Ref Watch: Damir Skomina, Euro U21 Final
This article is an analysis of a referee’s performance during a game (based on my personal opinion). I watched the Holland vs Serbia European U-21 Championship final closely and took…
Newcastle after Bent, Rozehnal in for 4 years
Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today – in no particular order of priority. The news today is the Mirror is reporting we are…
USA Copa America 2007 Roster: A JOKE!
The USSF just doesn’t get it. I understand that winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup gives us the opportunity to play in the Confederations Cup in 2009. So I get why…
Money and the Premier$hip
Last time I delved into the growing discrepancy in talent between the top teams in the world and everyone else. I offered nothing in terms of solutions in that article…
Should Manchester United pick up Quagliarella?
Everyday I open up Google News, and I run my usual searches: Bayern Munich (just so I can get my cousin’s nagging of my back) and of course, Man Utd…
Sam Still Seeking New Players for Newcastle United
We expect Sam to sign Joey Barton (pending), Ben Haim, David Rozehnal, Derek Boateng and Leighton Baines — probably in that order and think most of these are tied up….
The Hand of Messi
Leo Messi continues to emulate the great Diego Maradona. However, unlike his wonder-goal in the cup against Getafe, Messi’s effort in scoring his first goal against Espanyol was not so…
Football in South Africa
This article is for people who are curious about how football is perceived in South Africa, how the 2010 World Cup will change things in South Africa, why crime won’t…
Middlesbrough’s Brad Jones Blunders For Australia
You might forgive young Brad Jones’ inexperience on the world stage, but the young Middlesbrough goalkeeper showed how harsh an environment the big, bad world of international goalkeeping can be….
Solving the mess of international friendlies
A plan to change the face of international football, and provide opportunities and funds for football at lower levels. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this, and your suggestions and improvements in the comments please. I thought this up during the second half of the England-Brazil game tonight, which summed up everything poor about these type of games, and served to highlight the opportunity we have to make real improvements.
Why Tottenham MUST bring in the RIGHT players this summer
Ed: Congratulations to Spurs fans for Tottenham signing Gareth Bale – you guys have a very, very good player in your hands. As the Spurs’ players (with the exception of…
Keane’s and Quinn’s Sunderland ready to take the Premiership by storm
Sunderland on Sunday emphatically ended their season with a 5-0 trouncing of bottom club Luton Town at Kennilwoth Road.
NY Yankees sack fitness coach – Are you watching, Newcastle?
For the second season running Newcastle United have had an injury-ravaged season including their fair share of hamstring injuries. In one of our first articles on the new Newcastle United…
What if we had our injured players available?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about what I perceived as a general mediocrity in this year’s La Liga campaign. I personally feel that many teams have underperformed, including…
Chelsea’s chances of winning the Premiership are 1.6%
“United are in a much better situation but we know if we take nine points from our last three games and United lose six points then we’ll be okay. It’s…
