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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Tevez Comeback
Joleon Lescott says it will be a help rather than a hindrance when Carlos Tevez eventually returns for Manchester City. Following his apology on Tuesday, Tevez resumed training with the Manchester City first team on Thursday and the South American say he could be ready to play within a fortnight.
The City manager, Roberto Mancini, believes three weeks would be a more realistic target for a player who has not been involved in a competitive game since the Champions League encounter with Bayern Munich in September that led to the split in the first place.
Either way, Tevez is set to be involved at some point in March as City continue their Premier League title campaign and look to advance through a last-16 Europa League meeting with either Sporting Lisbon or Legia Warsaw.
"No one here sees Carlos as a disruption," said Lescott. "If we can all get together and push in the same direction I am sure it's a positive for the club. With us, Carlos has never been an issue, and we are confident that if he does get his chance, he will score a lot of goals."Tevez became a hero among City fans with a return of 52 goals in 91 games following his controversial move from Manchester United. However, that legacy has been badly affected by recent events. Throughout the striker's stand-off with Mancini, City supporters have taken the manager's side, but Lescott has urged them to get behind the striker.
"You need to appreciate what Carlos has done for the club over the last two years. Obviously Carlos hasn't been here for the last few months but that's an issue the club have dealt with. We feel that everyone involved has dealt with it correctly and the players have got on with the job in hand. We are still performing in the Premier League and I don't see how it will affect us in the final run-in.
"There have been moments when we could have done with him – he is a quality player, so even when we were winning no one wrote him off and thought 'we don't need him any more'. More often than not we have won games this season, so it is no judgment on the manager's team selection. Now he is back and involved I am sure there will be a lot more fear in opposition teams.
"We haven't seen him much – we were off for the weekend as we didn't have a game and then preparing for the Porto game – and he has been doing fitness work to get him up to speed. But when I spoke to him at the weekend he did say he was raring to go and looking forward to getting involved."
The Road To Europa League: #MCFC 4 - 0 #PFC
A quite remarkable finish to a tie much tighter than the scoreline suggests sent City surging through to the last 16 of the Europa League as the bemused holders reeled out at the Etihad Stadium.
Porto fell behind in just 18 seconds to a strike from man of the match Sergio Aguero, but they more than held their own thereafter until the Blues produced a grandstand finish and three more goals in the last 15 minutes.
Substitutes Edin Dzeko and David Pizarro both weighed in with Porto down to ten men. It meant an embarrassing 6-1 aggregate exit for the pride of Portugal, but it would be a harsh critic who claimed they deserved such a humiliation.
The quickest goal of the season - or many other seasons, for that matter - was a delight for City fans yet far from fazing the Portuguese, already 2-1 down from the first game, it seemed to strengthen their resolve.
A misplaced pass intercepted by Nigel de Jong and then expertly threaded into Aguero's path by Yaya Toure ended up being stroked elegantly past goalkeeper Helton by the Argentine ace.
But Porto, suddenly 3-1 down with the clock barely started on the second leg, shrugged it off as a minor blip and replied with some smashing one-touch football and spells of possession.
City patently do not, but Aguero, his 20th goal of the season safely tucked away and Rolando booked for clumsily dragging him back soon after, was unlucky in his search for No.21.
David Silva's hoisted first-time pass after 28 minutes still left him plenty to do. He rounded the goalkeeper yards outside the penalty area then quickly chipped a backpedalling defender only for the ball to come back off the bar.
Five minutes before the break Silva once more sent his team-mate clear, this time with Toure tearing upfield on the left to support him, but when Aguero received the ball back from Yaya, he contrived to fire wide of an inviting target.Porto would have claimed a second goal was just unfair, for they had shaped up on more than one occasion to find a way through Captain Kompany's rearguard without finding a finish.
Twice Hulk whacked in those low driven crosses that can turn into goals at a touch - see last week's first leg for evidence - and Joe Hart was relieved to watch them zip harmlesssly past his six-yard box.
Joao Moutinho, a tricky opponent, sent a free kick skimming over Hart's crossbar, Hulk sent one sizzling just past a post with the aid of a deflection, and Nicolas Otamendi belted a chance skywards when he should have done better.
While Porto continued to commandeer the ball, City were content to contain them, with Kompany marshalling his defence superbly and the midfield working hard to telling effect.
Then in the final minutes, that astonishing finale as Mancini sent on his substitutes Dzeko and Pizarro and Porto were completely undone in quite ruthless fashion.
Dzeko put the result on the night beyond doubt from Aguero's pass after 75 minutes, in the process inciting a protest from Rolando that saw the Porto player sent off for his second yellow card.
With the visitors a man down and morale slipping, Silva popped up completely unmarked in the six-yard box to tap home the third goal from Pizarro's cross before the on-loan Roma midfielder himself completed the scoring a couple of minutes later.
Source : http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Match-reports/2012/February/City-v-Porto
Source : http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Match-reports/2012/February/City-v-Porto
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Question and Answer with NME's winner of the God-like Genius Award '12
You once worked as a roadie. Did your job include procuring drugs for the band?
Fertile.green, Columbia, MO
The band, the Inspiral Carpets, didn’t take drugs, so there was more for the crew. I look back on those days as some of the best of my life. No photographs, no interviews. Just get up in the morning, make sure the gear works, do the gig and then fucking party.
Your new album is called Dig Out Your Soul, which doesn’t make much sense. None of your album titles make sense. Do you have trouble naming albums?
Noeliam87, Meriden, CT
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols—does that make sense? Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band—does that make sense? Dig Out Your Soul is a metaphor for DJ’ing, when you get out a soul record. The double meaning is, you can also try and find yourself. I wouldn’t expect Americans to get it.
Dude, Jay-Z did an Oasis song at the Glastonbury Festival this summer after you questioned whether he belonged there. Why don’t Oasis do a version of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems”?
Rosiyoung, Seattle
That’s ridiculous. What did I think of Jay-Z doing “Wonderwall”? It was pretty* funny. But I’m not sure one should be seen in public with a white Stratocaster.
I’m an aesthetician and I have to wonder: Has a girlfriend ever tried to get you to tweeze your unibrow?
Tanman41, Oxford, MI
I don’t speak to my girlfriends. [Laughs.] No. My eyebrows are wild and free, man.
What was the last gift you gave your brother Liam?
Sweetnsalty, Pullman, WA
I bought him a necklace that John Lennon used to wear, but that was years ago. I’m very difficult to buy for, too. When my birthday comes round, I say to my girlfriend, “Let’s just go out and get drunk.”
What was the stupidest thing you bought when you became rich?
Now_im_64, Denver
I had built for me a customized 1967 Mark II Jaguar convertible at a cost of £110,000, and I haven’t got a driving license. It’s useless to me. I ordered this car and thought, By the time they build it, I will have passed my driving test. By the time I got a call saying they were delivering it, I’d forgotten all about it. Outside my house was this fucking £110,000 Jag. I couldn’t even remember ordering it.
How many pints can you handle before you’re on your knees?
Woody2oo4, Durham, U.K.
I can drink all fucking day and night and it doesn’t put a dent in me.
What are the most typically British things about you?
Landon, Keni, Berkshire, U.K.
My sense of humor and my sense of style. We might have shit teeth, but we’ve got better clothes and better music, and that’s the end of that.
What are the three things you do when you check into a hotel room?
Klapadam, Fordoche, LA
I phone home and see how my girlfriend and kids are, then I get in the shower and check out my surroundings. I love hotels. I love being in America when the football season’s on. I’m probably the only Englishman who understands the rules of American football. I was on acid one night when I was a teenager, and I just got it. It was a revelation. Never got baseball, though. Fuck that. It goes on for *fucking hours.
I’m handing you a gun with four bullets. Do you take out Radiohead or do you take out Coldplay?
Setfreesimon, Daytona Beach, FL
I’d take out neither. Chris Martin’s a friend of mine. And I think Radiohead’s guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, is a fucking genius. Every time I see them live they blow me away. But Radiohead are not as good as people think they are. They’ve been making the same record for the last five years, if you ask me.
Why can’t I ever find any good new rock bands? Every time I turn on the radio, it’s nothing but rap. What the fuck is happening?
Mph1978, Amsterdam, NY
There’s still a lot of good rock & roll: Black Mountain are incredible, Mando Diao, a band from North London called the Jim Jones Revue. Unfortunately, we live in the age of rap and R&B. Don’t listen to the radio, that’s my advice.
I’ve read that you and your brother don’t speak to your dad. What was the last straw that made you decide to end the relationship?
Athomepap, Anaheim, CA
He was a violent man, and violence toward my mother was the last straw. We were teenagers. It makes me fervently believe in the cosmic law of karma—little did he know that 15 years from that point, his two sons were going to be in one of the biggest fucking bands ever to come out of England. I sit and chuckle about that sometimes.
What will Amy Winehouse be doing in two years?
Whuddashamey, Munster, IN
Who gives a shit? People like that have got no pride in themselves. My message to her would be: Go make another record, or did the pressure of this one fry your little brain so you became a junkie? I don’t care for fuck-ups.
When will you finally make a solo album?
Pil, Nuuk, Greenland
I’d like for us to do separate projects after this record. We’d all have to agree on it, so it will probably never happen. I’ve got loads of new songs. Somewhat predictably, they’re all brilliant.
I was close to the front at your Arena Newcastle gig on the Don’t Believe the Truth tour. I had a sleeveless Nike vest on. You looked at me funny. Did the top make me look gay?
Marley_Urwin, Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K.
I would have thought so, yeah. Sleeve*less tops are a no-no.
I read you held up a corner shop when you were a kid. What kind of weapon did you have? And what’s a corner shop?
Charleebitez, Janesville, MN
I didn’t “hold up” the corner shop. We don’t do weapons in England. A corner shop is just a grocery store on the corner. Two ladies ran it, and I think we robbed a load of cigarettes and sold them to buy drugs. [Looks guilty.] I got caught.
What’s the most important thing for me to remember if I get into a fight?
TimBoslyce, Richmond, VA
Make sure the other guy’s not carrying a knife. Do I still fight Liam? Yeah. The only way anyone will win is who dies first. When he’s 87 years old, if he dies before me, I’ll say, “See?”
How would your third album, Be Here Now, have turned out if you hadn’t discovered cocaine?
Nathanputtick, Melbourne, Australia
It would have been a lot shorter, and it would have had better lyrics. The royalties were coming in from Morning Glory—we were rich, and we went bananas, doing more drugs than any Colombian. Can I just point out that Be Here Now did sell 9.5 million copies? If any band sells 9.5 million albums this year, I’ll fucking shit in my trousers.
Fertile.green, Columbia, MO
The band, the Inspiral Carpets, didn’t take drugs, so there was more for the crew. I look back on those days as some of the best of my life. No photographs, no interviews. Just get up in the morning, make sure the gear works, do the gig and then fucking party.
Your new album is called Dig Out Your Soul, which doesn’t make much sense. None of your album titles make sense. Do you have trouble naming albums?
Noeliam87, Meriden, CT
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols—does that make sense? Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band—does that make sense? Dig Out Your Soul is a metaphor for DJ’ing, when you get out a soul record. The double meaning is, you can also try and find yourself. I wouldn’t expect Americans to get it.
Dude, Jay-Z did an Oasis song at the Glastonbury Festival this summer after you questioned whether he belonged there. Why don’t Oasis do a version of Jay-Z’s “99 Problems”?
Rosiyoung, Seattle
That’s ridiculous. What did I think of Jay-Z doing “Wonderwall”? It was pretty* funny. But I’m not sure one should be seen in public with a white Stratocaster.
I’m an aesthetician and I have to wonder: Has a girlfriend ever tried to get you to tweeze your unibrow?
Tanman41, Oxford, MI
I don’t speak to my girlfriends. [Laughs.] No. My eyebrows are wild and free, man.
What was the last gift you gave your brother Liam?
Sweetnsalty, Pullman, WA
I bought him a necklace that John Lennon used to wear, but that was years ago. I’m very difficult to buy for, too. When my birthday comes round, I say to my girlfriend, “Let’s just go out and get drunk.”
What was the stupidest thing you bought when you became rich?
Now_im_64, Denver
I had built for me a customized 1967 Mark II Jaguar convertible at a cost of £110,000, and I haven’t got a driving license. It’s useless to me. I ordered this car and thought, By the time they build it, I will have passed my driving test. By the time I got a call saying they were delivering it, I’d forgotten all about it. Outside my house was this fucking £110,000 Jag. I couldn’t even remember ordering it.
How many pints can you handle before you’re on your knees?
Woody2oo4, Durham, U.K.
I can drink all fucking day and night and it doesn’t put a dent in me.
What are the most typically British things about you?
Landon, Keni, Berkshire, U.K.
My sense of humor and my sense of style. We might have shit teeth, but we’ve got better clothes and better music, and that’s the end of that.
What are the three things you do when you check into a hotel room?
Klapadam, Fordoche, LA
I phone home and see how my girlfriend and kids are, then I get in the shower and check out my surroundings. I love hotels. I love being in America when the football season’s on. I’m probably the only Englishman who understands the rules of American football. I was on acid one night when I was a teenager, and I just got it. It was a revelation. Never got baseball, though. Fuck that. It goes on for *fucking hours.
I’m handing you a gun with four bullets. Do you take out Radiohead or do you take out Coldplay?
Setfreesimon, Daytona Beach, FL
I’d take out neither. Chris Martin’s a friend of mine. And I think Radiohead’s guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, is a fucking genius. Every time I see them live they blow me away. But Radiohead are not as good as people think they are. They’ve been making the same record for the last five years, if you ask me.
Why can’t I ever find any good new rock bands? Every time I turn on the radio, it’s nothing but rap. What the fuck is happening?
Mph1978, Amsterdam, NY
There’s still a lot of good rock & roll: Black Mountain are incredible, Mando Diao, a band from North London called the Jim Jones Revue. Unfortunately, we live in the age of rap and R&B. Don’t listen to the radio, that’s my advice.
I’ve read that you and your brother don’t speak to your dad. What was the last straw that made you decide to end the relationship?
Athomepap, Anaheim, CA
He was a violent man, and violence toward my mother was the last straw. We were teenagers. It makes me fervently believe in the cosmic law of karma—little did he know that 15 years from that point, his two sons were going to be in one of the biggest fucking bands ever to come out of England. I sit and chuckle about that sometimes.
What will Amy Winehouse be doing in two years?
Whuddashamey, Munster, IN
Who gives a shit? People like that have got no pride in themselves. My message to her would be: Go make another record, or did the pressure of this one fry your little brain so you became a junkie? I don’t care for fuck-ups.
When will you finally make a solo album?
Pil, Nuuk, Greenland
I’d like for us to do separate projects after this record. We’d all have to agree on it, so it will probably never happen. I’ve got loads of new songs. Somewhat predictably, they’re all brilliant.
I was close to the front at your Arena Newcastle gig on the Don’t Believe the Truth tour. I had a sleeveless Nike vest on. You looked at me funny. Did the top make me look gay?
Marley_Urwin, Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K.
I would have thought so, yeah. Sleeve*less tops are a no-no.
I read you held up a corner shop when you were a kid. What kind of weapon did you have? And what’s a corner shop?
Charleebitez, Janesville, MN
I didn’t “hold up” the corner shop. We don’t do weapons in England. A corner shop is just a grocery store on the corner. Two ladies ran it, and I think we robbed a load of cigarettes and sold them to buy drugs. [Looks guilty.] I got caught.
What’s the most important thing for me to remember if I get into a fight?
TimBoslyce, Richmond, VA
Make sure the other guy’s not carrying a knife. Do I still fight Liam? Yeah. The only way anyone will win is who dies first. When he’s 87 years old, if he dies before me, I’ll say, “See?”
How would your third album, Be Here Now, have turned out if you hadn’t discovered cocaine?
Nathanputtick, Melbourne, Australia
It would have been a lot shorter, and it would have had better lyrics. The royalties were coming in from Morning Glory—we were rich, and we went bananas, doing more drugs than any Colombian. Can I just point out that Be Here Now did sell 9.5 million copies? If any band sells 9.5 million albums this year, I’ll fucking shit in my trousers.
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Possible oasis reunion in 2015?
Liam Gallagher wants to reunite Oasis for the 20th anniversary of (What's the Story) Morning Glory? For all his vitriol toward Noel – and the potential lawsuit over the "lies" Liam claims his older brother told about the band's spilt – the younger Gallagher said he hopes they will reconcile in 2015 and take their second album on tour.
"If we can put our shit aside, we can tour and play the album in its entirety for the 20th anniversary," Liam told Rolling Stone magazine. "I'd be up for that, if it's on our terms. There's got to be two-way respect."
Previously, only Noel had raised the prospect of a reunion. "[The] 20-year anniversary of Morning Glory is looming and we could have maybe come back," he said in August. In another interview, he went even further: "I think it's a shame that Champagne Supernova, Rock and Roll Star, The Importance of Being Idle and The Shock of the Lightning will never be played again. In a stadium. That fills me with sadness."
"[Noel's] the one that keeps mentioning it," Liam said. "I want to put him out of his misery. But I think he needs to do his solo thing first and realise he's not that good without his brother. He's got to find out for himself. I'm up for it – I'm not desperate for it. If it doesn't work out, I don't give a shit, I'm quite happy with Beady Eye."
In fact, it seems both Gallagher brothers are casting round, looking for enemies to reconcile with. It seems that, 16 years after the battle of Britpop, Noel and Damon Albarn have patched things up over a couple of pints. The former rivals got together after meeting in a club, with Gallagher hailing their late-90s rivalry as a "fucking good laugh".
"When I was out last night, I bumped into [Damon]," Gallagher told ShortList. "I literally haven't seen the guy for 15 fucking years and I bump into him in some club. We both went: 'Hey! Fucking hell!' and then he said, 'Come on, let's go for a beer.' So, we're sitting there, having a beer, just going: 'What the fuck was all that about 15 years ago? That was mental.' Then he said, 'It was a great time, though.'"This isn't the first rapprochement between Oasis and Blur. In 2007, Liam told Mojo he "[doesn't] mind Blur". In an interview with NME, Noel said he was "indifferent" to Albarn. "He's just another singer in a band to me, but I don't think he's a cunt." Still, the two remained distant. "There's always been something between me and him, and I don't know what it is," Noel said in 2008.
Elsewhere in the ShortList interview, Noel claimed after the Oassis split, his dream was to join Kasabian. "I would've joined that band in a heartbeat," he said, "but they never asked."
Maybe Gorillaz will now give him a ring.
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