Month: October 2010
What More Could Tom Hicks Possibly Do To Destroy Liverpool?
Updated:Yesterday, everything was bathed in golden hues as far as everyone with a concerted interest in the short-term welfare of Liverpool Football Club was concerned – but that was a…
Read more »Newcastle United: Consistently Inconsistent
Updated:Newcastle are unlikely to snatch the Premier League crown away from Chelsea this season, but as we gear up for this weekend’s clash with Wigan, could we be about to steal their…
Read more »3 UP FRONT: Studs Up’s Chris Toy, England post-mortem and Rooney’s United future
Updated:The Three Up Front podcast is back for another belting half hour of football chat so make sure you tune in… First up the boys take a look at the…
Read more »Transfer Rumours: Rooney to Madrid, Ronaldinho to Galaxy and Kaka to Milan?
Updated:Silly season is never too far away in football, and the prime example of that is the shenanigans surrounding Liverpool FC, their owners, their board, their primary creditor and various…
Read more »Chelsea sign 11-year-old striker
Chelsea have signed 11-year-old Northampton Town striker Michael Gyasi for an undisclosed fee. The switch includes a variety of add-ons payments, which are subject to particular targets being met (most…
Read more »Why It’s High Time For England To Abandon The 4-4-2
Updated:Along with risking salmonella from the matchday catering, a jaunty acceptance of xenophobia and the now-annual day-shift prostitute scandals, the boring old 4-4-2 formation is a staple of the English…
Read more »Liverpool Sale Hit By Hicks And Gillett’s Texan Court Order
Updated:The saga at Liverpool took a massive twist tonight as a Texan court has granted a temporary restraining order on the sale of Liverpool FC to New England Sports Venture…
Read more »Arsene Wenger’s Reign of Two Halves
Updated:People often talk about the ‘brand of football’ that Arsene Wenger has cultivated at Arsenal. It is true that he has revolutionised the club- where less than two decades ago…
Read more »The Real Problem with Liverpool
Updated:With this being an international week, it is perhaps unsurprising there has been such media drama surrounding Liverpool and how their current, inept owners are damaging the club and are…
Read more »Fernando Llorente Is Taking His Chances, But Is He Madrid Material?
There is little doubt that Fernando Llorente has done nothing to harm his reputation as of late. The Athletic Bilbao striker scored twice in Spain’s victory over Lithuania and against…
Read more »Jose Mourinho still in love with English football
Updated:Less than three months since taking the Real Madrid hot-seat, Jose Mourinho has once again reiterated his admiration for the English game – days after revealing to AS that he…
Read more »Is This The End Of The Liverpool Soap Opera?
Updated:As long-running, meandering Scouse soap operas go, Brookside probably still takes the cake – but the continuing saga of upheaval and betrayal within the corridors of power at Liverpool Football…
Read more »Uninspired England Fire Blanks Against Montenegro: The Player Ratings
Updated:Both England and Montenegro saw their flawless winning starts to their respective Euro 2012 qualifying campaigns ended at Wembley last night, with a resolutely sterile stalemate ensuring that neither side…
Read more »Cesc Fabregas, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard…Rafael van der Vaart?
Updated:When one looks to the Premier League to pick out the very best midfielders, a few names always come to the fore. Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard…
Read more »Italy vs Serbia postponed: Masked Serbian fans disrupt match with flares (Video)
The Euro 2012 Qualifier between Italy and Serbia was to be played in Genoa, Italy. Since the Serbian fans arrived in Genoa, they had been causing trouble for the police…
Read more »Serbian violence causes abandonment of Italian fixture
Updated:The Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia had to be abandoned after just six minutes following crowd trouble in Genoa. The game in actual fact been postponed for thirty-five…
Read more »“Were Still In It” / Keeper Annoyed With Lack Of Chances
Updated:Afternoon all, we had to go without any Premier League games at the weekend, because of the international break. Maybe if England played good football, I wouldn’t mind. At least…
Read more »Liverpool Takeover Is Out On A Lim
As is quickly becoming commonplace at Liverpool Football Club of late, the already fairly convoluted plot surrounding the club’s proposed takeover has had it’s viscosity well and truly increased. After…
Read more »FIFA Finally Break In The Battle Over Goal-Line Technology
Updated:It would finally appear that FIFA, an organisation which prides itself on it’s self-preserving atavism and sub-glacial rates of progression, have finally accepted that – in these heady days of…
Read more »Alexandre Pato Is Brazil’s New Center Forward
Updated:Mano Menezes has a tough job ahead of him. He’s taking over as the Brazilian national team coach right after a World Cup of failure for the nation. Carlos Dunga failed…
Read more »Arsenal injuries update: Sagna out, Walcott and Fabregas back
Updated:Arsenal will be without right-back Bacary Sagna for at least the next two games, as the French international is out with a muscle injury. Sagna suffered a knock in the…
Read more »England team to face Montenegro, picked using Fantasy Football
Updated:The Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game isn’t just a fun way to compete against other football fans and win some prize money. It’s also the next England manager. Or it could…
Read more »What has happened to Serbia?
Updated:Serbia crashed to their first ever home defeat since becoming a indepedent football nation four years ago, losing 3-1 to Estonia in a European qualifier on Friday night. In five…
Read more »Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 WENB Option File Download
Updated:Finally the time has come for the release of the WENB Option file, a time almost better than Christmas. The one fault with Pro Evo has always been the absence…
Read more »NESV will borrow money for Liverpool, just like Hicks and Gillett
Updated:Football club ownership, like politics and any public sphere activity that commands the attention of the masses (i.e. is a money-spinner), is an absolute sham. You’re not only being lied…
Read more »Would Rio Ferdinand Be Wise To Consider International Retirement?
Despite being declared quite literally unfit to captain Manchester United a couple of weeks back, Rio Ferdinand has confirmed that he will be resuming his duties at international level when…
Read more »Can Montenegro crush the English dream?
Updated:Montenegro boss Zlatko Kranjcar (Niko’s father) has said that England should consider themselves to have already qualified for Poland and Ukraine.
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