Premier League - Paper Round: Dozy Altidore

Eurosport - Mon, 26 Oct 08:58:00 2009

Sir Alex Ferguson moaning about a ref, Portsmouth's finances in the spotlight and a Tweeting footballer are all in the Paper Round.

2009-2010 Hull City Jozy Altidore - 0

Ferguson moaning about a ref tends to come with the territory of a Manchester United defeat. Fergie said United should have had a penalty for a foul by Jamie Carragher on Michael Carrick and went on to say Carragher should have seen red for a foul on Michael Owen.

Wrong on both counts says former ref Graham Poll in his column in the Daily Mail. "When Michael Owen was pulled down by Jamie Carragher in the 87th minute, Andre Marriner had an easy decision: a direct free-kick and a yellow card. It could not be a red card.

"Carragher's challenge on Michael Carrick was good. His momentum took him through the midfielder but he came in from the side and got the ball."

Another week, another Portsmouth-in-financial-strife story. This week it is The Sun revealing that the strugglers have been handed a £15 million lifeline in the form of a loan to owner Ali Al-Faraj which will see the club through until the New Year - giving Al-Faraj breathing space to restructure the club's finances.

There were sighs of relief in and around South London at the weekend, as the Millwall versus Leeds game passed off with only minor trouble. However, Millwall have revealed that they will ban for life the grinning Lions fan pictured in The Sun wearing a Galatasaray shirt. Two Leeds fans were killed before a European game with Turkish side Galatasaray in 2000.

The Daily Mirror never shys away from transfer tales and it say Everton boss David Moyes has made a personal check on Middlesbrough's Adam Johnson.

The winger, who has been a shining light for the Teessiders this season, said: "I have been linked with massive, massive clubs since I was 18. When you get mentioned with these big, big clubs it boosts your confidence." Whether Johnson was responding to links with Everton is not clear!

The Daily Mirror's Mania column had its spies scouring Twitter and to be fair they have come up with a gem.

Hull striker Jozy Altidore posted on his page "felling like a champ". Shortly followed by "sorry I spelled it wrong, I texted that while driving". Not the most sensible thing to write, given the use of a mobile phone while at the wheel is a criminal offence!

This is the same Altidore who spilled the beans on his move to Hull via Twitter, and has been fined for revealing he was dropped for Saturday's game against Portsmouth for being late. It's fair to say Altidore is not the sharpest toll in the box. Sorry, spelled that wrong, typed it while performing open heart surgery.

Stan Collymore is never slow in putting his opinion forward and in his column in the Daily Mirror the big man has given his views on how he feels the Premier League should be run: No promotion or relegation and get rid of the likes of Bolton and Wigan. Classic stuff from Big Stan.

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  1. Maybe if Fergie stopped slagging the refs, we'd get­ the correct decisions in our games.

    From optimus prime, on Mon 26 Oct 10:12PM

  2. phil brown is an idiot. so altidore was late, big deal.­ hull are playing a must win game against portsmouth and­ he decides to leave his biggest striker on the bench?­ everybody knows this kid has potential but phil leaves­ in venegoor of hesslink in who is in the current flop­ of the season and has proven he doesnt have what it­ takes anymore. phil? really?

    From Robby, on Mon 26 Oct 4:31PM

  3. "Al Faraj also said that he viewed Portsmouth­­ purely as an investment and that he may sell out after­­ as little as six months. The club have now conceded­­ that he gave the interview".­­ .......................................................­ ­­ .......................................................­ ­­ ....................................................AH­­ HAHAHAHAH........NO ONE WANTS PORTSCUM FOOTBALL CLUB,­­ WHY? BECAUSE A FOOTBALL CLUB NEEDS TO TICK CERTAIN­­ BOXES, IN LINE WITH IT'S STATUS........PORTSCUM­­ HAVE BEEN PUNCHING ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT FOR A FEW­ SEASONS­ AND ARE WORTH NOTHING..............GOING DOWN­ TO THE­ CHUMPS THIS SEASON AND L1 A YEAR LATER, WHIST­ SAINTS­ COME UP TO THE CHUMPS, THEN THE­ PREM..............LOOK­ AT SAINTS TO PORTSCUM, AS OUR­ ARRY SAID, "A REAL­ FOOTBALL­ CLUB".........................GET OVER IT­­ PORTSCUMMERS, YOU ARE FINISHED..

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Mon 26 Oct 4:27PM

  4. It would be a welcome relief not hear a moan from MU­ every time that they lose. It is nearly always poor­ refereeing. never the Club's players fault. It­ cannot be their fault because they never do anything­ wrong!!!!!!
    Norffolk exile

    From Pompey exile, on Mon 26 Oct 2:01PM

  5. not sour grapes sam..just like to see a big match like­ that reffed fairly.. and i think they picked the wrong­ man for the job... i was stood with a professional­ referee and he was gob smacked..(not a united fan­ either)...

    From mark, on Mon 26 Oct 1:27PM

  6. Sour grapes Mark? (comment 21)

    From sam, on Mon 26 Oct 1:20PM

  7. Poll is an @#$% who was always the 12th man in the­ opponents team when ever Mu was involved. His opinion­ is about as valuable as a used toilet paper.

    From CHANDRA S, on Mon 26 Oct 1:05PM

  8. that was no way just a yellow
    he was the last man

    From unknown dude, on Mon 26 Oct 12:59PM

  9. sir alex is completely right...the ref was absolutley­ shocking on saturday... how can a player recieve 4­ warnings before being booked?? (lucas) the carragher­ (rugby) tackle was a straight red.. he was the last­ defender and it was an obvious goal opportunity..owen­ would've buried that and carragher knew it...­ lol... when vidic walked over to him and said "if­ that was me i'd have been sent off"..then got­ sent off for turning his man... what a joke... i think­ this was revenge for fergies comments about the ref...­ point proven can we have a fair game now please??

    From mark, on Mon 26 Oct 12:58PM

  10. okay o, I give you the thumbs UP!!!!!

    FERGUSON IS A­ VERY SORE LOSER!!!!

    From cgrundy61, on Mon 26 Oct 12:51PM

  11. Collymore is a dockhead. Sorry, spelled that wrong,­ typed it whilst having a wonk (also spelled wrong).

    From Lawrence, on Mon 26 Oct 12:29PM

  12. Altidore is a muppet, a national­ disgrace.........someone pls whip his butt

    From Dynamic, on Mon 26 Oct 12:23PM

  13. Collymore is an idiot and Ferguson is losing it­ (tedious cheating git that he is).

    Well done­ Liverpool!

    From brebner-hughes, on Mon 26 Oct 12:22PM

  14. if you think Sir Alex is a sore looser pls thumb up!

    From none, on Mon 26 Oct 12:09PM

  15. If Carragher got the ball when he tackled Carrick from­ the side, how come the ball continued on in the­ direction of Carrick's travel? If Carragher won the­ ball it would have carried on to the side.

    From Neil, on Mon 26 Oct 11:49AM

  16. Since when did the opinions of Stan 'Ulrika­ Beater' Collymore matter?

    From ZougaTheFist, on Mon 26 Oct 11:44AM
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  18. Here's a better idea: why doesn't the Mirror­ get rid of Cpllywobble? He thought he was a football­ hard man but he was just another jelly baby!

    From Paperboy, on Mon 26 Oct 11:08AM

  19. Stan Collymore is a convicted criminal.And should keep­ his opinion to himself.The premier league is only­ exciting to fans because of teams like­ Bolton,Wigan,Burnley,Fulham and others of that­ stature.As soon as you bring in franchise football then­ the game will then be a television product and not a­ sporting competition.Who wants that?

    From RICHARD W, on Mon 26 Oct 11:06AM
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    "Al Faraj also said that he viewed Portsmouth­ purely as an investment and that he may sell out after­ as little as six months. The club have now conceded­ that he gave the interview".­ .......................................................­ .......................................................­ ....................................................AH­ HAHAHAHAH........NO ONE WANTS PORTSCUM FOOTBALL CLUB,­ WHY? BECAUSE A FOOTBALL CLUB NEEDS TO TICK CERTAIN­ BOXES, IN LINE WITH IT'S STATUS........PORTSCUM­ HAVE BEEN PUNCHING ABOVE THEIR WEIGHT FOR A FEW SEASONS­ AND ARE WORTH NOTHING..............GOING DOWN TO THE­ CHUMPS THIS SEASON AND L1 A YEAR LATER, WHIST SAINTS­ COME UP TO THE CHUMPS, THEN THE PREM..............LOOK­ AT SAINTS TO PORTSCUM, AS OUR ARRY SAID, "A REAL­ FOOTBALL CLUB".........................GET OVER IT­ PORTSCUMMERS, YOU ARE FINISHED..

    From ROCK AND ROLL, on Mon 26 Oct 9:14AM
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