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New ‘psychic’ animals try out to replace Paul the Octopus

Ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final and with Euro 2012 just around the corner, animals of all shapes and sizes are queuing up to succeed Paul the Octopus, the famous clairvoyant cephalopod from the 2010 World Cup. Paul, an octopus who lived at an aquarium in the German city of…

You’ll never walk alone, but get off our sidewalk please

I hope you’re sitting down because this is totally the most shocking thing you’re going to hear today or any other day for the rest of your damn life. Rafa Benitez is leaving Liverpool. I’ll give you a minute to collect yourselves. As The Gaffer notes, Benitez had some major…

Pet peeve

Does Europe not have delay? Are all the games available played live? In other words, is it REALLY SO HARD for the British announcers to refrain from discussing other Champions League qualifying matches while calling their own? I’m just saying.…