Controversial Nicolas Anelka celebration! Sylvain Distin for England! “False nein” coinage! Is this Tweets of the Week? You can bet your sweet ass it isn’t not…
One-Liner of the Week
Gary Lineker, Match of the Day
Anelka has just missed an absolute sitter. Doing all he can to avoid having to celebrate.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) January 1, 2014
New Position of the Week
The ‘false nein’, for a misfiring German striker, as identified by Iain Macintosh, Mirror/ESPN
Arsenal aimless up front, missing the reassuring presence and startling good looks of Olivier Giroud. Podolski an underwhelming false nein.
— Iain Macintosh (@iainmacintosh) January 1, 2014
Thought-Provoking Read of the Week
Shared by David Prentice, Liverpool Echo
Thought provoking read. Why England should try and persuade @sylvaind15tin to partner Phil Jagielka at Brazil 2014 http://t.co/GPStPgd1bP
— David Prentice (@prenno) January 2, 2014
Dampener of the Week
Sylvain Distin, Everton
@prenno can't tell you why but I can tell you why not…. Because my old legs will need a break at the end of the season ha ha ha
— Sylvain Distin (@sylvaind15tin) January 2, 2014
Spot of the Week
Alan Myers, Director of Communications at Everton
Phil Mitchell's an Evertonian! Haha! pic.twitter.com/h4i7FLCrCv
— ALAN MYERS (@ALANMYERS1) January 1, 2014
Sentence That Would Have Seemed Quite Mad Just a Few Years Ago of the Week
Lewis Kinsella, Aston Villa
If I see one more flipagram on Instagram I'm gonna delete you
— Lewis Kinsella (@Lewis_kinsella) January 2, 2014
Shout-Out of the Week
Arsenal, for Michael Schumacher
Get Well Soon Schumacher! #Legend pic.twitter.com/eSwub2rjbj
— Jack Wilshere (@JackWilshere) January 1, 2014
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