Vague round-up #8

Wild celebrations in London where a famous old club beat a lower league side after one of the worst penalty shoot-outs in history. Also in London, a derby turned on it's head and an impish manager who isn't really under pressure admits to being under pressure.
Blue and white stripey Italians about to look for a third manager of the season? Well, it isn't going well for them and their city rivals top the standings. Still, it ain't over til the Old Lady sings.
The two main men in Spain both got winners for their respective clubs, but with games running out, the race looks over. Pity the friendly club, adrift in third with nobody for company.
In the low countries, the six-way fight may have become five with the dockers going down to the electronics magnates.
On the Atlantic coast, the Eagles drop more points, the Quarrymen win big and what looked like being a walkover is now a three-way tussle.
The German second division is now even more stupid with 2 (two) points covering the top 5 (five) sides and 1860 (6th) now THE form team in Europe. Unbelievable.

Vague round-up #7

Loads of goals, more firings, more hirings, more invented crises and even more real ones.
The Atomic Flea proved unplayable, it's a genuine six-way fight in the low countries and the Teutonic second division might just be the most exciting league on the planet.
Meanwhile, famous old English club have a new chap called Own Goals newly installed as their joint third-highest goal-scorer this season.

Vague Round-up #6

All the latest European news digested and regurgitated:

Still a bit nippy, so not everyone played.
Derby upset in the low countries, giants toppled in Navarre.
Money worries in the frozen north and balmy south off the continental coast as clubs fall prey to chancers, shysters and crooks.
With no transfer window to panic-buy a way out of trouble, managers begin to get sacked; some after five years, some after five months and others after five games.
The standard of apology has really gone downhill recently as well.

Vague round-up #5

Man it was cold. Maybe it's time to think about having a break for winter.
And some daft, lanky, self-opinionated tosser slapped someone.

Vague Round-up #4

Here are the Vague headlines:

BONG! Racists 2, Victims 0 in Cup.
BONG! Rivals slip up to hand Whites supremacy.
BONG! Loan striker's hat-trick seals massive derby win.
BONG! Ex-England boss still doing very well, thank you.
BONG! Blue and black stripey people lose for first time in ages.
BONG! Black and white stripey people keep on winning.
BONG! Top four in Europe's economic driver still covered by a single point.
BONG! Can small island club be one of the continent's form team? Corsi-can.
BONG! Blue Dragons lose to hand rivals intitiative.
BONG! Managers panic buy left, right and centre on deadline day.


More soon.

Vague Round Up #3

Plenty of games across the continent at the weekend. Some teams won, some teams lost, some teams drew while some teams are still on holiday.

More games coming up this weekend as well.

We'll be back with an update sometime.

Vague Round-up #2

All you need to know about last weekend's action around Europe, vaguely...

The headlines:

• Red team lose to blue team who go six-in-a-row while handing title boost to black-and-white team in the boot-shaped country.
• Oil-rich northerners and surprise package southerners pull clear on the Hexagon.
• Big two Iberians extend their lead, stripey Basques make a push for Europe.
• Differing fortunes for two capital sides on the island. Two wins in a row for a blue one mean their crisis is over, passing the crisis baton to red neighbours who have lost two in a row. Interlopers from small Principality prove capable at passing the ball around in pretty triangles.
• Purple side from sprout capital of Europe pull out big gap at the top of their league, but with a stupid and over-complicated play-off system, it doesn’t mean a great deal.
• Everyone with African (except Cameroonian/Nigerian/South African/Egyptian) players prepare ready-made excuses for poor showing.
• Holidays winding down for Germanic nations. Back to work next weekend.

You are now informed. More next week.

Vague Round Up

A surprising start to the year in Italy where there were lots of goals scored as the new year maybe bought a new attitude. The top three were all winners, two by big margins while the third had to settle for a single goal away win. The biggest losers of the day were were thumped away from home by a side near the foot of the table. Big transfer news also sees a player moving from one club to another for a significant sum of money.

A split round in an Iberian country saw half the games on one day of the weekend with the rest on the other. The league leaders were big winner while there nearest rivals were held in a tense derby. A foreign player was subjected to animal chants but the president just brushed the accusation aside. Draws were the common denominator this week with 60% of the games ending this way with the Italian 0-0 theme occurring in 50% of those.

In another Iberian country the players returned from their Christmas break and the second half of the season opened with  a comfortable win for the league leaders. The next two teams met and no goals were scored. The thing about this Iberian league this weekend is only one of the games ended in stalemate with the goals flying in.

There was a break from the league in another country as the cup took over and there were plenty of shocks as well. An Englishman abroad got a hat-trick in his sides big win. The big tie of the round went all the way to penalties where the away side emerged victorious. The big guns all had a safe enough passage into the last 32. More woe for the team from the Principality – their new Russian sugar daddy has a real job on his hands. Meanwhile, an ex-playing poet has turned his collar up and set his sights on the Presidency

Cup competitions were a plenty on the Island as well. The derby match was surrounded by controversy while only one top flight team were defeated by lower league opposition. More problems with alleged racism during one game while the top two in the other cup competition both progressed easily as well. North of the capital’s river, the wanderer returned and if they hadn’t already built a statue of him, they’d be starting right now.

The other leagues are still enjoying their winter break at the moment so all the players will be on the beach in a Middle East location laughing at those running about in foolish temperatures.