For a moment, he was an Everton hero. His extra-time winner against Liverpool sent the Goodison faithful into delirium as the Toffees rallied to dump their cross-town rivals out of the 2009 FA Cup. Now, Dan Gosling will be remembered on the blue half of Merseyside for an altogether different reason: as a traitor.
Gosling has enraged Everton fans following his free-agent move from Goodison Park to Newcastle United. The midfielder retreated on a verbal agreement that would see him stay on at Everton and earn a significant improvement on his previous wages. The lack of a written contract meant Everton were powerless to stop Gosling from moving to St. James’s Park for no compensation.
Gosling’s decision to leave Everton is made all the more painful given that Moyes handed Gosling his first taste of top-flight football during his short two year stint on Merseyside. As my fellow FootballFanCast writer Zarif Rasul states, David Moyes has shown himself to be dedicated to developing youth talent within his ranks, with the likes of Jack Rodwell flourishing under Moyes’ astute stewardship. It seemed like a match made in heaven for a young midfielder looking to make a name for himself in the Premier League.
From a fan’s perspective, Gosling’s departure is hugely frustrating as a result of the hype that had been generated from a few good performances. As a young English midfielder at a prominent English club, Gosling’s on-field exploits were always going to garner speculation that he could be the next Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard. For those who bought into the some of that hype, his defection leaves those supporters feeling short-changed at the loss of a promising English talent to another club.
While some supporters might be feeling short-changed, Gosling’s agent certainly isn’t. Gosling’s agent, David Hodgson managed to secure his client a healthy pay-raise, along with a substantial signing-on fee to which he is entitled to a share of. The prevalence of an agent culture has led to accusations of greed towards players who attempt to hold their clubs to ransom during contract talks.
Moyes saw the potential in Gosling and he decided to repay the faith shown in his talents by leaving the club without a penny to show for their troubles. Gosling chose to turn his back on Everton after all they had invested in him, both on the pitch and off it. Since injuring his ACL against Wolves in March, Gosling had been using the Everton treatment room to rehabilitate himself back to match fitness whilst simultaneously trying to engineer a move away from the club.
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Rather than staying at Everton and attempting to break into the first team through dedication and hard work, Gosling has taken the easy way out.
What do you think? Will Gosling be a success at Newcastle or will his decision to leave Everton ultimately haunt his career?
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson has returned to his former club, Fulham, to snap up the 29-year-old full-back Paul Konchesky on a four-year contract.
As part of the deal, Reds youngsters Lauri Dalla Valle and Alex Kacaniklic have moved to Craven Cottage.
The transfer comes as little surprise as Konchesky was at Anfield on Sunday to watch his new club edge past West Brom 1-0.
Konchesky made his name at Charlton Athletic, featuring in over 150 first-team matches for the Addicks before joining Tottenham on loan seven years ago.
After featuring in 15 games for Spurs, the defender returned to The Valley before moving to West Ham United on a permanent basis five years ago. He went on to make 70 appearances for the club before being transferred to Fulham in the summer of 2007.
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Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez knows all about the highs and lows of a career in football. Tevez received national acclaim after scoring the winner that sunk champions Chelsea at the weekend, but was ridiculed for his miss in City’s defeat against Sunderland last month.
So here’s a few more horror misses that will make Argentine Tevez feel slightly better about his woeful effort against the Black Cats.
10. Jean-Claude Darcheville v Lyon
Former Rangers striker Jean-Claude Darcheville described his Champions League miss from three yards against Lyon as ‘the biggest disappointment of his career’.
The Scottish side needed just a point to qualify for the knockout stages in 2007 but conceded two late Karim Benzema goals following Darcheville’s unbelievable miss, and the chance to draw level from 1-0 down.
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9. Chris Iwelumo v Norway
Nerves obviously got the better of former Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo, who missed an open goal against Norway on his international debut.
Iwelumo was handed his first cap for Scotland at the age of 30 and the substitute proceeded to demonstrate just why he hadn’t been considered up until that point with a hapless miss in 2008. The World Cup qualifier ended 0-0 and was a major blow to the nation’s qualification hopes.
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8. Nwankwo Kanu v Middlesbrough
Former Arsenal striker Nwankwo Kanu spoiled Bryan Robson’s return to management with West Brom in 2004 when he blasted the ball high into the stands from a yard in Albion’s 2-1 defeat to Middlesbrough.
Robson lamented the missed chance, saying: “It seemed far easier to put it in the net than over. It looked impossible.”
Luckily for Kanu, The Baggies survived relegation on the final day of the season and the lost points didn’t prove too costly.
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7. Cristiano Ronaldo v Sheffield United
Proof that even the best player in the world can have an off day, after £80m man Cristiano Ronaldo missed from three-yards for Manchester United in 2006.
‘How did he miss from there?’ exclaims the commentator as the Portuguese superstar casually knocks the ball over the bar in a league game against Sheffield United, before looking for a hole in the ground to swallow him up. Watch the amazing miss below-
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6. Peter van Vossen v Celtic
Dutch striker Peter van Vossen only made 22 appearances for Rangers and will be remembered for a shot described on the Ibrox club’s official website as ‘The Miss of the Century’.
Unfortunately for Van Vossen it happened in the Old Firm Derby against rivals Celtic in 1996. Luckily, Rangers held on to secure a 1-0 away win.
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5. Yakubu v South Korea
Everton striker Yakubu can be inconsistent at the best of times and this conflicting streak was highlighted with this wayward miss against South Korea at the 2010 World Cup.
The Nigerians would have qualified from their group had they beaten the Koreans and Yakubu was blasted after the game by the slightly hypocritical Kanu, who also features on this list of astonishing misses.
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4. Kei Kamara v LA Galaxy
Kansas City Wizards striker Kei Kamara does no favours for the tarnished reputation of the MLS with this astonishing miss earlier this year. He misses the ball completely before falling over and knocking it into the net with his hand. He even has the cheek to confront the linesman after the goal is disallowed!
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3. Diego Forlan v Juventus
Uruguayan forward Diego Forlan restored his reputation as a clinical marksmen in Spain, during spells at Villarreal and Atletico Madrid, following a dismal two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford.
Forlan was also voted the best player at the 2010 World Cup, however here’s a little reminder of just why Sir Alex Ferguson sold him after this shocking effort in Manchester United’s 4-1 pre-season win over Juventus in 2003.
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2. Ilija Sivonjic v HNK Cibalia
Croatian footballer Ilija Sivonjic managed to miss from an incredible three inches away. Watch the attacker somehow manage to backheel it off the line below-
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1. Rocky Baptiste v Borough and Waltham Abbey
Non-League striker Rocky Baptiste was guilty of one of the worst misses of all-time in 2009. After rounding the goalkeeper, Baptiste somehow managed to smash the ball out for a throw-in instead of rolling it into a gaping empty net.
Luckily the incident happened in extra-time with his side already 5-3 up, maybe this goes some way to explaining his casual execution.
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There have been plenty of ‘dirty’ forwards in the game, usually in the form of big bustling centre forwards who seek to dominate the opposition’s defence by either fair means or sometimes foul. Football Fancast takes a look at five of the dirtiest forwards to have played the game.
1. John Fashanu
‘Fash’ was part of Wimbledon’s legendary ‘Crazy Gang’ of the early nineties, and he certainly fitted in with the club’s mantra of rough and tough play. Fashanu was a big, burly centre forward who acted as a target man and actually scored hatfuls of goals for Wimbledon. Fashanu though, is perhaps best known for a sickening elbow against Spurs captain Gary Mabbutt, which left his victim needing surgery for a fractured skull.
2. Kevin Davies
Kevin Davies has recently won a call up to the England squad for the first time in his long career, a reward for a very impressive spell at Bolton where he has constantly proven to be a thorn in Premier League defence’s side with his strong physical play. Davies physicality forms the crux of his game, and he holds the ignominious record of committing the most fouls of any player in Premier League history.
3. Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer is rightfully revered as one of the greatest strikers England has ever produced, and he is still the all-time top scorer in the Premier League. Shearer however, was also well known for his frequent use of his elbows which became an infamous part of his game as they flailed about inflicting damage on his opponents faces.
4. El-Hadji Diouf
El-Hadji Diouf is not one of the more well liked players in the Premier League arena. In fact, he can probably lay a strong claim to be one of the most hated after a series of incidents involving fans and rival players. Diouf is undoubtedly a talented player but his attitude stinks and he gained a reputation as a ‘spitter’ after gobbing in the face of Portsmouth’s Arjan de Zeeuw in 2004.
5. John Hartson
Welsh battering ram John Hartson played for a number of clubs in his career, and he always offered a big, strong and no-nonsense presence up front. He may not have been the most technically gifted of players, but there was no doubt he was effective at what he did, and his spell at Celtic was particularly successful. Hartson was not exacly averse to the physical side of the game however, and fouls by him were not rare. Hartson also leathered teammate Eyal Berkovic in the face with his sizeable boot in a training ground incident at West Ham.
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As the curtains are drawn on the first quarter of the 2010/11 season and it is consigned to the archives of Premier League history, ready to be repeated ad infinitum over the summer months on ‘The Premier League Years’, there is one thing you can say about it; it has been far from dull. So as the clocks retreat an hour for the winter months, signalling frozen pitches, a cup of Bovril in the stands and the dreaded half-time temperature drop, here are 10 observations from the season thus far, in the months when a white football could still be seen at football grounds up and down the country.
IT’S ALL BUSINESS…
Surely the most talked about event in the first quarter of the season has been Wayne Rooney’s now infamous U-Turn on his contract at Manchester United, and with Robbie Savage’s comments yesterday about footballers being worth their outrageous salaries, this has highlighted once more that football is all about the money. With the EU trying to pull UEFA into line with other industries regarding its transfer policies, clubs treating their players like fiscal commodities and their fans like mugs, is it any wonder the players are treating clubs like cash cows?
…BUT FOOTBALL IS A VERY HUMAN GAME AT HEART
With all the greed and corruption rife within the sport, it is at times easy to overlook that at the most basic level these players and managers are human. Whether it has been the outpouring of emotion at Malcolm Allison’s passing, Avram Grant’s observance of Yom Kippur, Tony Pulis’ half-time intervention to guide Stoke to victory against Aston Villa after the death of his mother or Carlos Tevez’s alleged homesickness, these stories have put money and business to one side and brought the world of football down to earth.
THE MIGHTY CAN FALL
The shock of the season thus far must be Liverpool’s dismal start. The presence of the Merseyside giants in the relegation zone sparked a zealous bout of finger pointing at Anfield that is still continuing, with former manager Rafa Benitez having a somewhat cryptic go at current boss Roy Hodgson; ‘Some can’t see a priest on a mountain of sugar’, err, ok Rafa. But in the world of modern football this is a bit of a wake-up call to the bigger teams, namely that if you let things slip off the field, you can, and will, find yourself down the wrong end of the table.
IT IS STILL VERY OPEN With only 6 points separating Wolves in 19th and Tottenham in 5th the league is still very open after 10 games, and as Everton have proven with 2 wins and a draw in their last 3 games, a run of decent results can propel you up the table and have you chasing down European spots rather than glancing over your shoulder at the dark abyss of the relegation.
THE GAP BETWEEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE PREMIERSHIP IS NOT AS BIG AS WE ALL THINK There used to be a time when it was a matter of how many of the promoted teams would get relegated, not if any would at all. But with all three promoted sides lying in the top half of the table after 10 games for the first time in 10 years, there is a distinct possibility all 3 will experience a second consecutive season in the Premier League. But with the likes of Hull City and Burnley having made barnstorming starts over the past couple of seasons, Blackpool, West Brom and Newcastle will do well not to celebrate too prematurely.
The Title Race, United, Spurs and Holloway on PAGE TWO…
FORGET 5 HORSE OR 7 HORSE RACES, IT’S A 1 HORSE RACE… Having said how close the league table is at the moment, the biggest single points differential between two places is between Chelsea in first and Arsenal in second, and after 10 games there is already a 5 point gap. Of course it only takes two games to nullify this difference, but not only would that require Chelsea to slip up, it would also require the chasing pack to capitalise, something which, thus far, they have all failed to do. When Chelsea play well, they destroy teams, when they play badly, they grind out results, and having seen Manchester United do exactly this for the past two decades, the smart money must be on Chelsea to retain their title.
…HOWEVER, BEWARE THE RED DEVILS But with an unbeaten Manchester United sitting comfortably in 3rd place, on the same points as Arsenal, Chelsea, like the promoted teams, would do well not to count their chickens just yet. With the Wayne Rooney saga out of the way and a new striking sensation in Javier Hernandez beginning to hit top gear, United, under the indomitable Sir Alex Ferguson will be looking to cling to the reigning champions’ coat-tails as the season enters the New Year, with a particularly tasty looking tie at Stamford Bridge on December 19th providing a stern test of United’s credentials.
IT IS NICE TO HAVE A CHARACTER BACK IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE Moaning is one thing, we hear it week in week out from Mick ‘broken record’ McCarthy, and to a certain extent from other managers, but moaning and ranting in a hilarious fashion is an entirely different entity. This is why it is great to have Ian Holloway in the Premier League. In a rather sanitised world of football it is always nice to watch an interview where you can honestly say you have no idea what is going to happen. Whether it is the fact he is a sandwich short of a picnic, or whether it is because of his thick West Country accent, Holloway provides entertainment every week and I salute him for that. A particular favourite must be his Wayne Rooney rant; ‘You buy a house you own the deeds… what if it’s 24 years you’ve had it for and then it can just toddle off and do what it likes’. What a world that would be.
SPURS CAN HACK IT IN EUROPE
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After a rather treacherous trip to Switzerland in qualifying, Tottenham very nearly didn’t make it to the Champions League at all, but having successfully negotiated that obstacle, Spurs are more than holding their own in Europe, currently sitting second in their group to reigning champions Inter Milan. With Gareth Bale lighting up Europe with sensational displays, Spurs will be hoping their first venture into Europe’s premier club competition for 50 years will carry on well into the New Year.
IT ALL BODES WELL FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON
As is the case with most seasons, the opening quarter has opened many a can of worms and, like an episode of Lost, has left you asking more and more questions without answering any of them. Will Liverpool rise out of their slump? Will Chelsea run away with the title? Will West Ham ever get off the bottom of the table? Will the promoted clubs stay up? And will Wayne Rooney ever be the same again? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see.
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West Bromwich Albion manager Roberto Di Matteo has admitted to being content at the Premier League high-flyers.
The Baggies temporarily moved up into fourth position in the table following Saturday's 2-1 success over Fulham.
But the Italian tactician is refusing to get carried away with life in the upper echelons of the top-flight.
He also paid special praise to playmaker Chris Brunt after he played a part in Youssouf Mulumbu and Marc-Antoine Fortune's goals.
"I am very happy where I am and very grateful for the opportunity I have been given here," he said.
"You can't have a long-term plan as a manager because you have a few bad results, you get questioned and then you get a ticket for your holidays.
"But my staff and I are very ambitious. When we arrived last year he had a season when he was in and out of the team, but I think he has matured a lot since then and he has become a tremendous asset for us.
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Is it time for Roy Hodgson to be put of his Anfield nightmare? The manager has lost the faith of the fans, and they are turning on him at every bad result. After a recent good run of form it seemed that Liverpool had turned a corner, but defeat to Stoke on Saturday evening gave rise to renewed calls for his head. If NESV decide that Roy Hodgson is not the man to take Liverpool forward through this transitional phase there will be some exceptional candidates for one of the top jobs in world football. We have put together a short list of five managers who would be considered should there be a change at the top at Liverpool.
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The Sun report that Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will do all he can to tempt Robbie Keane back to Molineux, in a desperate bid to save the club’s Premier League status. Tottenham announced last week that Keane was free to leave the London club and it seems that Wolves are the early favourites for his signature.
Robbie Keane has expressed his desire to stay in the Premier League, and Wolves may be his only option. He has an affinity with Wolves, only last year stating how ‘overwhelmed’ he was by the welcome he received when Tottenham travelled there.
”No matter what you’ve done at a club, a lot of the time people just boo you, but with Wolves it’s different. Even to this day I go back and it’s great.”
Wolves need something to save their season and Robbie Keane’s return could change the whole atmosphere around the club. Mick McCarthy knows he needs to do something quick to change Wolves’ season and the signing of Keane may just do this.
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I really hate this time of year. No, not because it marks the start of the transfer window, and an inevitable sense of anti-climax when a series of hyped moves fail to materialise, or because January is quickly becoming known as sacking season, with clubs releasing and appointing managers quicker than Ryan Babel says something stupid on Twitter.
No, the reason that I dislike this stage of the season so much is the award of the Ballon d’Or, what it represents in the modern game, and the way in which we as fans and pundits interpret its meaning.
Football is a team sport. To identify one player as being the finest exponent of the game over the course of a year should be incredibly difficult, yet the selections for this award are always boringly predictable.
I will preface what I am about to say by stating that I do not for a moment dispute that any of the previous winners of the Ballon d’Or are anything but sensational footballers, but what exactly is the award meant to reflect?
Over recent years, the honour appears to have been given to the; “best, most marketable, flair player playing for a major European side given licence to roam between midfield and attack of the year.” Without doubt, a small field.
Inevitably, goals are what win football matches, and the players that score them are given high credit for doing so. This has always been the way the football world works, and is why prolific strikers can earn three or four times the amount of a solid defender.
However, how can you quantify the contribution of a goalkeeper or a defender and weigh it up against the goals of a striker?
The only defender to win the award since 1996 was former Italian skipper Fabio Cannavaro, a direct appreciation of the fact that Italy had won the World Cup without scoring many goals, and the fact that it would have been impossible to give preferred choice, Zinedine Zidane, the award considering his behaviour in the final.
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This year’s edition perfectly encapsulated the problem. There are football fans that believe all of Lionel Messi’s major contributions to football games are solely the result of individual moments of genius, that if there had been no other players around to help him, he would still have made that jinking run or driven straight through the heart of an otherwise solid defensive unit.
However, last season went to show just why this theory is so flawed. Despite putting in, according to many observers, the performances of a “generation” as Barcelona romped to another La Liga title, at the World Cup in in South Africa, Messi was utterly powerless to prevent his nation progressing beyond the round of 16. This was despite his own moments of quality, as there was little around him to provide the space and supply that the Argentine thrives on and is accustomed to.
At the same time, the Spanish midfield and defence gave a lesson to the other sides in the tournament about the importance of ball retention and distribution, and whilst importing Messi into that line-up, would have made their triumph more exciting, Spain showed the importance of the collective over an individual.
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Why then, did Messi win this year’s award? Some may argue that the destination for the award does not matter. All three are remarkably talented footballers who have achieved much in another sensationally successful year, so why spilt hairs?
The problem is that the Ballon d’Or award mentality creates a culture that can be seen everywhere. From Wayne Rooney’s proclamation that he would leave Manchester United to Carlos Tevez’s bizarre transfer request saga, top players are being told on the one hand that they must fit as part of a team, yet in the same breath that if their team is successful, they alone will take the acclaim, for team success will contribute to their coronation as the best player in the world.
Across a football landscape where there are widespread complaints about the selfish, greedy and egotistical nature of top footballers, it may be time to re-evaluate how we define individual achievement on a football pitch.
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Premier League pair Blackburn and Birmingham, who are both looking to strengthen their squads in January, have put Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam at the top of their winter wish list.
Blackpool have arguably been the surprise package this season, and it has been Adam who has been the driving force behind much of the Tangerines’ good form. The talented Scot has weighed in with three goals and four assists so far this season, but it is his general contribution and man of the match performances that have really caught the eye.
It is thought that Birmingham are hoping to beat Blackburn to the midfielder’s signature by making an offer of £2 million later this month and while Ian Holloway will do all he can to avoid losing Adam, the cash-strapped seaside club could find the offer difficult to turn down.
Earlier this season it was reported that Adam got into a row with the club and threatened to take them to court over unpaid bonuses, a case which he later won.
Adam signed for Blackpool from Rangers in 2009 for a club record fee of £500,000. He repaid the fee by scoring 19 goals in 49 appearances, including a goal in the play-off final at Wembley, as Blackpool won promotion to the Premier League in 2010.
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