Articles By Ahmed Bilal (646)

Sunderland rock the Premiership as Tottenham bottle it, again

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 19 2012

Oh hell yes. OH. HELL. YEA! Take that. And that. And that.

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Wenger: Arsenal have been dealt an unfair hand

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

The headline is a paraphrasing of what Wenger has said – but you already knew that, right? What is Arsene Wenger on about?

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Newcastle United and West Ham, Dyer and Solano

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

The Sun (the patron of our ‘shit list’ page) claims that Nobby Solano, ever the family man, misses his wife and kids and wants to move to down South –…

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Soccerlens Fantasy Football – Update

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

I’ll make this quick: 1) If you haven’t already, sign up for the Soccerlens SquadGod group. There’s no ‘deadline’ (thanks Patrick for clearing it up) but there IS a deadline…

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Soccerlens Fantasy Football – Win a minimum of $1,000

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 29 2012

I almost didn’t run this, but then I saw that the most popular group at SquadGod had under 300 members and I thought – can SL beat them? I’m hoping…

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Baptista out to prove that Newcastle is cursed

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Yesterday, when Ed asked the question: “Is Newcastle cursed?” I laughed a bit and thought that it was just despair and anguish at current state of affairs, especially the recurring…

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Liverpool’s summer transfers so far

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Liverpool have ‘rotated’ a chunk of their squad this summer, letting several players go and bringing in reinforcements (noticeably in attack) to give Liverpool the cutting edge they have sometimes…

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The Sheffield United – Premier League arbitration report and West Ham’s impossible position

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 23 2012

For those of you unfamiliar with the exact events that took place after the 27 April West Ham hearing and the subsequent response by the FA Premier League in the…

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Details of transfers under investigation in Newcastle raid

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 28 2012

Ed Harrison from the Newcastle blog writes: As background to this disturbing story here are the transfers Newcastle were involved in – with the reasons the Stevens inquiry will not…

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Barcelona Roundup – Saviola, Milito, Sylvester Stallone and Time to Sell?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 11 2023

Here’s a roundup of the news surrounding Barcelona in the last week, as reported on the Barcelona blog:

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Soccerlens wants you to come closer…

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 10 2023

If you’re not a stranger, come on in and let’s talk about what’s going on at Soccerlens.

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Manchester United vs Chelsea: The Big Bully Bites Back

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 9 2022

Note: This article is a reply to BlueChampions’s piece on Manchester United’s spending. It’s a good article and raises some interesting points that I’ve discussed here. Replace Chelsea with Arsenal,…

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Spurs vs Geordies vs Mancs – who are the most delusional fans?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Feb 23 2012

Tottenham fans are dreaming of overtaking Arsenal, Newcastle fans are dreaming of the Champions League and West Ham fans are dreaming of … welll, anything better than the nightmarish last…

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Could Sheffield United please shut up?

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Jan 8 2022

Please, spare us. We don’t want to hear you moan. We don’t care if you ‘think’ that Sheffield United were cheated (they weren’t, they couldn’t win the games they should…

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Football Legends: Hristo Stoickhov

Author image Ahmed Bilal  •  Apr 11 2023

Hristo Stoichkov moved from CSKA Sofia to sign for Barça for 4oo million pesetas (2.4 million euros) in July 1990. He went on to become arguably the most important player…

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