Mourinho’s Notebook – November 7
I saw the best strikers of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...
Wayne Rooney: Poet
He may have a reputation for being a little wild and occasionally having a short temper, but did you know that Wazza is somewhat of an amateur poet?
Before he made his major international splash at Euro 2004, he was the player of the tournament for the England U-17s at the European Championships. This was in 2002, and Rooney scored 5 goals and was generally just better than everyone.
On the night that England were eliminated from that competition the squad got together for meal. Apparently young Rooney was so enchanted with the England experience that he composed a poem, entitled ‘When Saturday Comes’, which he read to the 30-odd teammates and coaching staff in attendance.
A literary mind beneath those hair-plugs, who’d have thunk it?
Rooney will play his 100th game for the full national side against Slovakia next week.
Villains Draw A Blank
At the end of every month, Premier League teams submit their own side’s nomination for the league’s Goal of the Month competition. Sometimes that nomination may not be anything special, maybe the team didn’t score from any rocketing volleys or swift passing moves, however that’s not as embarrassing as what Aston Villa just had. They were forced to cancel their submission for October because they didn’t score a single goal. In the entire month, they were blanked.
- 0-2 vs Man City
- 0-3 vs Everton
- 0-2 vs QPR
The finally broke their five game, 547 minute stretch without rippling the net against Tottenham thanks to Andreas Weimann, although they went on to concede twice late and lose 2-1.
Speaking Of Not Scoring…
Rickie Lambert got called up for the latest England squad with a total of 1 EPL start this season, 165 minutes on the pitch, 4 shots and 0 goals. No room for Charlie Austin’s 5 EPL goals or Harry Kane who scored a hat-trick in the Europa League the other week.