Filed in archive Players
by daryl on July 31, 2007
All the naysayers naysaying Arsenal will disappear without Thierry Henry must have forgotten about Robin Van Persie. The Dutchman was in cracking form for Arsenal before getting injured early last...
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Filed in archive La Liga
by daryl on July 31, 2007
I was really hoping Madrid would turn the corner in the post-Galactico era and start behaving like a proper football club. But the treatment of Beckham and the insane sacking of Fabio Capello after he...
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Filed in archive Players
by daryl on July 31, 2007
The £135,000 a week Chelsea will be paying John Terry until 2012 is a fortune. A hideous amount of money to pay one man and further proof that football operates on a whole other level of reality. But...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on July 27, 2007
I have it on good authority that the little fella dribbling the gigantic looking ball around his peers and into the goal is lionel Messi, aged 5, in 1993. The huge gulf in talent is when Messi's...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 27, 2007
Just as Gazza's move to Lazio heralded the arrival of Serie A on Channel 4 (and God bless Gazza for giving us James Richardson's Relentless sarcasm) so Beckham's move to LA Galaxy has...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 25, 2007
Well this is odd. Eddie Johnson, the Kansas City striker linked with a move away from MLS for a long long time now, has apparently turned down a perfectly good opportunity to play in the Premiership...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on July 25, 2007
If you're an England fan, and feel like fretting about England's lack of squad depth, look no further than Football 365's Famous European Championship Ladder. It's a ranking of 50...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 23, 2007
Beckham's arrival in the US has prompted an outpouring of vitriol from the usual anti-soccer (pronounced ant-eye-saw-ker) establishment. Have a look at this drivel from Jay Mariotti for example...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 23, 2007
Beckham's Galaxy debut was just about the most overhyped game I've ever seen, and the most that one game has revolved around one man who played so very little of the game. I hope this...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on July 21, 2007
Anyone hoping Cristiano Ronaldo's outstanding 2006/7 was a flash in the pan might be in for a disappointing 2007/8. He looked deadly in Manchester United's 4-0 pre-season win over Seoul,...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 19, 2007
Amid all the razzmatazz, confetti and messiah worship of David Beckham's LA Galaxy press conference there was one beautiful cultural moment. "The most important thing for me is my family, the...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on July 18, 2007
This is exactly why YouTube was invented. It's a great little video of Zinedine Zidane playing football in his garden (I think) with his three sons. The voiceover at the end suggests it's...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 17, 2007
Does anyone else find it odd that Fabio Capello is mulling over a move to MLS? The hope was that Beckham's big name arrival wouldn't be the last, but most onlookers were expecting quality...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on July 16, 2007
So you've heard by now that Brazil won the Copa America by bullying Argentina's players into submission. And scoring three more goals than them. This clip from Sky Sports News highlights the...
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Filed in archive International
by daryl on July 15, 2007
Brazil are supposed to be the team with all the flair aren't they? Jogo Bonito, doing tricks in airports and all that stuff that Nike are cramming down our throats. And Argentina are supposed to...
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Filed in archive Supporters
by daryl on July 14, 2007
Legia Warsaw fans seem to have misunderstood the concept of supporting a football team. With Legia 2-0 down in their Intertoto Cup third round game against Lithuania's FK Vetra, the Polish...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 13, 2007
It's B-Day today, as LA Galaxy unveil David Beckham (maybe literally?) at a press conference and the new dawn of soccer arrives in America. Maybe. As a PR man for the sport, Beckham is fantastic....
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on July 13, 2007
The Copa America has been full of goals, and this is probably the best of the bunch. Messi's chip was Argentina's third against Mexico, putting the SEMI-final out of Mexican reach. It's...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on July 11, 2007
I think we can all agree that Jamie Carragher making himself unavailable for England selection is a bad thing. He's easily in the top three centre backs in England, he may be in the top two, he...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on July 11, 2007
This footage of a crazy (I think it's fair to say she's crazy) female fan throwing herself at Leo Messi during the current Copa America is 1) funny and 2) funny. It also got me thinking......
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This is all getting very complicated, and a little less than dignified. After West Ham were more or less in the clear over their initial signing of Carlos Tevez (give or take a £5.5million pound...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on July 09, 2007
Interesting news recently that Jamie Carragher may be about to quit playing for England. Interesting for the following reasons: 1. It reflects the growing trend for players - especially one-club...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on July 06, 2007
>USA fans are understandably unhappy about the second rate bunch of kids that were sent to compete the Copa America. I can appreciate the difficulties of playing straight after the Gold Cup, but...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on July 03, 2007
Here's the all time top 10 individual goals, as spotted here and put together by someone who loves a good dribble. Maradona's 1986 wondergoal against England comes in at number one, and...
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