Letter writing six year olds are apparently very interested in the Aston Villa manager’s job. Back in February, six-year-old Jude Branson wrote to Jose Mourinho, politely asking that he abandon the Premier League leaders to manage Villa (and bring Diego Costa with him, of course). But six-year-old Charlie Pye said “f*** Mourinho, I can do this job myself” (not an exact quote).
Louis van Gaal has a message for his wife’s City-supporting hairdresser. Unlucky, Dawn! https://t.co/W7NunveNGb
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 12, 2015
Manchester United beat Man City 4-2 on Sunday, which is great news for Louis van Gaal and terrible news for his wife, Truus.
Earlier this season, Willian told the press that he and Jose Mourinho agreed that he needs to score more goals. Though he’s only been able to match his total of four from last season thus far, he has now surpassed his previous career high for Audi sideview mirrors broken during promotional shoots. So that’s something.
Several Chelsea players were attempting to kick balls into strategically placed Audi TT roadsters and in a tremendous display of his pinpoint accuracy (or lack thereof), Willian busted the driver’s side mirror of one car. His teammates laughed and Loic Remy tried to fix it, but the damage was done.
Though he did get the ball into the car, something tells me that the next time Audi have Chelsea players do something for them, they’ll ask Willian to stay home.
West Ham held a 1-0 lead against Stoke from the seventh minute all the way until the fifth minute of added time, when Marko Arnautovic equalized to salvage a point at Upton Park. For one West Ham supporter, there was only one possible response to this type of frustration: throwing an ear of sweet corn, that may or may not have been partially eaten, onto the pitch.
Amidst rumors of Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere leaving the Emirates, Arsene Wenger has declared that Arsenal no longer have to sell their best players.
Ball boys are the worst. Jose Mourinho knows it, Cristiano Ronaldo knows it, and now QPR goalkeeper Rob Green does too.
During QPR’s 3-3 draw at Aston Villa, Green relied on a ball boy behind his goal to do his job and retrieve a ball. But on, his way to it, the ball boy slipped and fell on his backside, but tried to recover by kicking the ball to Green instead of tossing it. Unsurprisingly, Green couldn’t handle it and the ball rolled back towards the advertising hoardings again. This time, the ball boy tried to big-time Green by faking the handoff and then rolling it between the goalkeeper’s legs from handshake distance.
Granted, putting the ball past Rob Green is something many people have done over the years, but this proves yet again that ball boys are a cruel breed.
Previously — Conspiracy Theory: Ball boy cabal determined to sabotage Chelsea
Four days after missing Liverpool’s disastrous trip to London (where they lost 4-1 to Arsenal) with minor training ground injury, Mario Balotelli also skipped their trip to Blackburn for the FA Cup quarterfinal replay. Though a Philippe Coutinho goal was enough to send Liverpool to Wembley and a semifinal date with Aston Villa, Balo’s absence was enough for yet another pundit to criticize him.
Everyone’s favorite win percentage obsessive, Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood, played an updated version of one of his original hits during his side’s match against QPR when he threw his jacket in celebration of Christian Benteke’s first goal.
The visitors opened the scoring in just the seventh minute, but Benteke equalized in the 10th, prompting Sherwood to express his joy by being unable to wear his jacket for a second longer.
Though it is fair to say that I, Petr Cech, am a goalkeeping expert, I must admit that I feel unqualified to offer an analysis of Charlie Adam’s goal against Chelsea. I say that because, unlike Tibia Cornwall, I have never conceded a 65-yard goal to Mr. Charles Adam, of all people.
It’s a bit like asking the President of the United States what it’s like to press the button that destroys the whole world in one giant nuclear explosion. He’s never done it, so he just doesn’t know. I’ve never let Charlie Adam score a goal of the season contender from inside his own half, so I have a difficult time comprehending what that level of embarrassment could be like. I can tell you what it’s like to make big saves to help Chelsea win the Champions League final, but this…I’m afraid I just can’t comprehend it.
Notts County Ladies have gained international recognition for a clever a free kick routine they pulled off in their 1-1 draw against Arsenal. Laura Bassett stopped her run up to the ball and pretended to argue with teammate Alex Greenwood, creating a diversion so Greenwood could tap a pass to Ellen White, who curled a shot into the back of the net.