Articles By Charlie Rhodes (31342)

Cape Town Stadium: 2010 Venue

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  May 7 2010

One of the stadiums that will see the most use at World Cup 2010 is the aptly named Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town. Cape Town Stadium is one of…

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World Cup 2010 Stadiums

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 20 2011

The 64 matches that will played at World Cup 2010 will take place at ten venues in nine different cities around South Africa. Though there was a lot of concern…

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Mbombela Stadium: 2010 Venue

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  May 7 2010

Mbombela Stadium is the smallest of the five new stadiums that has been built for World Cup 2010, with a capacity of 43,500. It is also one of the two…

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Loftus Versfeld Stadium: 2010 Venue

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  May 7 2010

Pretoria’s Loftus Versfeld Stadium was one of the four venues that hosted matches in the 2009 Confederations Cup, and the stadium will host six World Cup matches, including one of…

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Will Tottenham do a Liverpool and beat Everton at Goodison?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 4 2009

Normally you’d back the home side in such ‘even’ games but Everton’s recent home record and Tottenham’s more-than-decent away record points to a difficult game for the Blues.

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Bet on City and Chelsea to score plenty of goals

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 29 2012

The monetary fortunes of Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour, billionaire owners of Chelsea FC and Manchester City FC respectively, attract much speculation.

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Scotland – the second toughest job in football?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 4 2009

As Brian Glanville opined in his book on England managers, it is perhaps the toughest job in football. As the founders of the modern day association rules football, the English…

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Football Manager – What makes a good defensive midfielder?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 8 2022

When it comes to selecting your central midfield pairing it is essential that you consider playing a holding player as well as an attack minded midfielder. Whether he plays as…

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Fantasy Football: Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea to clean up this week

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

Another week, another manager under-fire. This week it is Arsene Wenger’s turn to assume what has recently become known as “The Rafa Benitez” position in front of the media’s firing…

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Podcast: Where are Wenger’s manners?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 17 2021

The podcast discusses FIFA’s bungles, Wenger’s problems and Messi’s Ballon D’Or award, plus a host of big match weekend predictions.

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Where will your centre-back be next season?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 3 2009

This article is not a slight on the perceived fickle nature of today’s players. I do not seek to address where defenders will be in terms of transfers next year, but where on the pitch.

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Football Manager – What makes a good full-back?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 8 2022

Whether you decide to play with full-backs or wing-backs, having two quality players on either side can be vital to your team as a defensive unit. And if you happen…

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Can Arsenal’s young guns topple struggling Manchester City?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Oct 23 2010

Manchester City v Arsenal Carling Cup Quarter-Final Wednesday 02 December 2009 Kickoff: 19:45 BST When Manchester City hosted Arsenal in the Premier League back in September, it was a cracking…

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Quotes of the Week – Tottenham handball and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 5 2023

A hot half dozen of the week’s best quotes from dangerhere.com:

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Football Manager – What makes a good centre-back?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 8 2022

While that tricky winger or decisive striker may steal the headlines for your team, the importance of possessing at least one although ideally two or three strong and decisive centre-backs…

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