FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of some unsporting behaviour in his time, but his latest attempts to unsettle and irritate Manchester United’s domestic rivals is, The Craic feels, just one step too far.
Portuguese paper Correio da Manha reports on Tuesday that the master swordsman has just added a certain Luana Belletti to his lengthy list of conquests – that’s the sister of Chelsea defender Juliano Belletti.
A source told the paper, via a largely inaccurate but highly suggestive Google translation, that: “Ronaldo comes Luana differently from old girlfriends and wants to keep it away from the limelight.”
The sex scandal that is rocking football, or at least raising a few smiles in the setanta.com office, has not been denied by yet another Belletti offspring, with Sandro stating: “This is a private matter. It is better that Cristiano Ronaldo should talk about it.”
Some further digging reveals what could loosely be described as proof. Arsenal and Liverpool players – lock up your siblings!
THE PITCH
We’ve reached a level, our nirvana if you will, of consistently poor efforts.
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PATRONISING
The Sun are many things, patronising being one of them.
In today’s edition they devote a double-page spread to Burnley’s promotion to The Premier League, which incorporates a pretty duff A to Z of what The Clarets can expect from their first season back in the top flight in 33 years.
A is for agents, B is for bonanza, and C – most pertinently – is for condescending which, The Sun says, “is what reporters will be”.
Damn right. Their headline directly above: ‘Wonder goal puts little Burnley in Prem’. Condescending indeed.
ARSEING ABOUT
Every now and then something really funny happens on a football pitch, usually unintentionally though, with Andre Bikey throwing a hissy fit at being sent off and not being able to rip his shirt over his head in anger having been a recent highlight.
However, it was the removing of another piece of football kit – and intentionally at that – that merits a mention in today’s Craic.
Defender Dave Rogers was sacked from League of Ireland club Dundalk earlier in the week after allegedly dropping his shorts and ‘mooning’ St Patrick’s Athletic fans at half time after their incessant taunting of him. Click here for the club’s reaction.
CAPTION COMPETITION
Now we appreciate that play-off final heartbreak is hard to take, but there is no need for this kind of uncouth reaction, surely? And why is his mate so nonchalant? Send us your efforts using the comments form at the bottom of the page.
