Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Manchester United 2010/2011 Season Preview
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010Manchester United have enjoyed a successful pre-season, putting in some good performances and scoring plenty of goals. I’m not for one moment suggesting that because we got a result against…
Chelsea 2010/2011 Season Preview
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 8 2023Where do you start previewing the season ahead after a pre-season like ours? Ostrich impressions seem the better option right now really but I’m going to skim over the fact…
Prandelli’s Azzurri go down to the Ivory Coast
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010Italy’s poor run of results in 2010 continued under the rain of East London on Tuesday night. Cesare Prandelli’s appointment as successor to Marcello Lippi was received with widespread optimism…
MLS Stars Outshined Against Brazil
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 26 2010The United States Men’s National Team, which disappointingly only included five Major League Soccer players, was completely outclassed in a 2-0 loss to Brazil. Neymar and Alexando Pato, who were…
Diego set for a return to The Bundesliga?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010According to Sky Sports Italia Juventus playmaker Diego is set to depart the club and return to Germany. The 25 year old made a big money move to Turin last…
8 things wrong at Valencia
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010Let me start this with the blunt truth. Valencia are in trouble, big trouble. 1. They carry the millstone of a huge debt around their neck, 2. of a new…
Barcelona’s Difficult Third Album
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010After winning everything on offer in 2008/09 and retaining the league last year, it’s time for Pep Guardiola’s difficult third album, with a stripped out feel from the last two…
The latest additions to the Real Madrid Globetrotters
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010It’s another summer in the Spanish capital with Los Merengues failing to have won a trophy last season. Florentino Pérez is the Club President. It can only mean one thing,…
Landon Donovan At All Costs
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 26 2010Major League Soccer’s hottest commodity is not one of their new, highly-paid foreign stars, but their homegrown California kid, Landon Donovan, and they must do everything they can to keep…
Next in line for Aston Villa
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 17 2010Since the shock departure of Martin O’Neill a mere 24 hours ago names have been speculated left, right and center to fill the vacant post. Here we’ll look at some…
With The Curtain Finally Raised – It’s Back To Business
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 10 2010The Community Shield the final game of pre-season. It’s around this time where the excitement of the new season starts to really heat up. Whether your Blackpool looking forward to…
Real Madrid agree deal for Chelsea defender Carvalho
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 11 2010Chelsea are set to say so long to a longtime defensive stalwart, as Real Madrid are closing in on a deal for center back Ricardo Carvalho. A statement from Chelsea…
Transfer Rumors: Liverpool set sights on another Cole?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 10 2010England Liverpool Call On Another Cole? The Daily Mail says that Liverpool have made an inquiry for West Ham striker Carlton Cole and have been quoted a price of 12…
Premier League stronger despite lack of exciting summer signings
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 10 2010In one week the opening matches of the 2010/11 Premier League season will have taken place. Usually this is a time for fans to place under the microscope their respective…
Are this year’s football kits just walking billboards?
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 9 2022While sponsors have long been part of football fashion, it seems that this season, kits have been more inspired and shaped by the advertiser one them than ever before. The…