Charlie Rhodes
Sports Editor
Should Sevilla Have Stuck With Antonio Alvarez?
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 28 2010With just five matches gone in the current La Liga campaign, the bosses and fans at Sevilla have decided that they have seen enough of Antonio Alvarez and have given…
Welcome to the new Arsenal Blog
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 14 2022Welcome to the new Arsenal blog on Soccerlens. Our regular Arsenal bloggers from the main Soccerlens blog will be taking over from here on in and will keep you updated…
Soccerlens Fantasy Football: How I Learned Not to Trust Manuel Almunia
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 28 2010Week six of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game is over, with my Soccerlens All-Stars team finishing sixth in our 11 team league, just two points and three places short of…
Fifa11 We are 11 Episode 1
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 20 2022EA Sports is doing a series of mini-episodes to promote its new game, FIFA11. The episodes are titled “We are 11” and features some of the biggest football fans around…
Fifa11 Ad Behind The Scenes
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 20 2022One of the coolest football advertisements hit international tv’s in the past weeks, promoting the newest version of Fifa11. We have a behind the scenes look at how this advertisement…
AS Roma must now kick on after proving their title credentials against Inter
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 28 2010AS Roma must now certainly believe that they have turned a corner as Mirko Vucinic popped up in the dying embers of their Serie A clash with Internazionale on Saturday…
Valencia Preview: Don't Mess Up At Mestalla
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 19 2011Manchester United travel to the Mestalla to take on Valencia in their second Group C match in the UEFA Champions League, and with their backs already against the wall, the…
The Whole Verus The Sum
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 19 2011There is an old saying, “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts,” which pinpoints Manchester United’s faulty defending. A lot of talk is being made about all…
Cristiano Ronaldo Underwear Ad vs Megan Fox Underwear Ad
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 9 2022Choosing between Cristiano Ronaldo and Megan Fox is less about attraction, more about your sexual orientation. But moving beyond who you’d like to shag (or rip Armani jeans off, as…
Can Chelsea see Marseille off without Drogba and Lampard?
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 28 2010Chelsea will be hopeful that the Newcastle horrors in the Carling Cup will be forgotten by the time the Ligue 1 champions, Marseille, face them in the Champions League group stage game.
Can Chelsea And England Manage Without Frank Lampard?
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 27 2010Can Chelsea and England manage without Frank Lampard? Well, the prosaic answer is that they’re going to have to until mid-October, after a minor setback (inflamed scar tissue if you…
Paddy Crerand Interview: History, Corrupt Media and Manchester United’s title aspirations
Charlie Rhodes • Feb 19 2011Scott over at ROM recently got an interview with former Manchester United great Paddy Crerand. Amongst the many things discussed: The difference in how players were treated in Paddy’s time…
Dirk Kuyt: Torres just needs time, that doesn’t mean he’s leaving
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 27 2010Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt thinks that teammate Fernando Torres just needs time to heal from his current drop of form, and that Torres is happy in Anfield. Scoring only one…
Putting the billions of Manchester City & Chelsea into proper context
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 27 2010There’s been plenty of chatter about the fiscal power of Chelsea FC and Manchester City in recent years, especially in the context of their recent clashes. The head-to-head record for…
Stamford Bridge classic proves Newcastle is still alive
Charlie Rhodes • Sep 27 2010As cries of “that’s why we’re champions” rung out at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening, the Fulham residents would undoubtedly have thought it was service as usual. How wrong they…