Posted by Creaven on January 14, 2010 under World Cup | 
This has happened to everyone. You have a fantastic idea, but it’s so obvious you assume someone else has already thought of it. So you dismiss it, thinking there must be some fatal flaw in your idea that doesn’t make it possible.
I’m 75 percent sure this idea (which I will get to, I promise) won’t work because of some rule I’m not familiar with. But, if there isn’t a rule, and you can do this, then all 32 World Cup head coaches should take advantage of it.
It’s really simple. In a couple months, teams that qualified for the World Cup will name their 23-man rosters. Of those 23 players, three have to be goalies*(read note at the bottom). So here’s the idea: For the three mandatory goalie spots, coaches should name two “real” goalies and one field player, but just call the field player a goalie.
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Posted by Creaven on June 2, 2009 under England, Premier League |
Manchester City is so much fun. They are reaching a level where they can do anything and it wouldn’t be surprising.
Since the Abu Dubai United Group bought City they have stole Robinho from Chelsea’s grasp, offered £100 million for Kaka when the rest of the econimic world was imploding, swiped away Newcastle’s best player when the Magpies desperately needed him and infuriated Villa fans by buying Gareth Barry. I didn’t even mention Nigel de Jong, Wayne Bridge and Craig Bellamy.
There’s little doubt more players are coming but — last time I checked — only 11 players can play at once, so some players will have to go. But who?
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