Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Aston Villa 2010/2011 Season Preview
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 13 2010A pre season, unquestionably overshadowed by an ongoing transfer saga of last season’s best player and a managerial departure doesn’t look good on paper just days before the start of…
New 10-11 Premier League Home Kits Overview (A-L)
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 6 2022The blogs are getting backed up with all of the 2010-2011 kit releases, especially since every Premier League club has made the executive decision to release new home and away…
Football in Italy: Crisis, Problems & Solutions – Part II
Charlie Rhodes • Nov 15 2011As we said in the first part of this article, Italian soccer crisis does not involve the national teams only, clubs have big problems too.
Review Your Boots & Win a Pair of Concaves (Contest)
Charlie Rhodes • Dec 8 2021It’s always a pleasure announcing new contests here at Soccerlens, and, working together with Concave, I can say with confidence that we have the easiest and best contest for you…
Celtic loan return for controversial Manchester City star Bellamy?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 12 2010Celtic have opened discussions with Manchester City over a loan move for Craig Bellamy, according to Celtic manager Neil Lennon. The Welsh forward is coming off of his finest season…
Liverpool replace wantaway Mascherano with Juventus midfielder Poulsen
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 12 2010Wantaway midfielder Javier Mascherano is still a Liverpool player for the time being, but Roy Hodgson has already swooped for his replacement, landing Juventus midfielder Christian Poulsen for 4.5 million…
Premier League 2010/2011 Betting Preview
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 4 2022With the summer holidays drawing to their inevitable close and the memories of all that sun, sea and dubious sangria fading fast, it’s time to turn our attention once again…
Football in Italy: Crisis, Problems & Solutions – Part I
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 12 2010The bitter disappointment for the Italian National Team poor figure at the FIFA WC 2010 is just the tip of the iceberg of a crisis that involves all Italian soccer,…
Arsene Wenger – The Accountant
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 12 2010Five long summers ago, in the magnificent arena that is the Millennium Stadium, legend has it that Arsenal won a trophy. That trophy was the FA Cup and they did…
Is the Old Firm domination over?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 12 2010The summer is over, World Cup fever has passed and the return to the domestic campaign is just around the corner. Champions Rangers unfurl the league flag at Ibrox on…
Stoke City sign Sunderland striker Jones in club-record deal
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010Stoke City have given their front line a significant boost just in time for the new Premier League season by signing Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones for a club-record 8 million…
Scottish Premier League 2010/2011 Season Preview – Part 2
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010Continuing from the Part 1 of the Scottish Premier League Season Preview… Hearts The last couple of seasons have seen relative stability at Tynecastle, now that majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov…
O’Neill has thrown his toys out of the pram
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010Martin O’Neill, in April 2010: “If that situation [no investment in the team] did develop, that wouldn’t necessarily mean I would down tools and say, ‘Well, listen, we can’t go…
Arsenal 2010/2011 Season Preview
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010The fresh scent of a new season could not come sooner for Arsenal supporters, who spent the duration of the World Cup and beyond wondering whether their captain and talisman…
Tottenham Hotspur 2010/2011 Season Preview
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010The one thing that I didn’t expect to happen during this summer for Spurs was nothing. We ended last season by qualifying for the Champions League and I expected us…