Platini Defends International Football Against Club Football
UEFA President Michel Platini has stepped up to defend international football in the face of criticism from European football clubs about crowded fixture lists and ‘meaningless friendlies’. In remarks published…
Miles Jacobson Interview (Football Manager 2011)
This week Soccerlens got the opportunity to chat with Miles Jacobson about all things Football Manager. You can catch this exclusive interview on this week’s 3 Up Front podcast (near…
England are 6th in FIFA rankings – here’s why
Today’s FIFA rankings are going to provide the self-loathing, masochistic English press with more ammo to berate the English national team, and then take the easy option making fun of…
With Valencia out, can Chicharito play on the wings for United?
With Antonio Valencia set to miss the rest of the season – a minimum of 5-6 months plus rehabilitation time means it’s likely that he’ll be back for pre-season next…
Who orchestrated the fake Togo – Bahrian friendly?
Reports suggest that Bahrian 3-0 win over Togo in a friendly game wasn’t really a win over the Togolese team. Instead, they were playing a ‘fake’ team, with the official…
When Reina asks for patience, you know Liverpool are in trouble
Jose Reina has always been the optimistic one – for several years, every year Liverpool’s title challenge would falter only for Reina to trot out the most optimistic of predictions,…
Premier League Squads
Premier League rules state that each club must submit a squad, maximum 25 players, containing eight home-grown players (players trained in England or Wales for 36 months before the age…
Arsenal Fan Share – Premier League’s version of MyFootballClub
As I write this, the Arsenal Fan Share website is down, thanks to poor choice of web hosting (they really went cheap here) and a deluge of traffic from excited…
Football Manager 2011 Preview
Football Manager 2011 will be released shortly before Christmas 2010, and promises a raft of new features including real-time contract negotiation, a revamped training system and a number of match…
Ferguson: “You need more than just talent to play for United.”
Ferguson was talking about Federico Macheda and Javier Hernandez and their prospects this season at Manchester United, when he said something very interesting: “They give us the back-up we are…
Adidas and FIFA send Goalkeepers to defend Jabulani
Why are Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Oliver Kahn (Germany) and Sergio Goycochea (Argentina) talking to the press about penalty shootouts? On the surface, which where mainstream media reporting – here’s…
Rafa, Liverpool and some truth
Rafa Benitez and Liverpool. What a story, eh? Man gives club best years in last two decades. Man loves club. Fans love the man. And then, poof. In one bedraggled…
2010 World Cup Second Round Preview
The charm of the World Cup is in the anticipation that fuels the excitement in the latter stages. After a slowish start (at a par with any cup competition), South…
The Vuvuzela World Cup
The 2010 World Cup has effectively been rebranding as the Vuvuzela World Cup – for all intents and purposes, they are bigger than England’s dreams of fluking to another title,…
