Filed in archive La Liga
by daryl on October 26, 2007
Who says the UEFA Cup is rubbish? You do? OK then, it is. But not all the time. Lokomotiv Moscow and Atletico Madrid played out a 3-3 UEFA Cup draw in Russia last night, with Argentinian...
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Filed in archive Managers
by daryl on October 25, 2007
Opinion is divided on Sam Allardyce. Some people think he's a coaching genius, others think he's a stubborn, argumentative big mouth. I think he's both. Never been a fan of his tactics...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 24, 2007
I know. You can make anything look good with edited highlights. But have a gander at the best goals from MLS 2007 regular season, and there's no doubt that the league is a lot better than it gets...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 19, 2007
Robinho showed us some incredible Brazilian skills, lollipopping an Ecuadorian defender to death. But this footage of Coritiba's Ricardinho taking a corner kick proves that Brazilians are human...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 18, 2007
Brazil demolished Ecuador 5-0 in World Cup 2010 qualifying on Wednesday, including this moment from Robinho where he absolutely tortured a defender, subjecting the poor fella to death by a thousand...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on October 18, 2007
Whatever happens next month, England fans can look forward to November. Either England will qualify for Euro 2008 by beating Croatia (and Israel helping us out by holding Russia to a draw) or England...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 16, 2007
Soccer-Weblog recently featured the best free-kick you've seen in a long time and I'd still argue that Lee McArdle's effort was top notch. But if there's a notch above top notch then...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 15, 2007
This is from Poland Under 21s 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Spain Under 21s. The root cause of the defeat was keeper Bialkowski's absolutely insane decision to play keepy uppy on the edge of...
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Filed in archive Blog Watch
by daryl on October 12, 2007
Stan Collymore shouts his England selection at a camera on Who ate all the Pies? This is American Soccer catches up with Edgar Davids in Harlem. Jakarta Casual reminisces about Matt Le Tissier's...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 11, 2007
How many fouls can you get into one tackle? First there's the high foot, then there's the professional wrestling worthy headlock, and finally there's the prison worthy neck snapping...
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Filed in archive Players
by daryl on October 11, 2007
The 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year shortlist has been released. In alphabetical order, it looks like this: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Cristiano...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 10, 2007
The A-League is getting more interesting every week. They now have miniature Brazilian magician Juninho playing down under, as well as one time Brazilian goal machine Mario Jardel. But this...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 08, 2007
This is Lee McArdle scoring for Wales Under 16s against Scotland Under 16s. So it's not top flight football, but that doesn't mean it's not absolutely incredible. He's nearly at the...
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Filed in archive Oddballs
by daryl on October 05, 2007
Spotted this (possibly Swedish?) ad over at Who ate all the Pies?. Some nice tricks, but I wish ads would stop faking footy skills. It's one thing to use editing to make something look better,...
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With Liverpool's once promising season beginning to show some wobbliness, it's worth comparing Rafa Benitez' approach to squad rotation with Arsene Wenger's at Arsenal. Specifically...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on October 04, 2007
Who is Milan keeper Dida trying to fool here? With his team losing 2-1 to Celtic, a hoops fan runs on and barely just about makes physical contact with the Brazilian. Dida sort of chases after him,...
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Filed in archive US Soccer
by daryl on October 02, 2007
This is from Houston's 2-0 win over Dallas in the weekend's Texas derby in MLS. Houston's Ricardo Clark (who's usually seems like a very calm, very nice guy and a solid defensive...
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