The Islanders acquired an extra fourth&ndashround pick after trading the 68th overall pick to Chicago for the
The Islanders acquired an extra fourth–round pick after trading the 68th overall pick to Chicago for the 72nd overall and 102nd overall picks.Among the highlights:Pro Scout Tim MacLean, comments on the selection of center Corey Trivino withthe first second-round pick (36thoverall). Islanders draft blog: Recaps the Islander selections as they were made with comments from the various scouts. NHL : Dan Rosen had an early article on how the Isles settled on Joshau Bailey.Islanders TV: Has video interviews and press conferences with most of the selections along with Ted Nolan and Sound Tigers coach Jack Capuano as more video is complied so keep checking. with another great day of live blogging for close to four hours again, NYI Fan Central recaps day two of the NHL entry draft from Ottawa. Turkey:After that epic battle yesterday, Turkish midfielder Hamit Alt?ntop was named the Carlsberg Man of the Match award winner.36-year-old Croatian captain Niko Kova? will now retire from international competition after his team?s loss to Turkey.Croatian primer minister Ivo Sanader visited with the team after their deflating loss to offer encouragement.Social Bookmarking. Sneijder is capable of replacing Ronaldo, and you get £70 million in the bank.Whatever happens, Ronaldo hasn't done himself, or his reputation, any favours with his behaviour of the past few weeks.. And if he does stay, he will have to have another season like his last to regain the faith of his fans.My advice to Man Utd, however, is let him go! He doesn't want to be there, and if, like the Glazers say they will, they leave him to rot in the reserves,that's a waste of over £100,000 a week!If the bid being lined-up is as reported (£70 million + Wesley Sneijder), I would advise United to bite the Madrid hand off.
But they seem desperate to keep hold of him despite this.Whether this is a moral stand against Real Madrid, or that they know that, without Ronaldo, their chances of retaining the Premier League and Champions League take a serious dent, they seem to be completely ruling out a move away from Old Trafford for Ronaldo, whatever he does.He has already blown his chances of being mentioned in the same breath as George Best, Bobby Charlton, Roy Keane and Eric Cantona United legends, even if he chooses to stay. They know how important he is.I can't help but feel that if any other player acted this way, saying they wanted to leave and didn't care how his manager reacted, they would be long gone, especially with Fergie. And the war at Old Trafford can only do us good, especially when it seems peace is on the horizon at Anfield."No-one is bigger than the club" is a phrase most clubs live by But perhaps Ronaldo is bigger than Manchester United He certainly seems to think so And perhaps the staff do too. The only way I would like to see Ronaldo in the Premier League next season is if he is in a Liverpool shirt. He has managed to lose all the respect he had earned back after the Rooney incident at the 2006 World Cup.He owed United, and especially Ferguson for sticking by him through his lowest points, and this is how he repays them? OK, 42 goals in a season is a good way, but to finish off one of the best seasons English football has ever seen in this way, so that even some United fans are saying he should leave, shows how bad his actions have been.As a Liverpool fan I'm not complaining. He is quoted as saying he knew that he wanted to move to Real Madrid before the Champions League final, so why put both teams through all of this?He hasn't made United want to keep him any more than they did already, and risked making Madrid think twice about buying him, although they have never been big believers in the moral aspect of football.It's fair enough wanting to move to Real Madrid, they are the team everyone grows up wanting to play for, simply because of their history.But for him toconsistently undermine Sir Alex Ferguson, the Glazers and the Man Utd fans shows him for the poor professional he is.
It has made for interesting paper-talk for weeks, but the way Ronaldo has conducted himself through this whole affair is poor.He should've come out before the European Championships and revealed his plans. What a difference a day makes.Yesterday I was certain that Ronaldo was staying put, but now he looks set to leave Manchester.He has kept us all guessing all along, including Real Madrid and Manchester United. Jeff Monson is volunteering to be that stepping-stone.The video of Lindland and Monson can be see here. . Some may call it jealousy, others will say he should earn everything he gets.If Kimbo wants the respect and attention of a top-tier fighter, beat top-tier guys.
Monson's political and social views don't lend him to be looking for fights just for a payday.I think guys who have put their whole lives in the business, like Monson and Lindland are upset that Kimbo is getting the attention he is. If James Thompson gave Kimbo trouble on the ground, Monson would give Kimbo all kinds of difficulty.Monson has fights lined up and doesn't need to go to EliteXC for fights. I don't think it's an angle by Shaw because Monson would be one of the worst guys to put against Kimbo Monson is one of the best no-gi grapplers in the business. Slice's face on the cover.I honestly don't know why Monson is calling out Slice.