Archive | July, 2009
Zlatan Should Thank Perez For Barca Move
If it wasn’t for Florentino Perez and his early transfer window ‘shock and awe’ superstar shopping spree, a shopping spree which has seen the triple trophy winning exploits of Joan Laporta’s men at the Camp Nou quickly forgotten by anyone not from Catalunya, then what must be regarded as the summer’s most ludicrous deal to [...]
Continue reading...Wembley winners all round
27. July 2009
Every pre-season tournament feels that their event is that bit special, no-one likes to think that their prestigious event is simply a glorified training session interrupted by masses of substitutions to take away from the little meaning that the games actually carry. Getting the balance and mix right for your event is no easy task with [...]
Continue reading...Hope, Money and Sven – Tales From a Pre-Season Game Where the Result Mattered
27. July 2009
The oldest league club in world languishing in the bottom division of the football league is taken over by a foreign consortium who hire one of the most recognisable names in the game to oversee operations promising to overhaul the team and the facilities of the club as a whole. Sounds like a pretty farfetched movie [...]
Continue reading...Transfer Rumors (24 July 09): Arsenal in for Huntelaar, Liverpool in shock move for old boy Crouch, Sunderland capture Marseille star Cana, and more
26. July 2009
We’ve got quite a lot of tidbits from yesterday and today to go over in today’s roundup from around the Premier League, Serie A, and several more top leagues, so if you’ve missed any of the latest transfer news and rumors, we’re here to catch you up. And as always, you can stay updated [...]
Continue reading...Monday’s football transfer rumours: Andriy Voronin to Hull City?
25. July 2009
Today’s rumours have just jumped off the bench after 79 minutes Like an obnoxious city banker who’s half cut, tie undone, creased-shirt billowing out of trousers with drool dripping from his sticky red lips eyeing that 28-year-old brunette sat with her lover at the bar, Manchester City will not give up the chase for John Terry [...]
Continue reading...Born Again: How the Deep-Lying Midfielder Position is Reviving Careers
25. July 2009
In football, as it’s played today, central midfielders have become the most important players on the pitch. Due to the growing importance of the transition game, the roving role of a post-to-post player demands competence in both defense and attack. Finding the right player, however, is difficult. The position demands an innate intelligence. The ability [...]
Continue reading...Transfer Rumors (23 July 09): Real up bid for Liverpool’s Alonso, Man City eye Aston Villa’s Young, Sunderland back in for Tottenham’s Bent, and more
24. July 2009
If you’ve checked out the football transfer lists lately, you’ll notice that we’ve got a couple of new additions in League One and League Two, so if you’re a fan of one of England’s lower league clubs, you can now find their latest transfers here. And as always, you can count on finding all [...]
Continue reading...There’s something fishy at Milan
24. July 2009
AC Milan are one of the world’s most prestigious and successful teams of all time. They have won the Serie A 17 times, been runners-up 14 times, won the Supercoppa Italiana a record 5 times, 7 Champions League titles and another record 3 intercontinental titles. In contrast to this they finished 3rd and 5th [...]
Continue reading...Football at the Top: It’s a Dog’s Life
24. July 2009
At first glance man’s best friend has little relevance to football. I mean let’s face it, if you’re sitting on the psychiatrists couch and he/she is doing that word association thing and comes up with the word dog are you likely to answer football (or vice versa)? I didn’t .. err.. I mean… I think [...]
Continue reading...United pull an Arsenal, Gerrard case shines light on Liverpool fans and lots more
23. July 2009
As we amble through the ‘most amazing transfer season ever’, drunk on the memories of the ‘closest title race ever’ from last season and looking forward to what surely must be ‘the most exciting Premier League season ever’, it’s easy to miss the trees for the forest – or the blinding neon light that is [...]
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27. July 2009
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