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Shouldn't that be "The f***ing Invisible c*** Duff" then ?

All descriptions of Carr should be prefaced with the word fat.

Leeds United have sacked under-fire manager Kevin Blackwell. The Whites have made a woeful start to The Championship season that sees them lie second from bottom in the table. Leeds have lost their last three home league games, although they did see off Barnet in the second round of the League Cup on Tuesday. "The board of Leeds United have on Wednesday terminated the contract of manager Kevin Blackwell," read a statement on the club's official website. "The club would like to place on record its thanks to Kevin for the work he has put in over the past three-and-a-half years, the past two-and-a-half of which were as manager. "No further comment will be made at this time." Attention will now turn to Blackwell's successor with the likes of Alan Curbishley, Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan among the favourites with the club's fans. Sky sports

Here are the quotes in full from the echo. Gives a more rounded picture of what Rafa meant. Link

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I think the problem is the amount of games being televised now. Even the games that are not televised have an "expert" watching them and commenting on them. The television companies don't want the same faces on every night so they are desperate for ex-pros to appear on their programmes. Any night on sky there could be up to ten of these ex-players giving their opinions on various matches. It follows that some of them, in fact most of them, are very limited when it comes to analysing the games. In the old days, when there was one or two games shown every week the television companies could afford to be picky about who they had on but not now. That's why the likes of Claridge, Beagrie, Earle, Townsend, Nicholas (I could go on and on) and other ex-players who can barely string two sentences together appear on our screens.

Edit: I suppose you could take your interpretation from that alright.

McManaman ?

The comments Giles made about Gerrard were incredible. Basically saying that he let's the game pass him by. If there is one player that will not allow any game pass him by it's Gerrard. I used to have a lot of time for Giles but he is losing the plot lately. As for Brady, I'm not sure if he knows what he's talking about himself sometimes.

1. Brady is brain dead. 2. Giles is going senile. Dunphy made the most sense of the three of them last night, which confirms points one and two above.

Just to be different... 1. Agger 2. Kuyt 3. Bellamy

How to make a good impression with your new employers. By Ashley Cole. Cole slams Blues over hearing Ashley Cole has branded as 'rubbish' accounts given by Chelsea in the player's recent 'tapping-up' inquiry. Cole has been at the centre of controversy ever since a notorious meeting with agents Jonathan Barnett and Pini Zahavi at a London hotel last January. Then of Arsenal, the meeting led to accusations of 'tapping-up' on the part of Chelsea and a subsequent Premier League inquiry. After a steadily deteriorating relationship with Arsenal, the England left back finally completed a switch to Stamford Bridge at the end of last month, but the recriminations refuse to go away. Remarking in the Times' second extract of his autobiography, Cole questions much of the evidence given to the hearing by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and chief executive Peter Kenyon. "I told the inquiry that everything that had been said about the hotel meeting was rubbish," Cole recalls. "Jose Mourinho talked about me and Jonathan both being unhappy," he said of his new manager's remarks to the inquiry 16 months ago. "I grew more and more agitated as he continued by saying that I also wasn't happy with the relationship [Arsenal manager] Arsene Wenger had with some of the French players and that they were in control of the dressing-room. "The rest of his evidence wasn't good for me. Nor was the evidence of Peter Kenyon, who was next up. He said Pini Zahavi made the approach on our behalf." Player and club were found guilty of contacting one another illegally, yet Cole remains most suspicious of Arsenal. "All I could think was that Arsenal had been hell-bent on revenge against Chelsea and hadn't given a toss about my welfare," he said. And Cole hinted the possible sanction of docking points from The Blues might have been behind his old club's actions. "Perhaps they thought here was a way of possibly reining back the runaway leaders." Sky Sports

Ah yes, and here was I thinking about football. How naive of me.

What has he done since he left the mancs to make the decision to sell him look anything but a great bit of business?

When was that interview done? It sounds like he won't be back for a long time if he's looking for a surgeon to sort out the injury.

Henchoz seals Rovers switch By Chris Stanton - Created on 8 Sep 2006 Blackburn have completed the re-signing of former defender Stephane Henchoz. The 32-year-old, who turned out for Rovers between 1997 and 1999, returns to the club on a free transfer, following his release from Wigan at the end of last season. Henchoz has agreed a one-year deal at Rovers, and will bolster manager Mark Hughes's defensive resources which have been depleted by Ryan Nelsen's continued injury lay-off. Hughes has already added Holland international stopper Andre Ooijer to his squad this summer. But the Welshman believes Henchoz - whose free agent status ensured he was eligible to move outside of the transfer window - will boost competition for places. The Switzerland international will not be a part of Rovers squad to face Sheffield United on Saturday, as the player steps up his bid to reach full fitness over the next week. Sky sports

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Blackburn defender, terrible haircut.

Guys at work were saying he decked Michael Gray in a restaurant last night over something he said about Coleen. Has anyone heard anything about this ?

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I remember when the whole of koptalk was trying to figure out who you were. John Barnes was mentioned a couple of times

Because they are a shower of c**** ?