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England Will Always Lose Because Its Players Cannot Adapt

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 4 2022

I can’t help but think that the Guardian’s Rob Smyth said it best the other day when he blamed overly-high expectations for England on two things: the mass-marketed ‘Golden Generation’…

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Tackling the Talent Gap in England

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 5 2023

Fabio Capello’s England squad selection for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia asked more questions than it answered. The inclusion of Jimmy Bullard and omission of Michael Owen…

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Egg and chips – por favor grasos

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Sep 9 2015

It infuriates me when people are judged on their appearance. Just because Rafa Benitez is a tubby mess, this does not give opposing supporters the right to abuse him. The…

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Premier League title will stay in Manchester this season

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 28 2012

With few weeks remaining in the transfer window, the media were eager to write off the current English and European Champions from retaining their Premiership crown. The logic behind it…

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Bjorgoful Gudmundsson reveals true West Ham saga…

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 3 2022

Dear Deidre, My name is Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson. That’s bad enough – it takes me fifteen minutes to sign a cheque. I am chairman of West Ham United. That’s even worse….

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Top 11 Football Rejects: Ronaldo, Ljungberg, Appiah, Canizares and Davids lead the way

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait…

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Top 10 Most Expensive Football Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 6 2022

Compared to the lion that was the summer of 2009, when we saw Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic move to pastures anew for a combined fee of more than…

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Shoud the transfer window close before the season starts?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 4 2022

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday’s race to the finish seems to support his argument….

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Chelsea ‘fans’ defect to Man City

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 3 2022

The Premiership woke up this morning to a lot of excitement. Everton fans were celebrating breaking their transfer record, West Ham fans were incredulous that they had sold half their…

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Ebbsfleet lose Akinde magic

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 22 2012

After Dimitar Berbatov’s strange menage-a-trois dalliance with Mark Hughes and Sir Alex Ferguson, and Man City gazumping Chelsea, yesterday’s third oddest deadline day transfer was that of John Akinde from…

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Transfers Roundup (2 Sept 08): Manchester United nab Berbatov, Robinho signs for Manchester City, Liverpool land Riera, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 22 2012

There’s really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deals that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign…

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Blackburn could have won against West Ham

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 28 2012

As in the first two weekends of the Premier League season, there’s another two incidents that have come under the spotlight of the Right Result.

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Who care more, fans or managers?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 5 2022

If you have never coached or managed a football team you will believe, like I did, that the fans feel the highs of victory and lows of defeat more than…

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SL Week in Review: UEFA Champions League, Arsene Wenger’s Legacy, La Liga 08/09 Predictions, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 21 2021

We’re about to head into a new week, and if you’ve missed anything on SL over the last week, here’s your chance to get caught up on some of the…

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08-09 Carling Cup 3rd Round Draw

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Sep 3 2009

See the latest Carling Cup 3rd round draw here. The article below refers to last year’s draw. Carling Cup 08/09 3rd round draw:

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