This time last year it was all going so well for Roberto Mancini and Manchester City. Two goals deep into injury time during the last match of the season against QPR meant the Italian had delivered City’s first title in 44 years in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable. The long wait was over. City, who [...]
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Manchester City should expect backlash for this “typical City” behaviour
Posted on 16 May 2013.
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A message for Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United – don’t milk the fans
Posted on 02 May 2013.
Last night’s game at the Nou Camp confirmed that two German teams would be playing in the European Cup final at Wembley later this month. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund were worthy winners against the two best teams in Spain, whilst English sides made little impact on the competition. Chelsea and Manchester City couldn’t even make [...]
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A tale of two managers: Miles and generations apart, but unimaginably similar
Posted on 01 May 2013.
Upon strolling into his introductory press conference at Stamford Bridge after being touted by Roman Abramovich as the man to lead the ‘Chelski’ revolution, a young Jose Mourinho’s opening statement contained the now iconic quote: “Please don’t call me arrogant, but I’m European champion and I think I’m a special one.” Now cast your mind [...]
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Stereotypical football: The most English footballer
Posted on 30 April 2013.
Some players just aren’t made for the English game, some of us aren’t as efficient as Germans at taking penalties, even fewer are capable of playing “tiki taka” football like the Spanish, but we all wish we grew up on a Brazilian beach and could dance through challenges. These are the stereotypes in football, I’m [...]
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Would the Premier League miss Stoke City?
Posted on 23 April 2013.
With a defiant ‘no one likes us, we don’t care’ attitude, Stoke City have played the role of villain with great relish since returning to the top flight. But, it feels like a long time ago that defending a Rory Delap throw-in was talked up as a rite of passage for aspiring centre- backs and [...]
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DER TRAUMSPIEL What if Germany played Bayern Munich?
Posted on 22 April 2013.
With the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League set, everyone seems excited about the match-ups. And why not? Four great teams with stacked rosters, all in good form, along with plenty of intriguing side-plots (possibility of an all-German or all-Spanish final … Dortmund and Real Madrid in a replay of their Group Stage battles … [...]
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Goal-line technology – too little, too late
Posted on 16 April 2013.
It has been announced this week that goal-line technology will be introduced to the Premier League from next season but in my opinion, it’s far too late and far too little. It was inevitable that goal-line technology would eventually be introduced to the Premier League but why has it taken so long? The Hawk-Eye technology [...]
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Chelsea keeping Lampard – for sentiment and success
Posted on 27 March 2013.
“Sign him up”. It’s chanted at practically every game now that Chelsea play in. No, it isn’t about the ‘Interim One’, Frank Lampard is nearing the end of his contract and it will mark the end of a twelve year marriage that has seen him become one of the greatest footballers at Chelsea Football Club. [...]
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Tottenham Hotspur Are Paying The Penalty For Not Spending Money
Posted on 25 March 2013.
If there are two things that Tottenham Hotspur have become renowned for in recent years, it’s late season collapses and their habit of doing nothing in transfer windows then, like Cheryl on the Royle Family always going on diets then becoming unable to stop herself gorging on calorific foods, going crazy and doing all their [...]
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Riogate: England, fitness and Manchester United
Posted on 21 March 2013.
Into his 17th year as a professional footballer, Rio Ferdinand still has the knack for a headline or two. The 34 year old centre-back has (unwittingly?) blown up the Twitterverse with a starring role in Riogate (the 2013 edition). Engulfing, for lack of a more descriptive adjective, 140 characters of opinion around the world, one [...]
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Did Newcastle honestly expect a McManaman ban?
Posted on 20 March 2013.
The FA yesterday announced that Callum McManaman would not face an FA charge over his challenge on Massadio Haïdara at the weekend, following the daily replays and image stills in the media. Whilst some fans have expressed their outrage, the decision should have come as no surprise, as the FA aren’t about to break their own rules [...]
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The TEN players who could leave Manchester City this summer
Posted on 19 March 2013.
This summer looks set to be the most interesting in Manchester City’s recent history. With our relative failure on the pitch, a number of big-earners set to leave, and Txiki Begiristain overseeing his first summer recruitment drive at the club, there appears to be a perfect storm gathering that should see a squad overhaul take [...]
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Former Manchester United man – The boy who will never be king
Posted on 18 March 2013.
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro. The ‘second’ greatest player in the world and of his generation. Lionel Messi must haunt him on a daily basis as he goes about his business being the best player Real Madrid currently have past, present and future. Comparison after comparison, record after broken record. If you were to feel [...]
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The future of width at Manchester United
Posted on 13 March 2013.
If you’re used to watching United’s first team you could be forgiven for being a bit confused by the club’s U21s and U18s. It would be normal to assume that United would prepare players for the first team by replicating the system the first team play but on the whole, that’s not the case. Even [...]
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Why Michael Laudrup won’t be staying at Swansea
Posted on 05 March 2013.
Just over a week after leading Swansea to their first ever major trophy and speculation remains high over the future of manager Michael Laudrup. After his Capital One Cup victory, Laudrup reiterated that he did not fancy joining a big club only to be fired after nine months for not winning any trophies, but a [...]
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Why does Liverpool striker blame Manchester United for everything?
Posted on 17 January 2013.
Luis Suarez was banned for 8 games last season after the FA found him guilty of racial abuse after he referred to Patrice Evra as “negro” during an argument. Suarez failed to convince the FA panel that he was using the term in a friendly way, given the pair of them were clearly at loggerheads at [...]
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The debate: Substances in Football
Posted on 04 December 2012.
Much was made of the revelation that England players used Pro Plus during the 1-1 draw with Poland in October once again brought on the age old debate regarding supplements within football. Understandably, the officiating bodies take a hard stance on the use of performance enhancing drugs – you only have to look at the [...]
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Time for British football journalists to shake off the bias
Posted on 20 November 2012.
Following Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s exploits against England last week, Jamie Redknapp’s comment in the Daily Mail, “last night, the world woke up to the mighty Zlatan’ bemused fans of the game.” Err; most of the world knew what Ibrahimovic is capable of. This comment sums up the British football journalists’ ignorant and petty attitude towards foreign [...]
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