The great wordsmith of the SPL

He might be in the hot seat at Hearts in Scotland by Csaba Laszio has quickly developed a reputation as one of the quotable managers anywhere in the world. Here are some samples of his great use of the English language, well Scottish that is:

• "I am not stupid. The fans hear Csaba Laszlo. They think 'Who? Ah yes, he kicked the Hearts record goalscorer'. Ugh...Uganda?! Where is Uganda?! Some people, if you ask about Kampala, he think 'this is a nice food!' but yeah, it's true I am not stupid."
• "If you see that your team plays this s**t like we did in the first half, you can just run out of the stadium and say 'it's Mothers' Day tomorrow' and forget about the football. But we are guys, we are at Ibrox and we are still in the first half. I wanted to kill some of the people in my dressing room at half time, but then I have to go to jail and we don't get a point! But the second half was sexy." - Csaba 21/3/2009
• "Always on the television is Rangers, Celtic, Celtic, Rangers, Rangers, Celtic and other teams only get on the television one or two times, but only if they play against the Celtic."
• "We didn't get any red cards, we didn't get any yellow cards and we didn't get any punishment from the referee for arresting the time. The referee never had the possibility to tell my players to go quicker. We used only the rules that football gives us.''

United in White

So the big ears cup final is almost here and United will be wearing white the for final, a little surprised by this. Its a nice look and they will be wearing white shorts too. Photo is from manunited.com.

Show some class Rafa

Tradition has it that the second place manager in the EPL pens a letter of congratulation to the championship winning manager. Sir Alex had to send it to Wenger and Jose.

Wenger had to send it to Sir Alex. It just part of the deal.

But now based on his war of words with Sir Alex, Rafa Benitez has all but refused to send the ceremonial letter to Sir Alex. He said he does not agree with what the ole Scot has had to say during the season.

I know some people at Liverpool don't even like Rafa but this has gone far enough. I know Rafa will go on and on about how his side had the best record against the other top side. But the fact is that the Spanish manager did not get job done and now has to do what is right and write a letter to Sir Alex. So its time for Rafa to grow up and show some respect.

Abs by Ronnie

The puppet Ronnie teaches you how to get ready for the summer.

A picture is worth a 1,000 words

It only took a point and that is exactly what United did this morning, got a point against Arsenal and got their trophy. After being challenged by Liverpool, the Red Devils showed their class and took home another Premier League title. Now United and Liverpool are tied with 18 English First Division champions. Next years race should be epic.

The Steal of the 2008 NHL Draft

During the 2008 NHL Draft, Kelowna Rockets defenseman Tyler Myers had to wait till the 12th picks for his name to be called, but during the last years he might be developing into the steal of the draft for the Buffalo Sabres.

The six foot six inches defenseman is a tower of strength in his own end, but what surprises you is that he skates so well for a big man. During the World Junior Championships this year, we was a tower of strength on Canada's drive for their five straight title in the end. Then after he returned to the Rockets he was one of the driving force behind them making to the 2009 MasterCard Memorial Cup.

Myers showed his true class for the Rockets during their opening game 4-1 win over host Rimouski in the Memorial Cup last night. He scored a fantastic goal, and was a tower of power in the Rockets back line.

Every time a defense man stands that tall the comparisons to Chris Pronger start rolling in, but this might not be that far from the truth. Traditionally a man that stands that tall does not move this well, but that is one of Myers best skills.

Before the Memorial Cup started he signed the Sabres and come next year he might be showing people that he might be the best player to come out of last years draft class.

Its been a long week

Things have been nuts at the OTWT home office, a busy week at work and an issue with the offices computers have caused havoc with our posting schedule.

We hope to be back and rolling next week. In case your need you your OTWT fix you can follow us on twitter at www.twitter.com/JWVerticalJump
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Special One TV: Wormholes

Wenger has lost his mind and thinks that hey might be in the Champions League Final despite being knocked out by Manchester United.

Trade Ya

The National Football League is thinking about doing the unthinkable, playing the Super Bowl in a foreign country as early 2016.

It appears that talks have started between London and the league. So maybe there is something possible. This season the NFL is going to play regular season games in three different countries: United States, Canada, and England. In the past the league has also played a game in Mexico City, so there is an international market for the great American game.

The Super Bowl is the most watched game in football and to have it played in another country might upset some purist, I for one don't real care because I'm never going to be able to go to a Super Bowl, so who cares where it played.

But here is a suggestion, if London gets a Super Bowl then we should get their biggest event and I don't mean the FA Cup, give us the next Champions League final that is schedule for England. It would be the perfect trade. People on each side of the pond would go to see each event meaning a ton of money in tourism. So let's make this happen.

The Main Event: The Champions League Final

The build up for the Champions League final has already started and its clear what the main story line of the show piece event is going to be: Messi vs. Ronaldo. The Daily Mail has hit it right on the head with the photo above. So lets get the hype machine rolling and hope for a great final.

Trophy is Hot Hot Hot!

Corinthians won the Paulista Championship over the weekend but something happened when they got the trophy it ended up on fire.

The Red Devils march on to Rome

For the second year in a row United are marching on to the European final. Ronnie is amazing and Park might be the most underrated player in the world and that showed in their 4-1 aggregate win over Arsenal. But I feel for Fletcher who will miss the final because of a red card. So the Only Time Will Tell Tailgating Crew will be marching back to Fado in Philly for the Final again.

More on the game later after I have a chance to watch it.

The Trap Door

Leeds, Charlton, Southampton, and Norwich have something in common. During the last decade all four of they have been in the greatest league in the world, the Barclays Premier League. Next year they might have something else in common, playing in League One, the third division of English football.

The lure of the Premier League is great but dropping out of the League can almost drive a team off a cliff. When teams go down they are saddled with large wage bills and have to do their best to trip them without the killing the product on the field and usually that is a dangerous balancing act.

Just take Charlton for example. A couple of years ago they were the model premier league team finishing safely out of the relegation zone, then something happened the fans at The Valley wanted more and that is when the slide started. First they parted ways with long time manager Alan Curbishley and then they tanked with the end of the season two years ago seeing them relegated to the Championship. Large wage bills and bad decisions saw them end this season relegated to League One.

At this rate Newcastle should watch out, going down could lead to the same slippery slope.

Sven has Swine Flu?

Top Picks Madden Style

The picks have been made, they have been introduced, and now its time to see what they look like in the new Madden Video Game. Here are a couple of the top picks:

Matt Stafford: Lions

Jason Smith: Rams

Aaron Curry: Seahawks

Tyson Jackson: Chiefs

More will be coming over the next couple of weeks.

OTWT Draft thoughts

The picks have been made and now teams get to see what they have selected. Here are some thoughts on the NFL Draft from the OTWT Scouting Department.
• Eagles fans always scream about them never drafting a receiver in the first round and this year they did with Mc9 and then got a guy to help take the toll off of Route 36.
• Another year another QB for the Jets and the New York Daily News sums up the trade with Cleveland and former head coach Eric Mangini: Thanks Eric.
• Remember Jet fans Sanchez only started approximately 16 games and that is not a good thing.
• The big winner in the draft was the state of New Jersey. Seven guys in the first round not bad for the Garden State.
• The Lions are in the process of building a nice little offense. Last year it was running back Kevin Smith to go with CJ now the lions add Stafford, Pettigrew and Derrick Williams. Maybe the Lions have figured this out.
• The Raiders should just pass on their first round pick. Hayward-Bay over Crabtree come on.
• Could Percy Harvin be the a new version of Randy White. A receiver who slid because of issues. Great boom bust player.
• The Bears got the best player during the draft process Jay Cutler.
• Glad the Bucs love Josh Freeman cause I think he might be one of the most over rated QB in the history of the draft.
• I think some NFL fans should watch some college football games before talking about their teams picks.

Squeaky Bum Time

The season is coming to an end and its squeaky bumb time.

OTWT: NFL Mock Draft

Hey its that time of the year again, where everyone is doing a mock draft and OTWT is no different. So direct from the OTWT Scouting Department here is our mock draft:

1. Detroit: Matt Stafford, QB, Uga.
2. St. Louis: Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
3. Kansas City: Aaron Curry, LB, Wake Forest
4. Seattle: Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
5. Cleveland:BJ Raji, DT, Boston College
6. Cincinnati: Eugene Monroe, OT, UVa
7. Oakland: Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
8. Jacksonville: Jeremy Maclin, WR, Mizzou
9. Green Bay: Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas
10. San Francisco: Andre Smith, OT, Alabama
11. Buffalo: Michael Ohler, OT, Mississippi
12. Denver: Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU
13. Washington: Aaron Maybin, DE, Penn State
14. New Orleans: Darius Butler, CB, UConn
15. Houston: Rey Maualuga, LB, USC
16. San Diego: Chris Wells, RB, OSU
17. New York Jets: Josh Freeman, QB, Kansas State
18. Denver (from Chicago): Robert Ayers, DE, Tennessee
19. Tampa Bay: Brian Cushing, LB, USC
20. Detroit (from Dallas): Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Okie State
21. Philadelphia: Knwoshon Moreno,RB, UGA
22. Minnesota: Clay Matthews, LB, USC
23. New England: Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois
24. Atlanta: Malcolm Jenkins, CB,OSU
25. Miami: Darruis Heyward-Bay, WR, Maryland
26. Baltimore: Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech
27. Indianapolis: Hakeem Nicks, WR, North Carolina
28. Buffalo: (from Philadelphia and Carolina): Everette Brown, DE, Florida State
29. New York Giants: Will Beatty, OT, UConn
30. Tennessee: Kenny Britt, WR, Rutgers
31. Arizona: LeSean McCoy, RB, Pitt
32. Pittsburgh: Larry English, DE, Northern Illinois

Will be back Sunday with a small wrap up of the draft proceedings.

All Hail the Ginger Ninja

Sure he is not the same player that he used to be but Paul Scholes has always been class. Last night he played in his 600th game for United. So from one devil to another thank you Paul. Scholes might be the best English player over the last 15 years and he did it all with class, never looking for attention. So again Thanks.

He scores goals, galore,
He scores goals!
He scores goals, galore,
He scores goals!
He scores goals, galore,
He scores goals!
Paul Scholes - he scores goals...

Alex the Great

Sometimes ESPN hits a home run and that is exactly what they did with the E:60 feature on Alex Ovechkin. The feature really showed what type of character Ovie really is. Rachel Nichols does an outstanding job on the feature. Truly a must watch.