Articles By Charlie Rhodes (38036)

Middlesbrough’s Brad Jones Blunders For Australia

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

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….

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Solving the mess of international friendlies

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 3 2023

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.

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Why Tottenham MUST bring in the RIGHT players this summer

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 29 2012

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…

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Superior Sevilla

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

Sevilla coach Juande Ramos persisted his side deserved to be the second club to defend the UEFA Cup after their dramatic 3-1 penalty shootout win over 10-man Espanyol.

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Keane’s and Quinn’s Sunderland ready to take the Premiership by storm

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 20 2021

Sunderland on Sunday emphatically ended their season with a 5-0 trouncing of bottom club Luton Town at Kennilwoth Road.

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NY Yankees sack fitness coach – Are you watching, Newcastle?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 20 2012

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…

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What if we had our injured players available?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 29 2012

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…

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Chelsea’s chances of winning the Premiership are 1.6%

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 21 2021

“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…

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The Good Shepherd has made Newcastle United rich and famous

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 27 2012

I know most Newcastle fans (at least the ones we hear from) may not be too fond of Freddy Shepherd and the job he has done for nearly 10 years…

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The mind-games between Liverpool and Chelsea can’t hide the truth

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 27 2012

Okay, both managers have started, mainly Mourinho with his comments saying in short Liverpool have 1 competition to play for while Chelsea have 4 (well 3 more) and this is…

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Who will finish on top in this mediocre La Liga campaign?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 21 2012

At the beginning of the season, I wrote an article on the upcoming La Liga campaign, weighing up the chances of Barcelona retaining their crown. I argued that Real Madrid’s…

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Is Cristiano Ronaldo over-rated and over-hyped?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Sep 23 2010

Varun, from SportZForumZ.com, writes in about Cristiano Ronaldo and questions whether the hype surrounding him is deserved or not We all know this player, Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo, the young…

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Frank Lampard vs Steven Gerrard – Who’s Better?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 29 2012

These two marvelous midfield Maestros would waltz their way into any team in Europe, but are both inconsistent on the international scene. Following on from Ed Harrison’s argument that these…

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Lucky Liverpool?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 5 2009

After Liverpool’s amazing victory over AC Milan in the 2005 champions league final, may disgruntled fans of Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal accused Liverpool of being lucky and undeserving winners….

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Funny Quotes by Football Managers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Sep 2 2010

There have been some really comical quotes made by football managers over the years – in the heat of the moment – and since we tend to become too serious…

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