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Posted on January 10th, 2012 | No Comments

What’s The Stigma Hurting English Managers?

So whadda y’know Mark Hughes is back managing in the Premier League and in London to boot.



Posted on December 26th, 2011 | No Comments

Mario Gotze not keen on Arsenal move

The young German superstar Mario Gotze has disappointed Arsenal fans everywhere by stating that he would much rather make the move to either Real Madrid or Barcelona than move to the Premier League. Arsenal have been linked with a £30m move for the &#…



Posted on December 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Real Madrid v Barcelona Highlights – La Liga

Real Madrid had a fantastic chance to extend their lead at the top of La Liga with a home game against Champions Barcelona, and they looked good when Benzema was gifted a goal after just 21 seconds, but Barca showed their quality again with a brilliant comeback.   Messi dribbled through a sea of Madrid [...]



Posted on December 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Real Madrid to challenge Man City for Van Persie

It is being reported today that the Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is preparing to try and tempt Arsenal’s Robin Van Persie to move to La Liga rather than make a big money move to Arsenal’s Premiership rivals Manchester City. The Mirror …



Posted on December 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Carlos Vela scissor-kick – Brilliant!

The Arsenal striker Carlos Vela has made an impact in La Liga with Real Sociedad and he capped it off with this brilliant goal against Malage, when Sociedad were 2-1 down with 3 minutes to go.
If you are an Arsenal fan, perhaps you should show this vid…



Posted on December 4th, 2011 | No Comments

Sporting Gijon V Real Madrid Highlights – La Liga

Real Madrid continued their exceptional form when Angel Di Maria, Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo struck in a 3-0 win at La Liga strugglers Sporting Gijon on Saturday. Gijon, who finished with 10 men after Sebastian Eguren was shown a second yellow card in the 80th minute, are 19th with 12 points and will go bottom [...]



Posted on November 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Getafe V Barcelona Highlights – La Liga

Barcelona fell further behind Real Madrid at the top of the table as lowly Getafe took all three points and stunned neutrals as Diego Castro headed home from a Pablo Sarabia corner in the 65th minute. A victory was needed to keep the pace with Madrid, who had won earlier in the Madrid derby 4-1 [...]



Posted on November 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Real Madrid V Atletico Madrid Highlights – La Liga

Real Madrid winning the derby was no surprise. What was a surprise was that for a short time here it looked like they might not. Adrián’s goal gave Atletico Madrid an early and unexpected lead at the Santiago Bernabéu but his cool finish was quickly followed by a red card for the goalkeeper Thibault Courtois [...]



Posted on November 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Barcelona V Real Zaragoza Highlights – La Liga

Second-placed Barcelona continued its prolific home form this season with a convincing 4-0 victory over Real Zaragoza. Gerard Pique and Lionel Messi netted in the first half to put Barca on course for the win and second-half strikes from Carles Puyol and David Villa completed the scoring. The result means Barca has now netted 30 [...]



Posted on November 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Valencia V Real Madrid Highlights – La Liga

Real Madrid maintained its position at the top of the Primera Division table as it came through its toughest assignment of the season so far at Valencia Jose Mourinho’s men left the Mestalla with a 3-2 win after a see-saw affair. Karim Benzema put them ahead before the break with a wonderful volley, before Sergio [...]



Posted on November 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Football Matters Part II: Beyond the pale, the money game and the mercenaries

Author’s Note: This is the second installment of the ‘Football Matters’ series, you can read the first part ‘Two colors inside and the divisions outside’ here. Football and mercenaries, two terms that sound unrelated and s…



Posted on November 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Football Matters Part II: Beyond the pale, the money game and the mercenaries

Author’s Note: This is the second installment of the ‘Football Matters’ series, you can read the first part ‘Two colors inside and the divisions outside’ here. Football and mercenaries, two terms that sound unrelated and s…



Posted on November 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Football Matters Part I: Two colors inside and the divisions outside

Football matters, indeed it does, to you, to me and to millions of other fans around the world and to the players who play it day in day out. And what’s also certain is that there are football matters that continue to haunt the very basis of mode…



Posted on November 12th, 2011 | No Comments

Football Matters Part I: Two colors inside and the divisions outside

Football matters, indeed it does, to you, to me and to millions of other fans around the world and to the players who play it day in day out. And what’s also certain is that there are football matters that continue to haunt the very basis of mode…



Posted on October 27th, 2011 | No Comments

3 Players United Will Have To Be Wary Of – Everton

Manchester United of course travel to Merseyside to face  Everton on Saturday, so with that in mind it’s worth taking a look at these three players who we should be wary of going into the game:



Posted on October 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Possible Replacements For Sir Alex (Part 3/5) O’Neill & Guardiola

Here are the next two managers that came to mind as Sir Alex Ferguson’s replacement at United after Jose Mourinho and David Moyes, do these charismatic duo have what it takes to make it at Old Trafford:



Posted on September 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Europe’s best template of the current season 2011/12.

Here are the latest top 10 ranking Europe’s best template of the current season 2011/12. Former gunners Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas share the second spot while Ashley Young was the best after five matches played. 1. Ashley Young (Manchester &#8…



Posted on September 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Europe’s best template of the current season 2011/12.

Here are the latest top 10 ranking Europe’s best template of the current season 2011/12. Former gunners Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas share the second spot while Ashley Young was the best after five matches played. 1. Ashley Young (Manchester &#8…



Posted on September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Spying on my Cesc-y ex

My girlfriend went out last night for some angry karaoke so I found myself in the rare position of being …Continue reading »



Posted on September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Spying on my Cesc-y ex

My girlfriend went out last night for some angry karaoke so I found myself in the rare position of being …Continue reading »



Posted on September 4th, 2011 | No Comments

Ronaldo not ruling out Premier League return

Tweet SkySports often do these ‘Special Reports’ aired on Monday evenings, although if I’m totally honest, I rarely watch them. However, I’ll be tuned into the sports channel tomorrow evening as this weeks Special Report revolve…



Posted on August 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Anelka: A wanted man …

Paris Saint-Germain are keen to bring Nicolas Anelka back to club where he started his career, but they will have competition from Spanish side Real Betis.



Posted on August 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Why De Gea’s settling in is now even more difficult

Tweet With a fully fit squad of players in good form with a big game coming up, Ferguson would surely have De Gea in goal now with Rio and Vidic in front of him. However, due to two unfortunate injuries to the defensive duo, De Gea will have to try and…



Posted on August 18th, 2011 | No Comments

3 things that must change for true progress | Cesc’s Barcelona upset me with great football

Good morning Grover’s, the word on the street is that part two of our disaster summer should be finalised tomorrow/today with the departure of Samir Nasri to Manchester City. He’s landed a monster contract (£200k p/w) for 3 months work in 3 years. Bravo Samir, I hope you find great happiness at City. Today’s post [...]



Posted on August 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Man City v Swansea Premier League Highlights

“It is two weeks until the end of the market,” said Mancini. “I don’t know if he will stay but, at the moment, there isn’t a team who want to take him.” 25 Hart 02 Richards 04 Kompany 06 Lescott 22 Clichy 11 Johnson (Savic 74) 18 Barry 21 Silva (Milner 82) 34 De Jong [...]



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