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 Tuesday, September 23, 2008


As John Thompson would say, nnnice...


We're not just being lazy, honest...

Wondering why the blog/on this day/anything seems a bit out of date? Well, we're not just taking a month-long sabbatical, as much as we've definately earned one. Nope, it's because we've got a shiny new website, over at www.catflapfootball.com where you can find all the good stuff you came to know and love from this site, with some brilliant new stuff as well, including Wag of the Day, competitions, the best football videos and the greatest football galleries. Not forgetting the latest issue of our weekly magazine.

Oh, and all the crap stuff we did is also still there.

So come over and have a butchers, www.catflapfootball.com

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 Monday, March 10, 2008

The best FA Cup in years...


Barnsley v Cardiff City

West Brom v Portsmouth


The semi-finals will take place at the new Wembley on 5th and 6th of April.

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 Friday, March 07, 2008


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 Friday, February 29, 2008


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 Thursday, February 21, 2008


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 Thursday, February 14, 2008

Getting drunk with Jeff Stelling = Football Heaven...



The Rules

- Everytime a goal is scored:- 1 shot of beer

- Every sending off:- 1 shot of Jager (or substitute)

- Half time:- Absolutley no alcoholic beverages may be
imbibed during this period.

- Whenever Chris Kamara is talking:- You must be drinking

- Whenever Merson uses stupid rhyming slang (i.e."he's hit the beans
on toast"!):- 1 shot of Jager

- In the second half, all teams can only be referred to by their
nicknames:- Failure to do so results in a 3 beer shot penalty.

- Whenever Swindon Town appear on the vidiprinter: - Last person to
shout out 'Mackerel' takes shot of Jager.

- Whenever Dundee appear on the vidiprinter:- Last person to shout out
'Football' takes shot of Jager.

- Everytime Phil Thompson says 'Stevie Gerrard':- 3 shots of beer.

- Everytime Jeff makes an 'A Trialist' joke:- 3 shots of beer.

- Everytime your team score:- 2 extra shots of beer

- Everytime Matty Taylor and 'Goal of the Season' are mentioned in the
same sentence:- 1 shot of Jager

- Everytime Jeff calls Kenny Deucher 'The Good Doctor':- 1 shot of
Whisky

- Any hint of racism (social or otherwise) from any of the pundits:-
Quad bombs (4 jager+redbull) all round

- Everytime Hartlepool score a goal:- 3 shots of beer

- Everytime a pundit shouts off camera:- 2 shots of beer

- Everytime LeTiss is mentioned in connection with a takeaway: - 1
shot of Jager

- Whenever Chris Kamara says "its unbelievable Jeff", all drinks must
be downed

- Everytime Jeff mentions "dancing in the streets of TNS: - 1 shot of
jager

- Everytime Jeff says "its Doom and Gloom at..." - 1 shot of jager

- Everytime the team 'Keith' is referred to as just being one guy :- 1
shot of jager

- Everytime Brighton & Hove, or Daggers & Redbridge are jokingly
referred to as two different teams playing the same oppo :- 1 shot of
jager

- Everytime when Arbroath striker Kevin Webster scores and Stelling
says "ohh, Sally will be pleased" :- 1 shot of Jager.

- Everytime anything bad happens to Craig Bellemy (injury, og, booked,
arrested for assault etc.) :- 2 celebratory shots of the spirit of
choice.

- Whenever Northampton Town appear on the vidiprinter, last person to
shout out 'Cobblers' :- shot of Jager

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 Wednesday, February 13, 2008


We've got no idea why Vieri is a miserable sod either...


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 Thursday, January 31, 2008


And it's quite literally Totti for Italy...


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 Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a ruddy good striker who can do flips and everything...


Kenwyne's dramatic entrance from a helicopter was about to end badly...

His name is Kenwyne Jones, and in Sunderland they believe that he can actually walk on the River Wear. And when 40,000 fans pack the Stadium of Light tonight for the proverbial six-pointer against Birmingham, they'll be expecting more miracles from the £6m man. For it is a game so important that Rupert Murdoch personally ordered his underlings at Sky to screen the game so that he could watch it from his office in Australia. True story.

And I reckon the big man will deliver with a back flip, triple pike and full tuck. Oh, and with a goal. Paddy Power have odds of 9-5 for him to score at any time during the game, and 28-1 for him to score first and Sunderland to win 2-1. Get on! As they say in, er, England.

Make the bet here, or ignore everything i've just said and back Ginger Warrior Paul McShane to score an own goal at 40-1...

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 Friday, January 25, 2008


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Retro Keegan, FA Cup non-classics and getting Randy. The five matches to watch out for this weekend…


"I could have a 'tache like that if I wanted..."

Arsenal v Newcastle
Where. Emirates Stadium, 15.00
What you hope to see. Keegan to bring back the memory of the Ginola/Ferdinand/Albert good times as Newcastle come from 4-0 down to win 7-5, with Geordies in raptures.
What you’re likely to get. Keegan to recreate the ‘slumped over the advertising boards’ pose ala Anfield 1996 as Arsenal take out their Carling Cup hangover out on the hapless Toon Army, with Geordies in tears.
Watch out for.
Adebayor and Bendtner turning into the next ‘Blair and Brown’ as they line-up in attack together despite getting on as well as Paul McCartney and Heather Mills.
Fact! More than 2.5 goals have been scored in 63% of Newcastle’s away matches. We reckon if anyone could score half a goal, it would be Newcastle.

Liverpool v Havant and Waterlooville

Where. Anfield, 15.00
What you hope to see. Let’s not beat about the bush, even Havant sneaking a draw would be the funniest thing to happen in football since Kevin Keegan returned to Newcastle. Remember that? That was hilarious…
What you’re likely to get. Liverpool 3-0 up after 20 minutes, Motson and Lawrenson blathering on about nothing and the rest of the match petering out in a perfect example of why no one cares about the FA Cup anymore…
Watch out for. Dedicated non-league folk complaining that the game has not been televised, thus robbing the ‘plucky non-leaguers’ a big pay day. See above for reason why...
Fact! One of Havant’s directors is called Leroy Whale.

Wigan v Chelsea
Where. The JJB Stadium, 17.45
What you hope to see. A game that proves that the guys at the BBC do know what they’re doing when they come to choose the live games.
What you’re likely to get. A dreary Chelsea win that’s wrapped up in the first half that proves that the BBC schedulers really don’t have their fingers on the pulse anymore.
Watch out for. Alan Hansen dissecting Titus Bramble’s performance at half time. The Beeb probably have a whole floor in their archives building devoted to the man.
Fact! Wigan chairman Dave Whelan broke his leg in the 1960 FA Cup Final playing for Blackburn Rovers.

Aston Villa v Blackburn

Where. Villa Park, 15.00
What you hope to see. Ashley Young playing like Lionel Messi, feeding an Henry-esque Gabriel Agbonlahor, with a dynamic full-back performance from Stephen Warnock forcing Capello to jump-start England’s new era with some young blood.
What you’re likely to get. Long ball to Carew. Won in the air by Samba. Long ball to Santa Cruz. Headed clear by Laursen. A tepid atmosphere from a crowd that struggles to reach 30k. A perfect advert for the solitary Premier League encounter this weekend.
Watch out for. Martin O’Neill bouncing around like an extra in One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and the commentator making a lazy comparison between ‘good Yank’ Randy Lerner and ‘bad Yanks’ Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
Fact! What is Randy short for? Randolph.

Luton v Leeds

Where. Kenilworth Road, 15.00
What you hope to see. Luton to sneak their first win since Nick Owen took over, showing Ken Bates that nice guys can succeed in life.
What you’re likely to get. Leeds to get back on track by drubbing the remaining reserve and youth players who have not yet managed to escape Kenilworth Road.
Watch out for. Dennis Wise looking puzzled and telling Dave Bassett that he actually found Gus Poyet easier to understand.
Fact! New Luton chairman Nick Owen was once refused entry into the lounge bar named after him because it was too full. Ken Bates would have forced his way in. Nice guys never win.

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Proof, if anyone needed any, that footballers have way too much time on their hands.


And bad taste in music...


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A close 'friend' of Alex McLeish this evening told CATFLAP, well he actually told a 'friend' of CATFLAPs... "Alex is looking to sign Dave Kitson from Reading to join Benjani up front".

There's only one Dave Kitson apparently.



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 Tuesday, January 22, 2008

All in the same room? Lathering each other up?

Well, not exactly...


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 Thursday, January 17, 2008

King Kev's words of wisdom over the years...

"They're playing that bloody I'd Love It clip again..."

"They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Highway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different"

"The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game"

"England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second to none"

"I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona"

"The tide is very much in our court now"

"You can play with a one armed goalkeeper...not at this level"

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 Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Curly Kev is back!

He's not the messiah, he's just a very emotional boy...

 


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 Monday, January 14, 2008

Juliano Belletti. This man knows how to hit a ball...

Just a shame he can't defend...


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 Friday, January 11, 2008

Get on now for the best prices!



We are at the halfway stage in the Carling Cup semi-finals and both ties are in the balance. Everton host current holders Chelsea at Goodison Park trailing 2-1 but with an away goal in the bank and Tottenham will fancy their chances of finally beating Arsenal after securing a 1-1 draw at the Emirates. If you have a strong inclination for the tournament winners outright then now is the time to back them because their price won’t get any bigger following their semi-final success, so get on now for a bit of value. Here are the best prices for the remaining participants…

Chelsea @ 6/5 with Coral.
Tottenham @ 11/4 with Stan James.
Arsenal @ 7/2 with Ladbrokes.
Everton @ 7/1 Betfred.


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 Thursday, January 10, 2008

He's tried the cheeky lob....


Goals like this happen once every 25 years in England. In Argentina they seem to happen every week..


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 Wednesday, January 09, 2008

My, don't they start young these days...


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 Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Everton look value to get a draw at Stamford Bridge!



Everton visit Chelsea tonight for the Carling Cup semi-final first leg and they have a great chance of getting a result. Chelsea’s squad is severely depleted with the likes of Terry, Lampard, Cech, Essien and Drogba, amongst others, all missing. Everton’s 1-0 F.A. Cup defeat to League 1 Oldham has put extra pressure on them to come through this encounter and the Toffeemen secured two 1-1 draws in two visits to Stamford Bridge in 2007. They are best priced @ 5/2 with Ladbrokes to get a draw tonight and I think that’s the best value bet.

BET OF THE WEEK: Five of the last six Carling Cup semi-final first legs have produced two goals or fewer and I expect that trend to continue tonight. Eight of the last 11 meetings between the sides has also featured two goals or less. Under 2.5 goals are available at most bookmakers @ 8/11 and that looks a cracking bet, get on it!


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 Monday, January 07, 2008

Win £5,000! And limited edition Nike trainers!



That's right those happenin' folk at Foot Locker have got in touch with Catflap to give you the chance to win a whopping £5,000 plus three limited edition Nike Tuned 1 trainers. Ten second prize winners will also get a pair of exclusive TN1 trainers.

The TN1 is the ultimate 'sneaker of the street' and to celebrate it hitting Foot Locker on the 10th December they are asking people to submit a video about their street or city, whether it's a park, community centre or shopping centre. All videos submitted to the website: www.representthestreet.com will be displayed for all Tuned fans to rate.  

Check out www.representthestreet.com and upload a 5 min video about your street or city or neighbourhood today. You could be in with a chance to win £5,000 to invest back into your local community.

The Nike TN1 is available exclusively at Foot Locker and costs £109.99

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 Friday, January 04, 2008

BET OF THE WEEK! This is more of an investment opportunity than a gamble.

Paddy Power are offering 1/2 that one of the big four (Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea) will win the F.A. Cup. In the last sixteen years the monopoly has been broken just once, by Everton in 1995, and as each year passes it becomes less and less likely that their stranglehold will be loosened. If you have a spare few quid that you are looking to invest then get on this, it’s blatantly going to happen!


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 Thursday, January 03, 2008

The best and worst January signings since the Premier League had double glazing installed...



Since it was introduced a few years ago, the January transfer window has resulted in several brilliant pieces of business for some managers. Christophe Dugarry kept Steve Bruce's Birmingham in the Premier League in 2003, while David Unsworth did the same for Wigan last season at the expense of the side he left on a free. At the same time, it's also provided some of the most shocking transfer decisions ever made by top flight bosses. Have a gander.

The Good

Christophe Dugarry, Bordeaux to Birmingham 2003, Loan
Mikel Arteta, Real Sociedad to Everton 2005, £2m
Nemanja Vidic, Spartak Moscow to Man Utd 2006, £7m
David Unsworth, Sheffield United to Wigan 2007, Free

The Bad

Georgios Samaras, Heerenveen to Manchester City 2006, £6m
Michael Ricketts, Bolton to Middlesbrough 2003, £3.5m
James Beattie, Southampton to Everton 2005, £6m
Fernando Morientes, Real Madrid to Liverpool 2005, £6m

And the hideously ugly

Jean-Alain Boumsong, Rangers to Newcastle 2005, £8m

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The Frenchman with a sledgehammer left foot could soon be gracing the Premier League again...

Remember Laurent Robert? Signed by then-Newcastle manager Bobby Robson from PSG for £9.5m in 2001, the Frenchman was hailed as the next Ginola on Tyneside. He didn't disappoint, when it came to his array of thunderbolt goals anyway, though his complete reluctance to defend often frustrated his manager, his team mates and thousands of screaming, fat Geordies. A talented player undoubtedly, but not one you'd be clambering for if you really need to knuckle down for a dogfight.

So who's he just joined on trial? That's right, Derby County.

Still, they need all the help they can get. And if he can do this to the likes of Darren Moore and Andy Griffin, he might knock some sense into them...


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 Wednesday, January 02, 2008

How does he explain this one to his team mates?

"Er, sorry chaps..."


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Once, twice, three times a spot kick...

Given Spurs' recent luck with penalties, it won't surprise us if one of their January signings includes Argentinian striker Martin Palermo...




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 Thursday, December 20, 2007

David Beckham teaches Snoop Dogg's Kids 'Big Mike', 'Lil Snoop' and his Daughter 'Chocolate' how to play Football...


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Featuring Anna Fowler, Fabio Capello as Jesus and the inaugural Flaps awards. Read it here, and find out who won the Jimmy Choo Wag of the Year award. Though there is a big clue in the picture...

Read the Latest Issue of Catflap Mag for Free Here!!!


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 Wednesday, December 19, 2007


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Chelsea v Liverpool: The draw looks value.

The semifinal line-up for the Carling Cup will be completed tonight when Chelsea renew their cup rivalry with Liverpool and I think it wiil be a draw after 90 minutes. Liverpool have had the better of Chelsea in cup competitions recently with three big semifinal wins in the last three years, but all of the encounters have been tight and this one's unlikely to be any different. Both teams suffered blows to their Premier League title aspirations on Sunday so more emphasis will be placed on the Carling Cup as a route to domestic glory. I can see this going into extra time and maybe even to penalties so the draw after 90 minutes looks good value at 23/10 with Totesport.

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Arsenal certainly aren't...


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The phrases he'll have to know by heart as England boss...

He says he's wanting to learn the lingo in a month, but all he really needs to know are these phrases he'll no doubt be unleashing on to the media before and after the World Cup in 2010*

"Con uno squad di questa qualità certamente osserveremo per vincere la tazza del mondo..." / "With a squad of this quality we will certainly be looking to win the World Cup…"

"Wayne è un giocatore grande ma deve imparare calmarsi giù durante i fiammiferi, lui sarà una perdita grande nei due giochi seguenti..." / "Wayne is a great player but he needs to learn to calm down during the matches, he will be a big loss in the next two games…"

"Non abbiamo ritenuto la necessità di esercitarsi in anticipo nelle pene, ma la volta che prossima facessimo..." / "We didn’t feel the need to practice penalties beforehand, but next time we will do…"

"È deludente uscire nei quarter-finals, ma il Portogallo è un buon lato..." / "It’s disappointing to go out in the quarter-finals, but Portugal are a good side…"

*Unless we don't qualify, in which case it'll be this one...

"Non desideriamo fare le giustificazioni ma quel passo di plastica non è adatto a gioco del calcio internazionale..." / "We don’t want to make excuses but that plastic pitch is not suitable for international football…"

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Who says Italians are melodramatic?


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 Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Say hello to the new man in charge...


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 Friday, December 14, 2007

Juninho Pernambucano is his name. Lyon is his club. And a well struck free kick is his game...


BOSH!


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 Thursday, December 13, 2007


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Rangers were NEVER going to qualify.


Yesterday I was overcome by a temporary lapse of reason and I would like to apologise to everyone concerned. I encouraged you to back Rangers to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League! What was I thinking, I forgot that Celtic only snuck through their group because Benfica won at Shakhtar Donestk and the norm is for Scottish teams to fall at the final hurdle. I knew the Scottish national team would lose to Slovakia and Italy and fail to qualify for Euro 2008 and I knew that Lyon have a much better team than Rangers, despite their inexplicable win in France. Once again, very sorry.

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More essential tips from the Italian hotshot..

#2 - The Loiter

Pippo Says: "The goalkeeper may have the ball safely in his hands, but you never know with those idiots. So loiter around and wait for them to make a mistake. Like this..."


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 Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Today Chris Moyles, tomorrow Chris Akabusi... 


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Rangers can make it a full house of British Champions League participants.


I hope that you took yesterday’s advice and backed Liverpool to complete another great European comeback by beating Lyon @ 5/6. Tonight I think Rangers can get the point they need against Lyon and make it six British teams out of six in the knockout stages of the Champions League. In October a 3-0 win over tonight’s opponents made qualification a distinct possibility, and they are now best priced @ 8/13 with William Hill to do just that. The tidal wave of emotion that’s guaranteed at Ibrox tonight can inspire Walter Smith’s men to a draw, or maybe even victory.


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 Tuesday, December 11, 2007
* apologies for the search engine friendly headline but what we really wanted to show you was this screamer from the one, the only Johnny Metgod (pronounced Met-Hod, if you didn't know...). Only one word for this goal: MAGIC FOOTBALL!


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Chelsea manager Avram Grant lives in a cave outside Guildford...

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Become part of the Catflap Army! 

No, not an army as in going overseas and killing people, but as in a band of brothers, kindred spirits if you will…

Catflap is looking to assemble a platoon of CATFLAP CLUB EDITORS to write and edit its Premier League blogs. Interested? Read on…

WHAT YOU HAVE TO BE?

•    A talented writer
•    Opinionated and funny
•    Passionate about your club

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO?

•    Edit and maintain your site
•    Research pictures and video clips
•    Exchange links with like-minded sites and blogs
•    Make people laugh

WHAT YOU GET

•    £250 – to each month’s top blogger
•    £1,000 -  to the editor who posts the most entries that year
•    £1,000 – to the editor who we feel has made a contribuition over and above the call of duty.

You’ll also become a fully-fledged member of the Catflap team, with your own email address and business cards too. Think of it like some important ambassadorial role, only without the need to hand out Ferrero Rocher at lavish functions.

Want to enlist? Get in touch here editorial@madeupmedia.net not forgetting to tell us the name of the team you support and we’ll be in touch…


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The pressure is on and Rafa mustn’t tinker.


It’s do-or-die time for Liverpool tonight in the Champions League as they travel to Marseille needing a win to be certain of going through to the knockout stages. This is the third must win match in a row for the Reds following good wins over Besiktas (8-0) and Porto (4-1) and I think they will get it, but only if Benitez’s plays his best side. Following Saturday’s poor performance at Reading Benitez cannot afford another failure tonight, but a win take the pressure off of him personally and set Liverpool up perfectly for Saturday’s big clash with Man Utd. You can back them at 5/6 to win in France tonight and complete another great European comeback.


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 Monday, December 10, 2007


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What a naughty little ball boy!


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Why Lippi is the man to take England forward...

Jose's rejected the job apparently, making Marcello Lippi and Fabio Capello the new favorites. Without a doubt, we should plump for Lippi. Is it because he's already a World Cup winning manager? Or is it his vast international experience? Or even his ability to craft a side that is defensively solid but dangerous and effective on the break? Well, no.

It's because he looks cool.

Just look at the man, with his cigar and 80's-style specs that look like he's raided Jimmy Saville's dressing room. Class act.

There's no question he would be an improvement on this fashion calamity anyway. Umbrellas + Latte = not cool.


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posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 5:37:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0]

and they say the English are bad...



His dad must be proud...

Posted by: Catflap Magazine

posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 3:49:23 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0]

It's old versus new...

Ronaldo Mark One Ronaldo Mark Two


Posted by: Catflap Magazine

posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 2:38:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0]
 Friday, December 07, 2007
Oh yes, it's Lex's Limericks again!

There was a young man called John Terry
Whose eyes were bigger than his belly
When out on the town
He threw the beer down
But not as much as Lee Cattermole

(That's not quite working, is it? - Ed)


Posted by: Catflap Magazine

posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 5:26:21 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0]

Thaksin Shinawatra speaks...


We've not heard much from Thaksin Shinawatra since he took over at City, but after his recent comments in the press we definitely fancy hearing a bit more. The 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand has been speaking candidly about transfer targets in January, including Brazilian Adriano.

"We're looking to see whether we'll do a swap deal or not. Adriano was a top player, but he lost form when his father died, and he put on weight. Now he's returning to form.

"Dietmar Hamman is getting old. We're looking at a new midfielder who we think will play very well with Elano. We're going to play in a classic style."


Don't mince your words Thaksin. We're sure Dietmar Hamman was delighted to read the comments while waiting for his pension outside the Post Office...


Posted by: Catflap Magazine

posted on Friday, December 07, 2007 3:10:12 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)