The following statement then appeared on the band’s website: “to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan.  It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight … I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”

Back in May, I wrote a post about Noel basically warning fans not to expect any new music from Oasis and he had a quote that has stuck in my mind over these last few months:  “He’s never seen my little lad (Noel’s son with his partner, Sara MacDonald), just pictures.  To a stranger it sounds ludicrous, but you wouldn’t have him in the house if he spoke to you the way he speaks to me and my family.  He’s rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy. He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”

Well, hopefully this will be the start of something good for both of the Gallaghers.  Maybe Liam will stop being so angry.  Sometimes people need others to walk away from them in order to realize how bad they are behaving.  I’m hoping that Noel finds some peace and puts out some of his own music.  It’s sad that they split up but I think it’s for the best.

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I’m not sure I can blame Noel for wanting to branch out on his own and I’m actually a little surprised that it didn’t happen sooner.  I know that I would run screaming from the band if Liam Gallagher was my brother.  Noel did have some things to say about their relationship:  “He’s never seen my little lad (Noel’s son with his partner, Sara MacDonald), just pictures.  To a stranger it sounds ludicrous, but you wouldn’t have him in the house if he spoke to you the way he speaks to me and my family.  He’s rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy. He’s the angriest man you’ll ever meet. He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.”

Wow… At least he’s being honest.  I’ve never understood how they could even be from the same family so, sorry Oasis fans, I hope Noel is successful and leaves Liam in the dust.

image: Oasis Poster via Amazon.com

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When Ricky Hatton steps into the ring on Saturday against Juan Lazcano he will be fulfilling his lifelong dream of competing on his beloved Manchester City FC’s home pitch. Hatton’s love for all things Citeh has been well documented. His father and grandfather played for the Blues, he wears Man City-colored trunks, and his ring entrance music is City’s supporter’s song “Blue Moon”.

As a child Hatton surely always dreamed of playing at Maine Road. He will never get the chance to play in that venerated and now-demolished stadium but he will be fighting at Eastlands, marching to the ring in front of 55,000 Mancunians who will all be singing “Blue Moon” at the top of their lungs. As a City supporter myself I have chills after typing that last sentence.

But, as any football fan knows, the current state of MCFC is a mess. Their autocratic new owner Thaksin Shinawatra has presumably sacked manger Sven-Göran Erikkson, despite qualifying for Europe, equaling City’s highest-ever Premier League finish, and defeating rival Manchester United twice! Rumor has it he’s also placed the entire squad on the transfer list.

Yesterday on GranadaTV Ricky Hatton gave fans even more fodder to light up the message boards by declaring that he hopes Man Utd. win the Champions League (they did) and “bring another belt and trophy back to this great city of Manchester.” We all should have seen this coming when he said his brother Matthew (who is also fighting Saturday) is a Man United supporter.

Ricky’s statement is tantamount to treason! Imagine, American readers, the most die hard Mets fan saying he hopes the Yankees win the World Series. Would that person suddenly lose their fandom credibility? That’s the message board debate:

Manchester la la la la says: “And he calls himself a city fan???”
Dubai Blue states: “He’s obviously not fully recovered from that knock to the head”
Jay MCFC reasons: “Dear oh dear Mr Hatton. This is a step too far.”
Blunderer cleverly thinks: “No doubt he’s been told not to isolate United fans so they will be fans of his. He’s just playing the politician. He hates them as much as the rest of us.”
NReddishblue concludes: “No one can doubt Ricky Hatton is City fan, we all support City in a different way”

Indeed we do NReddishblue but not all of us get to fight of the Eastlands pitch. Maybe he should be more careful about what he says. Nevertheless, I believe that Hatton has done so much for City that he can say whatever he’d like. He’s a City season ticket holder, in the HBO 24/7 documentary he and his son wore City gear, and he has promoted the team at length equaled only by the Gallagher brothers.

In this time of Man City strife it would be wrong to turn on good old Ricky. If he shows up to the ring wearing red, however, then we will really have something to talk about.

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