Football

Metatarsal

Submitted by chris on Thu, 2004-09-30 16:24

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That right foot of David Beckham once had it broken, Wayne Rooney just recovered from its fractured, and Steven Gerrard broken his not long ago. This must be the most famous bone in the football world today. This is where it is:

We have 5 of them in each foot (at least I do :P). When it’s broken, you obviously can’t kick a ball. It’s hard even to walk as you can’t put too much weight on it. These bones are the longest in our foot so they broke most often.

Premiership all-time standing

Submitted by chris on Tue, 2004-09-28 15:31

Martin Tyler of SkySport composed this table, with data until 20 September 2004. I’m pleasantly surprised Chelsea is not that far down from Liverpool.

ALL-TIME PREMIERSHIP POINTS TABLE
POS TEAM PLD PTS POS TEAM PLD PTS
1 MAN UTD 474 992 20 CHARLTON 196 242
2 ARSENAL 474 879 21 N FOREST 198 239
3 LIVERPOOL 473 798 22 IPSWICH 202 224
4 CHELSEA 474 758 23 BOLTON 196 217
5 NEWCASTLE 432 692 24 QPR 196 216
6  LEEDS  468  692 25  SUNDERLAND  190  214 
7  ASTON VILLA  474  687 26  NORWICH  132  172 
8  TOTTENHAM  474 621 27  FULHAM  120  149 
9  BLACKBURN  398  595 28  C PALACE  128  128 
10  EVERTON  474  579 29  BIRMINGHAM  82  103 
11  SOUTHAMPTON  474  559 30  SHEFF UTD  84  94 
12  WEST HAM  388  500 31  OLDHAM  84  89 
13  MIDDLESBROUGH  352  423 32  BRADFORD  76  62 
14  COVENTRY  354  409 33  PORTSMOUTH  43  52 
15  SHEFF WED  316  392 34  BARNSLEY  38  35 
16  WIMBLEDON  316  391 35  WOLVES  38  33 
17  LEICESTER  308  342 36  WEST BROM  44  30 
18  MAN CITY  284  322 37  SWINDON  42  30 
19  DERBY 228 263 38 WATFORD 38 24

Building strike forces

Submitted by chris on Sat, 2004-09-04 16:09

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Chelsea

  • Kezman £5m
  • Drogba £24m
  • Mutu £15.8m
  • Gudjohnsen £5m
  • = £49.8m

Man Utd

  • Rooney £27m
  • Van Nistelrooy £19m
  • Saha £13m
  • Smith £7m
  • = £63m

Arsenal

  • Reyes £10.5m
  • Bergkamp £7.5m
  • Henry £10.5m
  • Pires £6m
  • = £35.5m

Liverpool

  • Baros £3.6m
  • Cisse £14m
  • Kewell £5m
  • Garcia £6m
  • = £28.6m

And Ferguson is moaning Chelsea is wrecking the transfer market?

(I know these are value when they were acquired, and with current valuations Arsenal’s probably costs the most. But we’re talking about money being splashed here.)

Mourinho’s interview

Submitted by chris on Tue, 2004-08-24 06:39

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In recent past, it looks as if the only time Chelsea employs attacking tactic were in the press room. Well, that’s what peoples say anyway. I’m more than happy with how the team is doing now, and with the new manager. :)

‘You must stop and ask yourself why English teams are not successful when they go abroad and don’t win UEFA competitions any more – and why England, with top managers and top players, do not win World Cups and European Championships.

‘Spanish teams, Italian teams and Portuguese teams can win the Champions League but why were Manchester United the last ones from England to do it in 1999 when everything is great here?

‘I don’t think I have to answer that question but people from this country should.

‘I think, one day, it will be possible, though, for this Chelsea team to do it. One day.

‘Of course, I want more from my team. We can improve our quality of play but at the moment we are looking at a seven-week-old baby with half the players new and a new manager.

‘I cannot see how you can compare that to a seven-year-old child, like with Mr (Arsene) Wenger at Arsenal.

‘They were a fantastic team last season and still are. I cannot say a word against them, but he (Wenger) couldn’t win the Champions League.

‘My philosophy of the game is like his – to win and also play good football. If you ask me whether I prefer to win 1-0 or 5-0 there is no doubt about my answer. If we can play beautiful, we play beautiful – I want people to enjoy it.
Jose Mourinho’s interview, from ESPN Soccernet

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