Czech Republic
Baros (and Portsmouth) v. Manchester United
The most media attracted by a Czech footballer today? Easy: That’d be Milan Baros, who is widely expected to play tomorrow night for Portsmouth at Manchester United since his transfer from Olympique Lyon was completed on Monday.
Those of y’all lucky enough to be able to see it (Here in Magyarország, some hyper-expensive cable company owns the rights to the Premiership. This writer can still see it on slightly illegal IPTV, but this grousing is utterly justified, believe me), the game kicks off at 20.00 GMT.
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Baros will play because David Nugent and Benjani Mwaruwari are injured.
Harry Redknapp reckons he’s pulled off a “coup.”
Simply put, “Baros happy to be back” in the Premiership. (This one ran everywhere.)
Meanwhile, Olympique Lyon remains atop the table…
Cheers!
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Billions and billions of euros
Over at the day job, this writer/editor-depending-on-which-week-you-catch-me was tasked with doing up a piece on the economics of Euro 2008. Lotsa stats for numbers junkies ensue.
Which games will have the individual greatest impact on Europe in general? What knockout-round games are moneymakers from all countries secretly hoping for? See below.
In Austria, 2008 is all about football: Specifically, Euro 2008 and ... [read]
Technical difficulties
To all readers out there,
Please accept my apologies for the recent hiatus in this blog. Busy life, three kids, etc., and plus i’ve been caught up in that other football and my 18-win boys.
But no excuse is good enough, not even life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans, really. A world-class team like the ... [read]
Nice white uniforms
Thanks to Thursday’s edition of The Daily Dose (”A little later than usual”), the e-trail to the Football Kits Blog is easily found.
What can this enthusiast add to the blogger’s perfect five out of five score given the Czechs’ away unis? Blogger Brad Barnett praises “one of the nicest kits to be worn by any team in the world,” mostly ... [read]
On some of CEE’s all-time greats
Anyone else following the all-time great player nominations going on at UEFA.com? For each nation runs a photo and bio of that country’s top player ever, as determined by local governing bodies. “To help mark UEFA’s jubilee, each national association was asked to nominate its most outstanding player of the last 50 years.”
I figure I’d throw in my two eurocents ... [read]
Yesterday “My Football Club”; today, “The People’s Club”
For those of you who have read Bill Simmons over at The Worldwide Leader in [American] Sports’ electronic version – a.k.a. espn.com – recently and for the 53,051 already aboard, MyFootballClub.co.uk is old news.
Believe it or not, this virtual project is exactly what it sounds like. My Football Club has attained controlling share in British football club Ebbsfleet United.
After ... [read]
And now for something completely different
Pretty much utterly unrelated to futball, but i still wanted to pass along a New York Times piece, the sort of thing that makes American ‘papers when the sports news flow is low.
Imagine getting to travel the world photographing stuff like cheese-rolling in Summerbee.
As for this writer’s weird world of sports, i’m still digging on Pesapallo.
A proper post later today.
... [read]
Weekly news blitz, 24-30 December
Presenting the final roundup of all things Czech football, mainly stories of a trio of stars in a slow news week…
Of course, Tomáš Ujfaluši turning down Liverpool and its £500,000 contract was in The Guardian and everywhere in UK media, a personal move that surprised even his agent Pavel Paska: “I have to respect the decision he has made. Nevertheless, ... [read]
4-4?
Now that was sick.
I don’t understand Americans who think there isn’t enough scoring in futball…
... [read]
Whoa, Cech is in after all;
Whoa, Petr Cech is in after all; by now, he may be wishing he’d rested up a bit. And while Czech backers must be a bit embarrassed and Blues fans a bit stressed, o boy is Shaun Maloney happy.
Not even a fan of either team, i’m still having cardiac arrest. My slacking, work-dodging gluteus maximus has been on the edge ... [read]
Latest Comments
- WCB Team Member: Wendy
Auf der Suche nach Seiten auf dem Web-Hosting und insbesondere Vergleich Plan Web Hosting Linux Zusa ...[read more] - my predictions: Group A
AJ you are a really stupid. - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
turkey was very lucky.. - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
so sorry irealy like czeck win the game but they gave the result to turkey!!! whate a pitty ...[read more] - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
@ stupid czech trainer Before you go accusing Bruckner, get your facts straight: Sirl was in the ...[read more] - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
Whats wrong with a comeback by Turkey...it was phenomenal ...[read more] - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
One thing no body mentioned... if Zenit's Radek Sirl were included in Czech's squad.. they would pla ...[read more] - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
I agree there are lots of reasons for the defeat, but I don't think the frequent change of tactics y ...[read more] - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
It was a crazy match without a doubt. Still, all the best to the Czechs from here on out. Maybe next ...[read more] - Czech-OUT!(Turkey 3 - 2 Czech Republic)
very funny...hard luck any way!! - my predictions: Group A
If you exchanged 3rd and 4th places in your predictions, I would say, this is a perfect UNsuccessful ...[read more] - my predictions: Group A
Lol... Wanna re-check your predictions? ;) - Brückner's challenge for Portugal
Yeah, I thought I FINALLY saw a football match while watching Czech Republic - Portugal. NO kiss-up. ...[read more] - Brückner's challenge for Portugal
The whole problem is the Czcehs rely on old faces..Baros hasnt played well for ages and cant score.. ...[read more] - Brückner's challenge for Portugal
Hi, Czech team played very well, I really got nervous while watching the match, but we could win, ...[read more]
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