Yum.

I suppose the Blackburn midfield didn't sit so well in his system.

via Opta Sports - Sandro won 11 tackles vs. Blackburn today, the most by a PL players since Javier Mascherano vs. Wigan in March 2010.

Take Your Pick - Wonderstrikes of the Weekend

Luis Suarez's final goal in Liverpool's victory against Norwich sealed a hat trick for him and destroyed the dignity of Norwich keeper John Ruddy...an exquisite lob from near the half way line.

Wigan dismantled Newcastle with 4 first half goals in a rout at the DW Stadium. The fourth, in first half stoppage time, capped an incredible performance by arguably the hottest team in the Premier League right now. Take a bow Franco Di Santo...

And last but not least, a stunning curler off a set piece by England's Right Back Kyle Walker - as the announcer stated, "Beckham-esque" indeed.

In Honor of Chelsea v. Barcelona Tomorrow

I present one of the most epic CL goals ever.

After a 0-0 draw at Camp Nou in the 2009 CL Semi-Final, Chelsea were seconds away from advancing to the final before this...

Lasik Eye Surgery for all Refs

Since I am still distraught over this past weekend's FA Cup result, and generally disgusted by recent refereeing, I do not even want to think about EPL, the chase for the top 4, or Martin Atkinson.  So, I've looked elsewhere for today's football enjoyment. (Side note: Cheers to Wigan and Roberto Martinez).

Let's see how League 2 side Crawley Town react upon hearing their manager has left for another job:

I believe they were singing, "We're singing a song because the fat man's gone."

And here's a quick check in on one of our favorite Arsenal cast aways, Andrey Shava Arshavin:

Nice. Teammate scores, gets injured, and Arshavin stands on him. I hope he brings this nearly acquired skill back to the Emirates, wonder how RVP would react (is it just me or does he seem to have a pretty bad temper lately)?  

Deep Inside of a Parallel Universe

Spurs advanced to the FA Cup Final by beating Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley. Chelsea went into the break leading 1-0 before a Juan Mata strike was cleared off the line by LB Benoit Assou Ekotto. Minutes later, Petr Cech was shown a red card for bringing down Emmanuel Adebayor as he ran clear of John Terry on goal. Rafael van der Vaart leveled from the spot before Adebayor sealed the famous win in stoppage time.

Goddammit.

Re: The King Has Lost the Plot

I thought for sure this would be your main pic after seeing that title.

The King Has Lost the Plot

Speaking ahead of Tuesday night's Premier League match with Blackburn, Dalglish continued: "I know we have integrity, I know we have integrity in bucketloads, but I can't speak for other people and whether they have integrity.

"What we have to do now, is ensure this football club maintains its integrity, that the players keep their integrity, and hope that people elsewhere have some integrity too. They [referees] have to look at themselves and ensure they are seen to have integrity." Link to full article


Remind you of anything? Listening to Kenny babble on about how much integrity he has is like listening to Tim Tebow babble on about how many girls he's banged, it just doesn't make sense. How ironic of all people to be talking about integrity is Dalglish, the one who has consistently supported the skidmark of this year's Premier League season, Luis Suarez? The guy has been one of the biggest headlines of the season for all of the wrong reasons yet Dalglish continually supports him. 

And now he believes there is a conspiracy against Liverpool. If there's a conspiracy against Liverpool, there must be a full blown scandal involving Wigan after watching their Chelsea game this past weekend. Both goals seemingly were undisputably offside, yet both goals were given. Perhaps Kenny can get on this case as well because clearly he hasn't been giving Liverpool too much attention. He also seems to have graduated from the Sir Alex School of Entitlement. This is evidenced by his slating of referees in nearly every post game interview as of late. Complaining about missed and or blown calls is about as useful as placing Andy Carroll in your starting XI - They happen to every team throughout the course of the season and you'd like to believe that over time, they even out. Clearly he's just using these calls as an excuse for Liverpool's consistently average performances this year. There's no doubt he would have gotten the sack by now had he not had the illustrious playing career at Anfield that he has as there is no difference between the results that he has put up versus that of Roy Hodgson - and Dalglish has gotten more time and much more investment, regardless of how meaningless it has been (see Carroll, Downing, Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam). 

"Bucketloads of integrity", the ramblings of a mad king.