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1 July 2008
Robbie Keane to Liverpool?
Posting on this site has been something of a rarity in recent times and the truth is, I have been falling out of love with football. There are almost no reputable human beings involved in the sport any more; no heroes, no magnanimity in defeat, no honesty, no loyalty.
I had been working on a season […]
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26 March 2008
France 1 - 0 England; Ratings
Second match and first test for Fabio Capello as England travelled to Paris (and the French President making the opposite journey) to take on the French.
As stated on more than one occasion, Capello will try several players as captain before settling on a permanent choice for the World Cup qualification campaign and Rio Ferdinand got […]
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5 March 2008
Arsenal Turn the Wheel on Milan
Supposedly the most precariously placed of all the English teams in the Champions League, Arsenal produced a masterful performance of skill, will and authority and in doing so became the first English team to beat AC Milan an the Giuseppe Meazza.
Late goals from Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Adebayor ended the reign of the champions but […]
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28 February 2008
A Word on Eduardo
For those football fans who do not characterise their support by the teams they hate then the news that Eduardo da Silva has been released from hospital and should make a full recovery will come as great news. Thankfully such injuries are rare in the game but it has spawned much debate around tackling, […]
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25 February 2008
Carling Cup Final Review
Cwoff takes a marginally less extensive look back at the Carling Cup final which saw Tottenham outplay and emerge victorious over a powerful if one-dimensional Chelsea team.
Chelsea now have only the three competitions to look forward to while Tottenham have the UEFA Cup to win and an assault on next season to plan.
The match was […]
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21 February 2008
Carling Cup Final Preview
Cwoff takes an extensive look ahead to the first cup final of the season as the much-maligned League Cup sees two of the big three London clubs square off.
Chelsea are still in the FA Cup and Champions League yet are probably out of the running for the league, but the holders are a team who […]
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9 February 2008
The Premiership’s Global Powerplay
The Premiership is going global. Come the 2010/11 season, the world’s most popular league will have an extra round of games played across the world. The Chairmen of the Premiership voted unanimously however the wider football community have received the initiative with less enthusiasm. The sanctity of the game is under threat they say, tradition […]
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6 February 2008
England 2 - 1 Switzerland; Ratings
Game one of the Fabio Capello regime - and regime is the right word. England’s first truly world class manager took charge for his first international match and picked the sort of eleven which every manager should; a form team.
Player assessments contained within…
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31 January 2008
The Premierships New owners
There was a time when investing in an English football team was about as appealing as the Lampard/Gerrard partnership. With the fragmentation of television rights, a spiralling global audience and a product that eschews (Spanish) style and (Italian) substance for a typically English white knuckle experience, the value of even a modest Premiership team […]
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23 January 2008
A Cup Giant Roars
To Dare is to Do.
Was there ever a motto more befitting the cup mentality? Last night, Tottenham embodied both their motto and their history with a performance of unrelenting, skilful endeavour. Against an Arsenal team that contained more first team players than was originally suggested, Spurs irresistibly swept aside a team that so many […]
