A Few Pints In – Episode 20 by The Yanks on Mixcloud
Click on the player above to listen to our twentieth episode of A Few Pints In, “It’s a Milestone”. We show you what we have learned over the course of the year and how our skills have been refined. Actually, we sound just like our first show and haven’t come far from how we talk every time we see each other. Maybe that was the model for success? Either way, enjoy!
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The FA has not charged Wigan’s Callum McManaman for this tackle on Newcastle’s Massadio Haidara. If that wasn’t shocking enough, the FA has, quite brilliantly, shown its hand on tackling and retrospective punishment in the statement that they made.
“At least one of the match officials saw the coming together, though not the full extent of the challenge. In these circumstances retrospective action cannot be taken.”
The saw the “coming together”? If they mean the meeting between McManaman’s studs and Haidara’s knee then I guess it is an informal “coming together”; however, this horrible tackle deserves a bit more creativity when being described. Seriously, how many of your “coming together’s” ended up in a trip to a knee surgeon?
The second part of the statement is simply bad policy, one that needs to be remedied immediately. For an organization that is looking to implement the use of goal line technology into the league to make up for an official missing a call, surely they can overcome the concept of “if a match official sees the foul” we cannot add punishment to what was given on the field.
That to me my friends in lunacy. Surely if a match official sees this foul, but not the extent of the challenge, wouldn’t they want the support of replay and subsequent punishment? Maybe their egos are so far up there that they would hate to be seconded guessed, or maybe this sets a precedent for the use of replay and retrospective action, but this has to be a case to see changes in what can and cannot be done.
Trust me, when Haidara makes it out of the hospital, he will wonder why he was out for so long while the one that committed the offense was on the pitch the next week.
A Few Pints In – Episode 18 by The Yanks on Mixcloud
Click on the player above to listen to our eighteenth episode of A Few Pints In, “Giv’em the Bithness”. Sailor Jerry takes over rather quickly here. If you don’t know the name, or what that means, you will quickly see as we rapidly digress. We apologize for anything that we did here and don’t remember. Also, we apologize for quickly writing down this recipe for success and employing it from every show here on out.
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A Few Pints In – Episode 17 by The Yanks on Mixcloud
Click on the player above to listen to our seventeenth episode of A Few Pints In, “Transfer That…”. We go a bit long here, but the dialogue was necessary for some of us to exploit our knowledge dominance over others. We won’t call out names here and let you be the judge. That is if you make it that far.
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According to his latest press conference, would it be right to say that we may have just lost Arsene Wenger? One of the greatest managers seen in the Premier League may have just officially cracked. Judging by his reaction regarding potential contract discussions, we see a man teetering on the brink of a spectacular meltdown. For Arsenal fans, today’s match against Bayern Munich may see the beginning of the end of Wenger’s era. Whether you welcome the change or not, this man will be hard to replace.
Wenger warns those fans that welcome the change that they will, “miss me when I’m gone”, and if sacked, will find himself on the short list of every major club in Europe that is tinkering with the notion of a managerial change. While Wenger insists that, “I have been here for 16 years and my commitment is the same as ever”, this past year has really taken its toll on the Frenchman.
Rumor has it that Wenger has turned down several lucrative offers to manage at many different levels. From offers like being the boss of England to leading the PSG project, Wenger has held fast to Arsenal, but the patience may be running thin on both sides.
“I have been in this game for 30 years and if I was paranoid you would know already. I have worked for 16 years in England and deserve a certain respect. You can say I am doing a bad job but being manipulative is wrong.”
The recent run of form leaves the Arsenal collective wondering what exactly is going on. With another cup exit over the weekend, Arsenal fans are looking at an eighth consecutive year without silverware. The remaining pieces that are possible to collect are the Premier League, where they sit 21 points from the top, and the Champions League, where they will have to accomplish something that no Arsenal team has done before.
Newcastle enforcing midfielder, Cheik Tiote has been arrested on suspicion of fraud relating to car offenses. While “car offenses” may mean something different to us here in the States (see: Mario Balotelli’s camouflaged Bentley), we understand this to be either parking tickets, speeding tickets, or violations of the sort.
On Wednesday, Tiote was left without his £75,000 black and white Chevrolet Camaro (I know, who knew that Camaros could even be worth that much) and was taken by police just outside of Newcastle’s training complex. Apparently this was Tiote’s second offense, with the first being ducking auto insurance payments, which also saw his vehicle impounded.
A police spokesperson had this to say about the incident:
“At around 1.30pm on Tuesday, a car was stopped on Benton Park Road, Newcastle, and a 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of fraud in relation to driving offences.”
We could only imagine that when Tiote was asked his name he said, “Don’t you know who I am?”, and after a period of silence states, “I’m Nile Ranger”. To bad for Tiote this was his downfall, since chances are that Ranger was already in custody at the time for any sort of offense.
Whilst becoming better at football requires the physical aspects such as athleticism, technique and talent, to become a top pro there still needs to be a certain amount of mental ability. An intelligence if you like, to be able to outplay your opponents; out think them.
Some of the best players in recent years have had this sort of mental awareness, whereas players that were unable to fulfil their potential have not. You could be able to hit the perfect shot, have excellent close control, the pace of an Olympic 100 metre runner or could pick a pass through the eye of a needle, however none of this is any good unless you know the right times to do it.
Football is as much a thinking sport as it is a physical one, with there needing to be a good combination of the two to truly succeed at the highest level.
So What Can Poker Do?
Poker has been recognised as a mind sport by the Mind Sports Association, with its benefits for our mental abilities highlighted as one of the reasons why.
Poker may seem like a game of luck to those that don’t play it, yet in reality it is a battle of the minds with regards to having to outsmart and outplay your opponents. Luck will of course play a part, yet the truth be told a player could win a large percentage of their hands without even holding the best hand.
Poker is about perceived strength combined with knowing your opponents’ weaknesses and trying to exploit them. It is constantly testing you to think of new ways to get past your opponent, trapping them when you have a monster hand and pushing them off their hand when you are holding practically nothing.
The way that poker gets you thinking, will have you approaching and playing football in a similar manner. You will learn when to strike, when to pass and ways to get around your current opposition.
It really is no wonder that many top footballers over recent years have dabbled with poker, with many of them opting to play online.
Online poker is available from a wide range of vendors, with PokerStars the outright most popular of them all.
You do not even need to play for money if you don’t want to, as each of the sites will usually offer a free-to-play version that will include ring games, tournaments and sit and go’s.
That might be the best option for you if you are new to the game and are looking to pick it up, as the mental challenges will start as you soon as you first sit down at the virtual felt of an online poker table.
Once you have the hang of it though, you will soon start to see the benefit that it can have on your football playing. You will start to think outside of the box more and the wider concept of defeating your opposition with intelligence rather than just physical attributes.
Ricky Lambert must have also heard the rumor prior to the match, has his deft cross looked like it was meant for Barry, and the Man City man made no mistake. This finish was as clinical as the timing was back breaking to the match, as Barry’s own goal seemed to all but bury City.
While clearly our title here is all in jest, I’m confused at to what Barry was actually trying to do. In this defensive situation a defending player has three options; 1) play the ball out of touch on the ground wide of the goal, 2) play the ball out of touch over the goal, or 3) a bit riskier, play the ball to your keeper for him to blast out of the area. What happens when your brain tells you to do all three at once? This masterful finish.
The reason for the overly sarcastic title to the article? Barry’s finish was better than Dzeko’s.
There are a lot of football-based slots available at online casino sites, which is a reflection of the huge popularity of both football and slots. This means that slots based around the beautiful game have to really offer something unusual if they are to be noticed in such a crowded area, and this perhaps explains the weird premise behind the Game On slot. This is based on the idea of animals competing in their own World Cup tournament out in the wilds, and has proven extremely popular since it was launched in 2006; so what does it offer football and gaming fans?
Well it is actually a mixture of modern and vintage, as it combines features – like graphics and audio capturing the idea of animals playing football – with vintage fruit machine features like the three-reel, single line format. It does not include some of those things, like a free spins feature or the wild and scatter symbols, that many have come to expect as standard with online casino slots, but it does compensate for this very effectively.
To start with it offers a very impressive maximum cash payout of $10,000 equivalent, which no doubt accounts for a good deal of its long-running popularity with gaming fans; but for football fans it also offers a consistent theme. Alongside the vintage fruit machine reel icons like the cherries, melons and lemons, there are also football ones, including boots, whistles and World Cups. Furthermore there is a commentator, modelled on the legendary John Motson, at the side of the reels, with animal players on the other side. Furthering the football theme, when a player wins, they hear a crowd cheering and screaming, like they would if they scored in a football match.
Another advantage of Game On found in www.luckynuggetcasino.com is that the single line format makes it easier to play, because you only have to choose one value of coin to play it, and it can be played with anything from $0.10 equivalent to $10 Thus it is a game that football fans will love, but which will also be enjoyed by anyone who remembers the days of land-based fruit machines.
Qui, qui! Newcastle’s second half of the season looks to be a Duex-over. With a raid on Ligue 1, Newcastle got a chance to see how stiff French opposition can be and prized away what looks to be some of its best assets. Le-Toon’s squad is so packed full of French players they could field an entirely French team (14 first team squad members speak French).
This type of revolution hasn’t been seen since, hold on to your berets, Arsene Wenger did the same thing at Arsenal. While the thought of following any model that Arsenal puts out may be enough to make most Newcastle fan throw up a bit in their collective mouths, Wenger went on to develop a small outfit labelled the “Invincibles”, a proposal that any fan would jump at.
It appears that this project may be working. Newcastle’s squad looks full of life for the first time this season. And luckily for these fans, a win over Aston Villa midweek, followed by a Moussa Sissoko brace against Chelsea, allows for this costume to be acceptable behavior, rather than this being a story about how these three “French” fans were drawn and quartered in the middle of the pitch.
During the busy January transfer window, the lovely Kate Riley of Sky Sports News attempted to give a report on Gary Hooper, a striker for Celtic that Norwich City had apparently expressed some interest in. However, during her live report, two fully-clothed, yet amorous gents, emerge in the live shot’s frame and begin to dry-hump at Norwich City Football Club’s front gate. That’s right: at the Club’s FRONT GATE. Maybe if Norwich was as bold in their performances as these two chaps, they wouldn’t be sitting 14th in the table.
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A Few Pints In – Episode 18 by The Yanks on Mixcloud
Click on the player above to listen to our twenty-first episode of A Few Pints In, “”. We may have been a couple of guys short in the studio, but that just gave us that were there more air time. Which may not have been a good thing. As the season comes to the end we touch on a few year-end topics from managers, to relegation, to Champions League placing. Oh, and for those of you that laughed when we mentioned we were heading the talk show direction, HA! Well, maybe you had reason to laugh, but we’re still going.
We would like to use this as a chance to interact with you as well. If you have a topic, question, story, comment, etc. that you would like us to discuss in our next show, we would love to hear.
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