November 2011

Liverpool – the Premier League’s biggest cheats?

November 29, 2011

Is ‘King’ Kenny Dalglish building one of the most unpleasant teams in Premier League history? You’d better ‘king believe it. His team’s performance against Manchester City on Sunday was nothing short of scandalous. We’ve all known for a while that Martin Skrtel, their caveman-esque centre back, is a thug. We̵ [...]

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Gary Speed: gone but not forgotten

November 29, 2011

Two days on and the football world is still trying, and failing, to come to terms with the loss of a legend. Sunday’s shocking news on the sudden death of Wales manager Gary Speed brought the country to a stand-still. Since the announcement there has been an endless amount of tributes for the 42 year [...]

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Arsenal’s resurgence at the right time for Arsène

November 26, 2011
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The past few months have been a roller-coaster for Arsenal fans. After only seven games of the current campaign they had notched a mere two wins and had been on the back of some truly embarrassing results. When you look at the league table and see Arsenal lurking outside the relegation places it is obvious [...]

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Pressure mounts for Villas-Boas

November 24, 2011

Andre Villas-Boas is confident his Chelsea team can still qualify for the Champions League knock-out stages, despite last night’s 2-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen. But confidence seems to be severely lacking for the Blues so far this season, and last night’s result means they have now lost four of their last seven games. To put [...]

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Arsenal gunning for Gotze

November 23, 2011

Mario Gotze will aim to dazzle fans at the Emirates in tonight’s Champions League clash, possibly giving Arsenal supporters a taste of the future as rumours suggest that the Dortmund star may be in line for a January transfer. The 19-year-old midfielder has already impressed a host of top European clubs. But it seems that [...]

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Do you really care about Team GB?

November 23, 2011

Team GB: The facts The London Olympics will be the first time in 52 years that Great Britain has fielded a football team in the games.  Team GB plans to enter both male and female teams to play on home turf next year.  While this will be an exciting and historical moment in British sport, [...]

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Spain and Scotland: Two Leagues in jeopardy

November 23, 2011
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At the risk of sounding a terribly stuck-up know-it-all it is rare I come across something in football where the statistics genuinely shock me. However, I read an article a few days ago that shed some light on an issue we all know is there but somehow we tend to look over. Spanish football is [...]

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Beckham plays down Premier League switch

November 22, 2011

While discussing his future in football, David Beckham has played down reports that he will move back to England to finish his playing career. Those who bet on soccer will note how the former England captain is out of contract at LA Galaxy this month, meaning that a move to a new club could be on [...]

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Liverpool stun Chelsea at the Bridge to go above Arsenal

November 20, 2011

Chelsea vs Liverpool 16.00. 20/11/2011 Glen Johnson’s struck a late winner at Stamford Bridge as Liverpool offered fresh hope to qualify for the Champions League. Chelsea’s dismal Premier League run under manager Andre-Villas-Boas continued- they have lost three of their last four games in the league. The home side dominated possession in the f [...]

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Everybody wants Krasic (Apart from Juventus)

November 17, 2011

In the last year he was one of the best player for Juventus, but the advent of Antonio Conte’s era at Juventus seems to have stopped the rising of Milos Krasic in the club. When he arrived in Italy in the last year he was received by Juventus fans as the “New Nedved”, both for [...]

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Have Spain’s competitors learnt how to stop tici-taca?

November 17, 2011

  Spain’s 2-2 draw with Costa Rica last night, and their 1-0 loss to England on the weekend, suggest that the European and World champions have become too predictable. Only a David Villa goal three minutes into injury time in San Jose prevented them from being embarrassed twice in four days. Since their triumph at [...]

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Why England should go back on tour

November 15, 2011

The game with Sweden looks set to be the lowest attendance at the new, improved Wembley since it opened in 2007. And to be frank it was only a matter of time. The stadium lacks any sort of character and that makes it an almost unplayable atmosphere for the players because they can hear people’s [...]

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