Transfer deadline, Mario moves...

Balotelli out of Mancity to AC Milan, the famous Italian is on his way back to his country where he started with Inter as a youngster...his country man Mancini has been unable to manage and hold the volatile striker who played 79 matches for City and scored 29 goals,,,and he will surely be missed by uk newspapers....

Drogba leaves china...

Didier Drogba set to sign for Galatasaray on 18 month contract | Mail Online

AFCON 2013 full of draws...

It has been a tournament of 'draws' so far, so if you want to bet on the next group games you better go for at least another draw!
With the exception of Mali vs Niger game, five out of the six games played have ended in a draw with only nine goals scored four was in a single match!; does this mean that Africa is lacking good strikers?
Tomorrow will see undoubtedly, Africa's best strikers in action in the name of Drogba and Adebayo and hopefully the tournament might lighten up...

Nigeria 1-1 Burkina Faso
Zambia 1-1 Ethiopia
Mali 1-0 Niger
Ghana 2-2 Congo DR
Angola 0-0 Morocco
South Africa 0-0 Cape Verde

Tomorrow:

• Ivory CoastvTogo15:00
• TunisiavAlgeria18:00

next on the AFCON

Nothing could separate the teams in Group A after the two matches played on the first day of AFCON in South Africa ended in barren draws...South Africa 0-0 Cape Verde, Angola 0-0 Morocco
hostilities resumes today in group B...who will get the first goal of the tournament??

20 Jan, 15:00	Ghana v Congo DR
20 Jan, 18:00	Mali v Niger
21 Jan, 15:00	Zambia v Ethiopia
21 Jan, 18:00	Nigeria v Burkina Faso

what will be the colour of London come morrow?

It will be a Super Sunday with two London teams who have potpourri of coaching brouhaha...
Chelsea  vs Arsenal the London derby.....
Chelsea coming from the disappointment of giving away a 2 goal lead to draw with Southampton amid the fans dislike and distaste on their coach and top striker Benitez and Torres respectively; considering the dwindling results at home Chelsea might not cruise home easily with a win in this one...

On the other hand Arsenal whose coach has also been strongly criticised for lack of trophies for over a decade will have a 50-50 chance of redeeming themselves at the bridge....I will go for a draw.

Kickoff: 13:30 Local  time (London).

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AFCON 2013 starts tommorrow!...don't miss it

16 different countries from Africa will compete in the 3 weeks tournament featuring Zambia as the defending champions while Cote d'Ivoire as the favourites once again...
Tomorrow matches:

16:00	South AfricavCape Verde Islands
19:00	AngolavMorocco

Southampton coach sacked after drawing with Chelsea

In a bizarre fashion newly promoted clubside Southampton have sacked their coach few days after securing a fantastic come back 2-2 draw against Chelsea away @ Stamford Bridge..Manager Nigel Adkins guided Southampton all the way from league one, championship and to the Premiership in just two years!...alas his efforts in the Premiership have not been seen as promising by the club owners who have decided to appoint another coach Pochettino  with Southampton on 15th position in the league table....shocking decision!

star baby to be born...check out Barcelona's Pique n Shakira

lovely pictures of Barcelona's defender Gerald Pique and his lass Shakira Shakira (she needs no intro...hips don't lie! you should remember) released by the singer Shakira in order to raise funds for UNICEF ...what a star child to be born here!

Shocker! Pep abandons English Clubs...

sorry guys!...is simply my choice ....lol

In a very bizarre fashion after report of the erstwhile Barcelona's coach declaring his affection for English soccer clubs...Bayern Munich of Germany has beaten the likes of Chelsea, Mancity & United to sign the runaway Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola for a 3 year contract!....whao! who is not shocked by this...it is like a coup d'Etat...

The big question now is what will the Chelsea owner do after sacking his champions League winning coach Di Matteo and appointed Benitez on an interim basis in order to create room for Pep who has caused a big shocker in this transfer window...
The 41 year old will star for the German club as their manager come next season!

Battle for Pep Guardiola..who 'll grab him eventually?

a wanted man

The erstwhile Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has narrowed the quest for clubs looking for his services when he wakes up from his self styled vacation.The 41 year old declared his interest to coach only in England by saying "I've always found English football very fascinating, just for the environment, the crowd and the supporters," and  "It is unique, to play in that league. I want to feel the supporters, the environment, the media and the style of the players and everything.

he also said in quote: "As a player, I couldn't realize my dream to play there but I hope in the future, I have a challenge to be a coach or a manager there and feel the experience of all the coaches and players that have been there," ...mmmh! now the battle line is drawn between top English  clubs, who have been touting to land the man who bowed to the pressure of El Classico....maybe English derbies won't be as hot as El Classicos...

• Chelsea FC - The billionaire owner has been searching for Guadiola even before he resigned from Barcelona FC; but his history of sacking his coaches frequently might discourage Pep from taking his family to west London...
• Manchester City- No doubt that they can compete with Chelsea  money for money but no pressure has been reported on their coach Mancini who has not been having good tournament results, City is out of all European tournaments this season and are second in the premiership log...
• Manchester United -Manchester united will be a nice place for Pep to flex his coaching prowess again, but the big question is..when is Sir Alex retiring???

or what do you think?

don't miss the FA cracker tonight...

Football | FA Cup

19:45	Birmingham CityvLeeds United
19:45	AFC BournemouthvWigan Athletic
19:45	BrentfordvSouthend United
19:45	Leyton OrientvHull City
19:45	Milton Keynes Dons FCvSheffield Wednesday
19:45	Stoke CityvCrystal Palace
19:45	SunderlandvBolton Wanderers
20:00	BlackpoolvFulham
20:00	West Bromwich AlbionvQueens Park Rangers

check out Balotelli's spec and colour...

The 'why always me' Manchester City striker who has been in the transfer news as AC Milan target is known for packing his cars wrongly and doesn't care about the huge fines levied on his acts....
This latest ticket is reported to be on his latest Bentley worth around  £160,000 !
Just check out the colour of his Bentley and you will know why always him...lol

controversial Mario

Walters with his worst nightmare in a football...

shh! if you complain I 'll score more...lol

Jonathan Walters is one of Stoke City's preferred attackers this season in fact he's Stoke's top scorer! and has played well whenever he starts but today in a match against Chelsea was unarguably his worst day in a football tournament...to cut the long story short, Walters scored two own goals with his head while facing his own goal post...what was he doing in the defence anyway?...and when a consolatory fortune came to Stoke to get one goal back, the same Walters asked for the ball, took the penalty alas missed it! what else can go wrong?...he would have loved the ground to swallow him at different moment ...what could have been his excuse for these mistakes?...match fixing? far from it! considering his work rate in the whole 90 minutes. This could go down as one of the worst nightmare experienced by a player in a football match.

what different people twitted about #Walters after the match:

AFCON 2013 takes away 15 English Premiership players

AFCON 2013 takes away 15 English Premiership players, the tournament is due to start on the 19th of January 2013 besides they are notable absentees who chose to play for their clubs instead...Tarrabt, Piennar, Amaeobi...
 Manchester City tops the loser's chat on this, loosing 3 players Chelsea follows with 2; while a top team like Manchester united  has no African player for AFCON2013...the reason their Manager don't buy African players any more...
COTE D'VOIRE caused the highest exodus with 6 of their players leaving the premiership....

1. ADEBAYOR  EMMANUEL  TOTTENHAM (TOGO)
2. MAIGA  Modibo  WEST HAM  (MALI)
3. DIAKITE  Samba   Q.P.R (MALI)
4. KONE  AROUNA WIGAN (COTE D'VOIRE)
5. TOURE  KOLO MANCHESTER CITY  (COTE D'VOIRE)
6. ABDOUL  RAZAK   MANCHESTER CITY (COTE D'VOIRE)
7. TIOTE  CHEIK ISMAEL NEWCASTLE (COTE D'VOIRE)
8. YAO  KOUASSI GERVAIS GERVINHO ARSENAL(IVORY COAST)
9. TOURE  YAYA GNEGNERI  MANCHESTER CITY (IVORY COAST)
10. MULUMBU NGANGU  YUSSUF WEST BROMWICH  (CONGO)
11.  MIKEL  JOHN OBI  CHELSEA (NIGERIA)
12. MOSES  VICTOR  CHELSEA (NIGERIA)
13. MAYUKA  EMMANUEL   SOUTHAMPTON (ZAMBIA)
14. ASSAIDI  OSSAMA LIVERPOOL (MORROCO)
15. EL AHMADI AROUSSI  ASTON VILLA (MORROCO)

Moses

Yaya

Mikel

Torres back to Liverpool?

If his wish is real and If  the owner is ready to let his favourite acquisition have his way Torres will find his car heading back to Liverpool picking up the Red shirt he jettisoned; hope it isn't dusty much.. It has been reported that the inconsistent Chelsea striker is 'disinterested in training' despite his favourite boss Rafa @ the helm of affairs.
His attitude in training has angered the old guard @ Stamford Bridge as reported by the Mirror....
Some Chelsea fans would be more than happy if this happens! after they booed him off during the Swansea match.

Super Eagles list for SA 2013

Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel); Austin Ejide (Hapoel Be’er Sheba, Israel); Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers, Nigeria)

Defenders: Elderson Echiejile (SC Braga, Portugal); Juwon Oshaniwa (Ashdod FC, Israel); Joseph Yobo (Fenerbahce, Turkey); Efe Ambrose (Celtic FC, Scotland); Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves, Nigeria); Kenneth Omeruo (ADO Den Haag, Netherlands); Godfrey Oboabona (Sunshine Stars, Nigeria).

Midfielders: John Mikel Obi (Chelsea FC, England); Nosa Igiebor (Real Betis, Spain); Ogenyi Onazi (SS Lazio, Italy); Obiora Nwankwo (Calcio Padova, Italy); Fegor Ogude (Valerenga FC, Norway); Reuben Gabriel (Kano Pillars, Nigeria);

Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Emmanuel Emenike (Spartak Moscow, Russia); Victor Moses (Chelsea FC, England); Sunday Mba (Enugu Rangers, Nigeria); Ikechukwu Uche (Villarreal FC, Spain); Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine); Ejike Uzoenyi (Enugu Rangers, Nigeria).

Pep Guardiola refused to shake Ronaldo's hand.

Pep Guardiola at the Ballon d'Or added to Critiano Ronaldo's woes as he snubbed the Real Madrid star when a hand shake was offered...mmh! what a Barca-Madrid rivalry renewal!; though seems childish from the ex-manager... Ronaldo has now stood a record four times along side Messi but only to watch the little looking Barca star stole the show again and again and again as the best player in the world; winning the Ballon d'Or a record 4 times in a row. Messi won this again at the back drop of his team missing both the La Liga title and the Champions League, and considering how prolific he has been this season, I don't think people will get any intrigue in the next Ballon d'Or award; knowing that it will always be Messi's...it is becoming boring!

Jan transfers...Torres goes to the bench

Chelsea complete signing of Demba Ba from Newcastle United with striker describing move as 'easy decision'

at least this buy will put a smile on Chelsea fans as well as the coaching crew to see Torres substituted when under performing and serves as another option for the manager; Demba Ba earning around 70,000 pounds (little compared to Torres')  may not be as hyped as Torres but he has shown what he's capable of doing in West Ham and Newcastle as well...a good buy in many sense.

Super Eagles wins a trophy....

It might sound bizarre that after securing a draw a team was rewarded with a trophy yeah!  but this is what happened when majorly home based super Eagles defended well to earn a 1-1 draw against a highly rated Spanish regional side Catalonia yesterday; who paraded stars from Barcelona, Ac Milan and Espanyol...
The Cruyff's side capitalized with their huge pressure and ball possession in the first half when a Nigerian defender handled in the box for a penalty which was converted by Gonzalez.
The likes of Puyol, Xavi , Pique,& Bojan were the stars that played but the story changed in the second half when Nigeria turned their good defensive effort into a counter attack that saw Bright Dike score the equaliser for the Super Eagles. Chigozie Agbim 3rd choice keeper, Azubuike Egwueke, Solomon Kwambe, Azubuike,onazi, Godfrey Oboabuna and Benjamin Francis were among the home based players that did the good work for Keshi's side.As the tradition demands Nigeria the away team was awarded the trophy of the Match and the Super Eagles celebrated it as if they have won the AFCON already....lol

Benitez's bizarre rotation policy gifted QPR a shocking win!

happy new year blues...sobs!

It was an unexpected Christmas and a new year gift to Redknapp's team when QPR recorded their second win this season in a London derby ,Shaun WP..(4 short) fired past Ross in the Chelsea's goal to lift QPR's hope of surviving the relegation battle...most Chelsea fans continued to call for the head of their interim coach Benitez with invective after his rotation policy saw him mete a strange starting line up at Stamford Bridge allowing QPR break their >30 years record of not winning at the Bridge. The likes of Hazard, Mata,Cole,and Ramires were benched by Rafa while Marin was given his first start with Luiz continuing his experiment as a defensive midfielder;and he was constantly off his position and was running helter skelter all through...Mikel doesn't score and does lots of back passes but could have articulated the middle better than Luiz yesterday...what do u think?
Torres as expected did not help matters was flat footed wasteful with passes and lacked confidence and composure.
Chelsea's hope of chasing  the Manchester boys has been deflated....