Lazy days
Tue Jul 15 08:58AM
It looks as though two of the laziest players in the game are about to head on up to Manchester. Manchester United have finally got those dollar signs ringing up in Tottenham's eyes in their pursuit for Dimitar Berbatov, while Ronaldinho looks likely to sacrifice success in the quest for cash by rocking up at City.
We've all heard the guff spouted by top players about it being a short career and all that, but with a handful of highly lucrative sponsorship deals, including one with an obscure company that makes photocopiers, Ronnie probably isn't short of a bob or two.
It's well known that the Brazilian only turns up to around half of Barcelona's training sessions, which was fine when he was the best player in the world and they were winning things, but as soon he put on a bit of timber and his performances dropped it became a scandal.
Quite what Mark Hughes's reaction will be to the star acquisition that he didn't ask for putting in about four hours work per week at Carrington remains to be seen.
Spurs striker Berbatov may also have to buck his ideas up if he moves to Old Trafford.
The Bulgarian is one of the most lethal strikers in the Premier League, but his body language seems to cause offence in some quarters.
He has revealed in the past that he models his look on Andy Garcia in The Godfather Part III, but his lolloping about the place, swinging his arms and hiding his hands up his long sleeves, is more akin to Harry Enfield in Kevin and Perry Go Large.
ED reckons that, like many gifted youngsters, he just finds this whole football lark too easy, and therefore doesn't feel as though he needs to put in maximum effort. A move to United could change all that, and the world could soon see the very best of the Berb.
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As is probably painfully obvious, Doors doesn't get out that much, preferring to spend most evenings crying itself to sleep atop a mattress on the floor, forced to mentally replay the moments when it all went horribly wrong.
Needless to say, it doesn't attend many showbiz soirees, but it was cock-a-hoop to hear about a recent launch party for some football-related media package or other, attended by a couple of former players and a smattering of people who make a living out of being a bit famous.
Apparently one of the highlights of the evening was sleazeball one-hit wonder Har Mar Superstar blasting penalties at Peter Shilton while wearing a yellow poncho.
Quite what the small talk between Pixie Geldof and fellow guest Martin Keown would have been over a few canapés is anyone's guess.
ED would like to think that Pixie asked him why he didn't just wallop Ruud van Nistelrooy instead of that funny forearm smash thing, and in turn Keown could have asked the celebrity offspring exactly what her purpose on this earth was.
Football stepped into this daft realm around the same time as all the cash came flooding in, but a bunch of ligging non-entities who care nothing for the game quaffing free booze at a footie-based shindig is a bit much really.
Just to clarify, it was Har Mar Superstar wearing the poncho, not Shilts.
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Perhaps a long-secreted desire to become a 3AM girl is being revealed here, but it would be foolish not to mention the news that Amy Winehouse has been collecting Euro 2008 footie stickers.
Apparently it's to lift the spirits of her husband in prison, though if ED was banged up for three to five in Parkhurst it doesn't think the sight of Razvan Rat's squad photo or action shots of Stephan Lichsteiner would really do the trick.
Let's just hope that she's not been using that shiny Dariusz Dudka sticker to heat up something she shouldn't.
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FOREIGN VIEW - German tabloid Bild passes verdict on Ronaldo's new high-stacked hairstyle: "Afronaldo in Hippie Hair vacation.! No, that is not Don King, but nearly..."
TALKING POINT - andywalker269 clearly believes that the words 'social' and 'mobility' have no place next to each other: "Rooney is from a council estate. You can put him in nice suits, take him to Italy to get married, give him lorry loads of cash...at the end of a day he will still be a council estate scally who likes fags and booze."
Bencornelius23 likes to distract from the lack of female attention by reminding people of the time of day: "It's a shame the girls aren't here dis morning to add another dimension to this mornings board as it seems to be very slow this morning."
Kevmun82 has retribution in mind: "I'd like to see Celtic sign El-Hadji Diouf. Not to play, you understand, but instead they strap him to a gurney and wheel him out at half-time for every fan to come down one by one and spit in his face. See how he likes it. Money well spent!"
Today - Who is the laziest player you've ever seen?
ed de goey, albert ferrer, frank leb(cant remember the spelling of his name), marcel dessaily, celestine babayaro, dennis wise, gustavo poyet, gianfranco zola, dan petrescu, jf hasselbaink, tore andre flo. subs: carlo cudicini, pat lambourde, jes hogh, micheal dubbery, win borgarde, jody morris john terry, mikael forsell. 'pure class'
From lifeisblu on Tue Jul 15 10:09AMgee heinz I wonder if thats cause they are covered in ketchup
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:10AMdidnt man united have luke'the incredible' chadwick?
From lifeisblu on Tue Jul 15 10:11AMMaybe 'Lazy' ED is struggling with an on form team of Bloggers
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:11AMhow about mark vivian foe? i went to see him play once, and i kid you not, he just lay there on the pitch doing literally nothing. that's what i call lazy. or steve walsh? probably spent most of his career in the team bath.
From rwilsonuk84 on Tue Jul 15 10:12AMLooks like Man City could be running Man U close in the ugly stakes this season :-0
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:13AMLazy player: Thierry Henry in his last season at Arsenal, did not seem interested at all.
Mind you he was not much better in his first season at Barca!From xraypete52 on Tue Jul 15 10:14AMPeter Ramage.
From richard.ekman on Tue Jul 15 10:14AMDoes Gob pronounced Jobe work hard for his frozen mice Claire ?
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:14AMhow could i forget anelka? how lazy do you have to be to not wanna take a penalty? it showed when he had no choice but to step up later, because even then, it didn't look like he put his full effort into it.
From jcpotvin on Tue Jul 15 10:15AMgot to be jurgen klinnsman, he spent most games lying on the floor in the penalty box
From lee_rome on Tue Jul 15 10:15AMlaziest players: Ronaldo (old one) and Alvaro Recoba, where is he anyway?
From jacquesbittar on Tue Jul 15 10:17AMIf you scored 30 plus goals a season you would probably spend most of your time on the floor in the penalty box Le Roma
Never did work out how he got attracted to Tottenham, any one got any more tidbits on Ballacks imminent move to WHUFC ?
I think Curbishley is planing to ditch most of the first team and play a youth squad plus Ballack and Dean to finish second in all competitions
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:19AMIf you scored 30 plus goals a season you would probably spend most of your time on the floor in the penalty box Le Roma
Never did work out how he got attracted to Tottenham, any one got any more tidbits on Ballacks imminent move to WHUFC ?
I think Curbishley is planing to ditch most of the first team and play a youth squad plus Ballack and Dean to finish second in all competitions
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:20AMNo seriously. Ronaldo (not the wanna be Crystian) has to be the laziest player I've ever seen. At least Brba and Ibra try to make it look like they fight every now and then. Ronaldo NEVER ran unless it meant he would end up scoring.
From richard.ekman on Tue Jul 15 10:21AMLaziest player - L.Robert/Anelka - any1 french really.
Ugliest Player - Chadwick/Tevez - any1 at Man Utd really.
Dumbest Player - Bramble/Boumsong - All who have played for newcastle.
From jay8my on Tue Jul 15 10:22AMgot to be Anelka? he's surely the laziest sod going yet people keep wanting to buy him. Do you reckon he even bothers unpacking when he gets to each new club?
From sir_skillalot on Tue Jul 15 10:23AMJay8my, funny no, clever yes.
I know you don't like me. But I find your sniping hilarious.
Keep up the good work, oh, and when you finally find something funny or clever to say, let me know. That will be a momentous occasion
From g_hine on Tue Jul 15 10:24AMNumanoid! You cheeky little scamp!
Winstone Bogarde was incredibly lazy (or very smart) sitting on a big fat Chelsea salary and doing naff all for 4 years.
From chrisnewman950 on Tue Jul 15 10:24AMRonaldo was like a Greyhound at Barca on a good day I've seen him run 3/4 of the length of the pitch with the ball past 9 defending players and score, the rest of the time he was hanging about in recovery.
On a bad day he just hung out in recovery
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:25AMy does no-one agree that ji sung park is the ugliest player known to man? he makes ramage look like santa cruz
From bencornelius23 on Tue Jul 15 10:26AMdixie dean or dean ashton? as for klinsy, i think he liked the currency in england, and the quantity of it. the football seemed to agree with him too, though he never stayed very long.
From jcpotvin on Tue Jul 15 10:26AMhow many f###en times must i f###en tell u artifcukfaced1ckhead that i dont F###en live in durban
From dannickbates on Tue Jul 15 10:26AMSorry, to point out an error in one of your posts Jay8my, but Luke Chadwick isn't on United's books, he's a canary
From g_hine on Tue Jul 15 10:28AMg_hine u obviously are incredibly clever, so clever in fact that u cant figure out how to get your avatar picture.
all bow down to g_hine's superior intelligence
From bencornelius23 on Tue Jul 15 10:28AMSee i knew if i mentioned ur name g_hine u would come out of the woodwork. What makes u fink ur a clever u get given the run-around all day from a rainbow haired blogger. Also u dont even know how to make an avatar. You cant be that smart g-hine!
From jay8my on Tue Jul 15 10:28AMbogarde wasn't lazy, he just wanted his money. it takes a pretty crazy level of spite and stubborness to show up and kickabout with the reserves every day, most lazy people would have just given up, taken a little less money and gone to a lesser club. what he did took a lot more work.
From jcpotvin on Tue Jul 15 10:30AMYeah g-hine i know hes playing for super glenn roeder but he was with man utd once so its not a mistake by me, its a mistake by you for not reading it correctly. So i take it boumsong and bramble are still at newcastle then g_hine, ur such a lemon.
From jay8my on Tue Jul 15 10:31AMHail Heinz
From arttidesco on Tue Jul 15 10:31AMI do know how to have an avatar, I just don't want one anymore. Besides corndog, at least I don't desperately try to pick up women on a football forum.
From g_hine on Tue Jul 15 10:31AM
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