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Mourinho loses job - reports

Eurosport | Wed, Sep 19, 23:00

Sources at Stamford Bridge claim Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has lost his job. It is not yet clear whether the Portuguese tactician was sacked or whether he left of his own accord.

Statement on Clubs Official Website:

CHELSEA STATEMENT

20.09.2007

Chelsea Football Club and José Mourinho have agreed to part company today (Thursday) by mutual consent.

West Ham New Tactic

West Ham United have indeed failed in attempts to bring in their major transfer targets before the transfer window close, but may have the last laugh when they attempt to deploy their new tactic.
When the European Transfer Window ended on August 31 st, West Ham's squad was finalised and looked something along the lines of this:

----------------------------Green (Wright)
-----------------------------------------------------Walker

Neil(Paintsil)-A.Ferdinand(Collins)-Upson(Gabbidon)-McCartney(Spector)
--------------------------------------------Davenport-----------------------------------Dailly

Faubert(Ljunberg)-Noble(Mullins)-Parker(Quashie)-Ethrington(BoaMorte)
-------------Dyer
------------ Bowyer
------------Solano

-------------------Ashton(Zamora)---Bellamy(Cole)
---------------------------- -Camara

It seemed to me that in the beginning, Curbishley over indulged in right midfield players. Only after tinkering with the squad was then that i realised that Curbs was a 'football genius' according to Craig Foster if he mistook Curbs for Russian Manager Guus Hiddink.

The Reason why Curbs and Eggy have not gone out of their way to sign a solid left-back, left-winger and back-up striker is that they are ready to introduce the American NFL tested and tried Bootleg formation play.

The Bootleg Formation is designed to give the quarter back plenty of time to make a play as he is well blocked by his backmen. He can then make the decision to gain yardage by passing to his right wing runners or take it up himself.

By applying this tactic to west ham's line-up we should have something like this:

With Lucas Neil as captain and a glory hunting Quarter Back, his sole job is to keep supplying the right wingers (Freddie, Faubert and Dyer) while Anton and Collins Sweep up any mistakes made. From there the wingers can either go for glory by taking a shot or assisting the left (Ethrington and Ashton) for goal. This is another breakthrough by Curbishely. This certainly concludes that Alan seems to have his plans for West Ham on the right track and any speculation that he isn't the right man for the job have been put to rest. I hope he continues to have success.

Victory lost without Brazilian, says Tony Vidmar

NO Fred, no Melbourne Victory. That's the view growing legs in the A-League and it was yesterday backed by Central Coast's Tony Vidmar.

Vidmar believes Melbourne is struggling to reproduce its scintillating form without the Brazilian's wizardry.

Vidmar, who was sent off in the dying stages of Sunday's 0-0 draw against Victory at Telstra Dome, also claimed his red card for a foul on Archie Thompson was harsh.

Melbourne is undefeated but yet to record a win in four matches and Vidmar said the side was too reliant on its star strike pairing of Thompson and Danny Allsopp.

"A lot of people compare them to last season but they're not the same team," Vidmar said.

"They're missing Fred, who was a big factor for them and they don't have that flair about them at the moment.

"Leandro (Love) and (Carlos) Hernandez maybe haven't settled in -- they haven't done anything yet and that probably affects the balance of the team.

"If you're relying on Archie and Danny to produce, that's going to be tough, they don't really have a third player that can cause havoc."

And the problem will be compounded if Danny Allsopp fails to recover from his rib injury.

Vidmar yesterday had his arm in a sling, after injuring his shoulder in the tackle which led to his dismissal.

He faces a one-match ban and he's hoping the injury won't leave him on the sidelines any longer. "I won't know for a few days, might be a pinched nerve but at the moment it's very sore," he said.

"But I didn't think it was a red card, I felt at worst it was a yellow.

"I've seen Archie in the corner of my eye but I've decided to attack the ball and I think I won it before Archie got to it, so I felt it was a harsh decision.

"I was the last man but I attacked the ball and won it. I went into the air but Archie's crashed into me as well."

The league leaders' defensive depth will be tested to the extreme with captain Alex Wilkinson still on the sidelines, leaving Olyroo Nigel Boogaard to shoulder the responsibility.

Vidmar said this would be a good test for the younger brigade.

"Now we'll see how this week goes with injured players, hopefully all are available, but that's something that you'll go through in a team game," Vidmar said.

"There will be injuries and suspensions and players have got to come in and do a job.

"We've got key players out and now others have got to stand up and be counted."

Making some money from people in Burkina Faso

DEAR ADS,

I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I AM THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER IN BANK OF AFRICA (BOA), OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO REPOSE ON YOU FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR FAMILIES.

I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF (USD$25) MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 10 TO 14 BANKING DAYS. THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT CLAIM. I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER (THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT) DIED ALONG WITH HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN IN AN AIR CRASH SINCE JULY, 2000.

I DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK TREASURER ACCOUNT AS AN ABANDONED FUND. SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THE BANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER.

PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRET AND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.

UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE 30% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH ME? AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WARRANT ON THE PROCESS BEFORE THE FUND GET INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SUCH AS TELEPHONE CALLS BILLS (ETC).

BEST REGARD.YUSUF MUSA

Dear friend,

I am very interested in your story. Wow! 30% of $25million! That's like $7.5 million!

I have plans to reinvigorate a football club in my country. You know football? Yah, my friends Desmond and Chook, are good football players.

Would you also be interested in investing your 60% in our great club called Green Street Elite? We are very much interested also in buying a new goalkeeper to replace our fat goalkeeper with German goalkeeper Jens Lehman?

We hear he is retiring soon and hope to bring him to our country to play. Also we wish to purchase young and upcoming star Titus Bramble to help marshall our defence and emulate our legendary Freestyler.

So yes, I am very much interested. Maybe you can give more details. I only have one concern - I am very much afraid of people cheating me. There have been a lot of silly people in my country getting cheated. How sure can I be? You said that 10% of the money ($2.5 million) will be spent on telephone bills? That is a lot. Are you sure your phone companies are not cheating you? There is a prepaid mobile phone plan in my country that only charges 35 cents/min.

Maybe you should consider that option so we can save more money and perhaps with $2 million left we can purchase another footballer - Kieran Richardson - you know him? Good player that one. So please you reply me, and then give me details then we can proceed.

Regards,

Ads, GSE

GSE Blogspot to take a new Direction

With a relatively slow start to the season cementing us to the bottom of the table, our commander and chief Des has begun his research into alternative methods in training to enhance our current form .

Last weeks method ended in failure with Desmond forced to concede defeat, finally agreeing with the World Doping Association that marijuana is indeed an illicit drug and not a performance enhancing substance.

This week, having experienced first hand through constant practice with his many lady friends. Our manager has made the discovery that an increase in testosterone can not only restore sexual function, muscle strength, and prevent bone loss; but a recent study has shown it can result in an increase in energy, sex drive and well-being.

With no access to the use of testosterone therapy(steroids) on account of Desmond's oustanding bill payment to his Dealer; we have been forced to utilize natural therapy by means of the stimulation of the brain to increase the receptors that increase the production of testosterone.

For that we now have the Scarlett Johansson award, where each round two female (not like the 'females' from Thailand) celebrities go head to head until one becomes the victor (called the Scarlett award on account that she does not compare to anyone). The winner will be invited along with Scarlett to our inuagural presentation night, where one GSE player will be awarded the Rodders Nani award (player of the season award). Votes to be made in the comments section.

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