Clueless Chelsea Hit ‘Reset’ Button, Hope For Miracle-Worker
Football fans can be fickle, the media even more so but the Chelsea board has taken knee-jerk reactions and impossible expectations to Real Madrid-like proportions. While the white-clad prima donnas…
Can Burnley beat Tottenham? Can Derby upset Manchester United’s second string?
The theme in this season’s Carling Cup semifinals is Premier League vs Championship, haves vs havenots (wrt Derby’s owners, they’re not going to play in the Premier League next season…
Soccerlens 2008 Review
Modern football is on 24/7, 365 days an year. It’s intense. It’s in your face. It’s ridiculously easy to get sucked in and react to news on a daily basis,…
November 2008 Review: When Arsenal and Manchester United lost ground and Tottenham beat Liverpool
November would see Arsenal and frustrate in the league and dazzle in the Carling Cup while Tottenham did pretty much the same, knocking out Liverpool in the process. Outside England…
December 2008 Review: When Liverpool Were Top And Arsenal Lost Fabregas
December was notable for managerial changes as clubs prepared for the January transfer window and their chance to save their seasons. Real Madrid sacked Schuster and replaced him with Ramos,…
October 2008 Review: When the credit crunch hit football and Arsenal dropped out of the title race
October saw the economic crisis hit the Premier League, with several football club owners suffering losses to their financial assets. Each club would deal with this differently – West Ham…
September 2008 Review: When Manchester City became Manchester Dhabi and Newcastle United went for sale
The summer transfer window was extended by a day to let clubs complete their deals on a Monday, and this ‘last day’ was memorable for many reasons.
August 2008 Review: When Liverpool Had No Money And Argentina Won The Olympics
August saw the usual pre-season predictions doing the rounds, with the major discussion in Spain surrounding Barcelona’s transfer spending and Madrid’s chase of Ronaldo and subsequent treatment of Robinho. Liverpool…
July 2008 Review: When Tottenham lost their strikers and Nereida Gallardo became a star
With the Euros behind us, July would start the transfer season and with it all the mindless speculation along with the few sensational transfers here and there.
June 2008 Review: When Spain won the Euros and the world hated Ronaldo
June kicked off with a bang, literally – Jose Mourinho signed on as Inter Milan manager and Ronaldo, fresh from doing the league and european double with Manchester United, publicly…
May 2008 Review: When Manchester United Did The Double And Real Madrid Humbled Barcelona
While Manchester United and Chelsea were headed to Moscow (and to a last-day title decider) and Liverpool were after Barry, Arsenal and Tottenham were both looking across Europe for an…
April 2008 Review: When Liverpool wanted Barry and Barcelona couldn’t beat Manchester United
April is, amongst other things, time for April Fools Day and this year saw Soccerlens pull out some really crazy ideas out of the hat, from a Manchester United orgy…
March 2008 Review: When England dominated Europe and Mascherano threw a fit
March was somewhat of a slow month for Soccerlens but the world of football saw it’s share of football, debate and controversy.
February 2008 Review: When Tottenham beat Chelsea and Manchester United burst Arsenal’s bubble
February marked the beginning of several storylines for 2008 as well as the beginning of the end of for a few teams and managers. In purely footballing terms though, Egypt…
January 2008 Review: When Keegan led Newcastle and Tottenham beat Arsenal
With Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea squaring off for the Premier League title race, the press were hailing the 2007/2008 as the most exciting, most unpredictable season of football they’d…
