Just before Newcastle’s desperately important Premier League match against Man City, the embattled club had yet another new face in the manager’s chair: Moussa Sissoko’s young son.
Category: England
Manuel Pellegrini is blaming all the bad stuff on Pep Guardiola
Since Pep Guardiola was prematurely announced as Man City’s next manager, current manager Manuel Pellegrini has led the club to a Capital One Cup title and their first ever Champions League semifinal appearance. But City’s Premier League title challenge has faltered since then, so Pellegrini has decided to make selective use of his Guardiola excuse.
Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool players do famous movies lines
I have no idea why Jurgen Klopp and a bunch of his players were asked to recite famous movie lines in front of a camera, but they were and the world is better off for it.
Some takeaways:
-I would watch a remake of any of these films starring Mamadou Sakho.
-Jordan Henderson and James Milner have the acting skills of a cardboard box.
-Klopp is the German Jim Carrey.
-Joe Allen looks like someone you would meet in an LA acting class.
-Please put Mamadou Sakho in a movie.
Mark Noble carries time-wasting Ander Herrera off the pitch
Down 2-0 to Man United in the FA Cup quarterfinals and with time starting to run out, West Ham’s Mark Noble grew impatient as Ander Herrera received treatment. Instead of letting him milk the clock, Noble decided it was time for action and carried Herrera towards the touchline.
Arsenal fans want everyone out as fourth-place dream proves elusive
Some fans want their club’s manager out, others want their club’s owner out, but Arsenal fans want both out. That was the message they committed to time-honored banner form and held aloft as they watched their team surrender a 2-0 lead to West Ham and finish with a 3-3 draw because they let Andy Carroll nearly double his goal tally for the season.
Relegation bound Aston Villa remove the word “Prepared” from their badge
As a waking nightmare of a season nears its merciful end, Aston Villa decided that now was the time to change their badge in preparation for relegation. Speaking of which, the word “PREPARED” is noticeably absent from the new badge. While most would assume this is simply a correction based on their lack of preparedness all season, the club offered some other reasons.
How to get Chelsea players to like you, their new manager
So you’ve been hired to be Chelsea’s newest manager. Congratulations! There are only a few dozen people every year who get to experience this honor. Now that you have the job, your primary focus undoubtedly moves to keeping the players happy. After all, these are Chelsea players — a group known to mercilessly chew up and spit out managers who dare to upset them. Even successful ones they once loved.
Getting them to like you (and keeping it that way) won’t be easy, but here are some tips to help you make it happen:
Pato’s joy compounds Falcao’s misery
When Loic Remy went down with an injury during Chelsea’s visit to Villa Park, Guus Hiddink opted to give Pato his first appearance in a Chelsea shirt two months after joining the club on loan from Corinthians. This came a surprise to many, including fellow forgotten man on the Chelsea bench: Falcao.
Claudio “The Sausageman” Ranieri refuses to eat sausage named after him
Upon learning that a local butcher had created a specialty sausage named in his honor, Claudio Ranieri told a reporter to bring it to him. So during Ranieri’s press conference on Friday, that reporter delivered.
Antiques Roadshow appraises FA Cup at over £1 million, insults its design
There have been five FA Cup trophies over the years, but none have been lifted by more jubilant footballers than the one that served from 1911 to 1992. And it was this trophy that was brought to the Antiques Roadshow crew for appraisal because why the hell not?