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5 reasons why Rooney must stay at Old Trafford

October 21, 2010

In a footballing climate where the tribal element in the hearts of players appears to be doomed, engulfed by a tide of mercenary individuals pimping themselves out to the highest bidder, it may not be surprising to see Wayne Rooney looking around for rival offers when time comes to sign a new contract at Manchester United.
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How German minnows Mainz are topping the Bundesliga

October 13, 2010

Seven wins out of seven, 18 goals scored, three points clear at the top. Mainz have a one hundred per cent start equalling a Bundesliga record orchestrated by a bright, young manager with 20 something starlets setting the league alight. Where it is all going so right for the O-Fives? [...]

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Red devils decline, blue moon ascent. A Manchester in transition

April 17, 2010

The most decisive Manchester derby since Dennis Law’s back-heel in 1974 will highlight where success and failure lies in a footballing city marked by a season of transition.

Forget the War of the Roses. Forget the north/south divide. Saturday’s clash between the red and blue armies of Manchester promises to be an epic, with meteoric implicat [...]

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Ruptured Achilles’ heel is the final nail in England’s WC coffin

March 17, 2010

Beckham, Terry, Cole…injuries and melodramas expose England’s Achilles’ heel

As the Greek myth of the Trojan War goes, it was the heel of the great Achilles – pierced by a poisoned arrow fired by Paris – that killed the apparently invulnerable warrior. Now in England’s World Cup campaign, one that seemed so promising six months ago, it [...]

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The lesser of two evils: Liverpool or Man City to finish 4th?

February 15, 2010

Which self-important, deluded, foreign-funded club would you least like to see take the final Champions League spot at the end of the season? [...]

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England’s forward options never looked so good

October 9, 2009

Wayne Rooney has six goals in seven for Manchester United so far. For England in qualification matches his record is nine in eight. The national side has booked their place for the World Cup next summer allowing him to whet his appetite for South Africa by focusing on Premier League and European competition. [...]

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Where Ronaldo goes the rest will follow

June 25, 2009

Times they are a changing in the Premier League

Six weeks ago the English press were running around like little school girls gushing over the brilliance of our national league. Three teams representing the Premiership had reached the last four of the European Cup two years on the bounce. The English champions were the world champions and they ha [...]

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Barca wouldn’t dominate in the Premier League

May 30, 2009

Rory Delap: One reason why the Euro champs wouldn’t reign in England

One further debate that has emerged since Manchester United “didn’t turn up” in the Stadio Olimpico, and the vertically challenged Spaniards, Iniesta and Xavi, stole the show in Rome, has been to question just how good this treble-winning Barcelona side really are. Not [...]

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Ultimate XI – Football Pundits

May 16, 2009

Now I don’t mean to rip off the idea Dexy, but this whole best XI business somehow got my mind racing. It got me thinking about those past and present who have been our eyes, ears and experts on the game, and just what we think about them. Who do we appreciate (see below) and who are best forgotten (see David Pleat, Mark Lawrenson, John Barnes, e [...]

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Ref elitism underlines Ovrebo witch hunt

May 13, 2009

After all the fuss has died down

A special place is reserved for people like Tom Henning Ovrebo. Just like Anders Frisk, Graham Poll, Robert Mugabe, and Osama Bin Laden before him, Tom has achieved household name status and established himself on Interpol’s top ten most wanted overnight. [...]

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Can Liverpool or Arsenal take any positives from this season?

May 6, 2009

A season of so nears yet so fars

Unlike Arsenal, Liverpool has no youth policy to point to in excuse of a season bereft of silverware, so can the Anfield faithful truly call this be a season of progress and positives?

Arsenal are having to come to terms with yet another trophy-less campaign and this predicament can be mirrored in the inevita [...]

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The Premier League’s ‘top four’ myth

March 24, 2009

The big boys league

In response to Stephen Trenery’s post suggesting that the Premier League has reverted to its boring tag as the ‘top four’ dominate everything, I felt compelled to doing some investigation.

This predominance of certain teams at the top of their leagues affects all the best competitions in Europe, without fail. Neverth [...]

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