManYoo fans are mostly part time fans (read: gloryhunters)

erm not sure about this really..a dear friend of mine who is studying in london found that majority of man city residents were fan of man utd than city fans...city fans seem quite less than utd fans in the city..moreover i personally met 3 utd fans in kalina university once & they gave me the same picture..(ps:-not including utd cafe meet in lower parel since it is dedicated to utd fans & hence would be a bias opinion)
Anyways i could be wrong in this...

 

[XTerminator]

BBC Sport - Football - Adopt Arsenal money model - Uefa

and go seasons on end,trophyless

Meanwhile..
BBC Sport - Football - Manchester City rocked by Mario Balotelli injury blow

guess now we know who's behind the injury
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[Arsenal_Gunners]

thats an even bigger embarrasment if they are 2nd in the league

what is the world's 'best' coach doing with the world's 'best' youngsters?

That post is an even bigger embarrassment than the 10-1.Did you even care to look at how many players we have on loan, or are picked for the CC game?Different clubs have different youth policies,the reserve league is full of inconsistencies.
I am sure you took all that into account before spewing out that sh1te of a dig.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

BBC Sport - Football - Adopt Arsenal money model - Uefa

and go seasons on end,trophyless

Not really. Their model will serve them well on the long run. 5-6 seasons lack of trophies and then decades worth of success/fighting in the top is better than being flash in the pan in Blackburn or the buying success type of Chelsea or City.
Also Arse will be fine with the new UEFA Financial Fair Play, clubs like Chelsea, and City and perhaps even ManYoo (due to their loans) might be a spot of bother.

 

[XTerminator]

^ i agree.that was just a dig i wanted to have at teh arses.nothing more

as for United,just a matter of time when Glazers sold the club.all they are waiting for is the club's value to reach 2/2.5bn

 

[Liverpool_fan]

as for United,just a matter of time when Glazers sold the club.all they are waiting for is the club's value to reach 2/2.5bn

2/2.5 bn? Seriously?

 

[XTerminator]

yep.why do you think they rejected the 1.5bn Qatar bid?

 

[skeletor]

thats an even bigger embarrasment if they are 2nd in the league

what is the world's 'best' coach doing with the world's 'best' youngsters?

Fact - our real reserves are out on loan excluding JET, Eastmond and we are playing 15-16 year olds in our reserves.

Funnily, they are joint 2nd in the league with a game in hand.

Anyways, are you the same guy who said Berbatov > van Nistelrooy??

BBC Sport - Football - Adopt Arsenal money model - Uefa

and go seasons on end,trophyless

not end up whoring yourself to some foreign owner. Man Utd, Liverpool (H&G) and Chelsea are perfect examples.

yep.why do you think they rejected the 1.5bn Qatar bid?

There wasn't any Qatar bid.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

Anyways, are you the same guy who said Berbatov > van Nistelrooy??

To be fair to him Bobatov is a better diver

not end up whoring yourself to some foreign owner. Man Utd, Liverpool (H&G) and Chelsea are perfect examples.

If anyone who whored with H&G, that was David Moores and Rick Parry.