Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Football Rivals You Love To Hate
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 1 2009I hate Liverpool and I hate Liverpool fans. This isn’t to say that I don’t have a mate or two who is afflicted with Liverpool support and this isn’t to…
Weekend Predictions: Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd and Newcastle to win, Tottenham, West Ham, Everton and Man City won’t
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 8 2022The Olympic Games have been a real disappointment. The only event that I was desperate to watch was the diving, but it turned out to be a few lunatics jumping…
Irresistible Argentina power past Brazil
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 27 2012Watch Argentina v Brazil live online. Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack, crunched it up, made a little paper ball,…
Why do Arsenal players criticise their teammates?
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 23 2012This isn’t a slight against Arsenal, any Arsenal player or the Arsenal manager – more a question about Wenger’s management methods. At times in the last two seasons it’s almost…
Glory Fans – Not So Bad After All?
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 5 2022As a child, the summer holidays brought about a family trip to a campsite in Europe. We’d get in the car to travel down to Dover and I would always…
Soccerlens goes to Paris – How good (bad) is French football?
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 28 2012And so, after a year-long absence from a soccer stadium (the last live match I watched was Chile vs. Nigeria, FIFA U-20 World Cup Quarter-Finals, and only because the tournament…
Former Juventus player beaten up by rival fans
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 28 2012From Goal.com: Conte was relaxing on a beach near his hometown of Lecce on Sunday where he took part in a five-a-side match, before a number of thugs gathered around…
Everton and Middlesbrough suffered from bad referee decisions
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 28 2012The 2008-09 Premier League season kicks-off with the Right Result team back in action and as always there were some big talking points. Everton were familiar subjects of Right Result…
How the Dutch sabotaged England’s Euro dreams
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 3 2022An astonishing leaked interview with former England boss Steve “Umbrella” McClaren has made it clear to British football authorities that the man they entrusted with England’s dismal Euro 2008 qualifying…
Arsenal and Man Utd to beat Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea in the youth stakes
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 20 2012Where will the next generation of home grown Premier League stars come from? Nextsoccerstar.com predicts who will be the winners and losers in the ‘youth’ stakes this season….
Weekend Predictions: Arsenal, Tottenham, Sunderland, Chelsea, United to win, Liverpool, City and Newcastle to lose
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 9 2015Gerry McDonnell returned from his holidays on Thursday – he missed preseason, but we have no hesitation in sticking him straight in the starting lineup for the opening weekend of…
49% of fans blame Ronaldo, 28% blame the Press
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 10 2022Last week Soccerlens asked readers who they blamed for the torturous summer-long United-Ronaldo-Madrid saga. The results are detailed below:
We can’t all be Arsenal…
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 5 2022I love watching football, I love playing football (although it hurts too much now) and I love coaching football. When I watch football I can see all the good ideas…
Transfer Rumors (11 August 08): Chelsea-Kaka deal on?, Villa to make bid for Chelsea’s Cole, Pompey sign Tottenham’s Kaboul, and more
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 23 2012Well, it’s the start of a new week, and this week carries a great deal of excitement, as we’re only a week away from the start of the Premier League…
English Double Standards: Clattenburg v Shinawatra
Charlie Rhodes • Aug 3 2022The English Premier League has never been known for a lack of discipline, even when Robbie Savage was in it. While discussions rage about the ability of officials to control…