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June 2010

Brazil’s transatlantic balance will win the World Cup

June 30, 2010

Yesterday Brazil played like two teams fused together: a physical, European-style rearguard of six formed a solid base from which their samba stars took Chile apart. Crucially (England, France and Italy take note), every man knew his role in a clearly defined system of play. [...]

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England’s chronic self-doubt proves terminal

June 29, 2010

However many Englishmen pull on the three lions at major competitions it seems they will be united by one thing: a fear of failure. The nation may be stuck in a vicious circle. The more we talk of our players’ inability to recreate their club form on the international stage, the more they believe it themselves. [...]

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Rosey’s World Cup Round-up: England

June 28, 2010

I’m sure like me, you have read every column inch and more on yesterday’s debacle in Bloemfontein including Mike and James excellent blogs on here. You may have come-up with a range of different opinions on the players and manager and what’s next for English football. Having taking in all of this, I’ve come to my own conclusion and for me [...]

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England – It’s Armageddon all over again

June 28, 2010

Ok, it isn’t quite the end of the world but I think a few of us feel like that this morning. The usual knee-jerk reactions are gracing the airwaves and the newspapers this morning. The usual cries of “sack the manager” and “you let your country down” have been wheeled out and the nation is in mourning. I don’t know about you, but I am g [...]

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The football association know FA! What needs to be done

June 28, 2010

Here are just some of the the things the FA and Premier League should do (but probably won’t) to make a serious attempt to improve our national team. [...]

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Germany Vs England- The Big One

June 27, 2010

So here we are. The Big One. There’s no escaping it and there’s no point wishing we could’ve played an easier team, because we didn’t top our World Cup group. Simple. Our opponents are Germany; a team full of individual flair, with particular emphasis on discipline (of course) and creative midfield play. England? We get [...]

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South America has the edge over Europe at the World Cup

June 26, 2010

Teams from the UEFA region have been outperformed by their rivals from across the Atlantic so far in the tournament. All five of South America’s representatives at the World Cup survived the group stage. By and large, they have been better to watch than many of the European sides too. [...]

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Lets talk about Cesc…

June 25, 2010

I’ve had such a bad feeling about this whole sorry saga that I haven’t wanted to share my thoughts on it until now. My decision to finally do so may or may not be because I am stuck in monsoon hit southern Poland with a dearth of alcohol or understandable television. Oh, or football. I’ll let you decide. [...]

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Rosey’s World Cup Round-up day 14

June 24, 2010

Avriadechi! I’m not going to dwell too much on yesterday’s result as far as I’m concerned it was job done. The fact that we were holding on to the lead with minutes ago against a team like Slovakia doesn’t bode well ahead of games against Germany and then possibly Argentina but the performance was so [...]

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Is Landon Donovan the player of the tournament so far?

June 24, 2010

It just had to be Landon Donovan that scored the dramatic last-gasp winner against Algeria last night. The USA’s talisman has proved to be the difference between a workmanlike side able to match decent opposition over 90 minutes, and one that is able to surpass them. Last night he was the difference between an early exit from the World Cup and a [...]

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Jermain Man! England Over The Line… Just.

June 23, 2010

England produced an much improved performance to qualify for the World Cup group stages. It could have only got better couldn’t it? England endured a predictably nervy start to their vital game against Slovenia but looked far more imposing in the first 10 minutes-more reminscent of their successfull qualifying campaign. Although England were [...]

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Messi, Ronaldo & co. have much to prove

June 23, 2010

It seems, with Brazil’s convincing 3-1 win over Ivory Coast and Portugal’s 7-0 mauling of poor North Korea, that normal service has resumed at last. With Argentina cruising into the last 16, it seems the big teams have finally begun to live up to their collective reputation. The big stars, though, are yet to shine as individuals. [...]

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