Thierry Henry has had a difficult time since his move from Arsenal to Barcelona. At the Emirates he was a hero. He was the big star and he could do no wrong. In English football he was regarded as......
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I was flicking through the football news last night and I came across a quite incredible story. Steven Gerrard's father has given character witness evidence by letter in a court case in defence...
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I have written critical pieces about Steve Gerrard before now as I don't believe he has ever produced the goods in an England shirt. If anything, I have always felt that he was a slightly...
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I watched Manchester United's relatively comfortable win over Roma last night in the Champions League and one player stood head and shoulders above the rest for me. No, not Ronaldo, brilliant as...
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There was so much to talk about after the Manchester United versus Liverpool game yesterday. United looking like champions. Mascherano behaving like a spoilt child. Steve Bennett behaving like an old...
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What a fabulous game it was at White Hart Lane last night as Tottenham and Chelsea fought out a thrilling 4-4 draw. The game had everything, great goals, great saves, bad misses, heavy tackles and...
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28 year-old Birmingham City centre half Martin Taylor returned to action last night following his three match suspension. He played all ninety minutes for the reserves in a 3-3 draw with Tottenham....
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Fernando Torres fired in the goal to guarantee Liverpool's passage to the semi-final of the Champions League last night in the side's excellent 3-0 aggregate victory over Inter. The goal last...
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Just how much did Sven Goran Eriksson set back Theo Walcott's career by taking him to the 2006 World Cup? It seemed a strange decision at the time and when Walcott, still only eighteen now,...
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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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by daryl on September 14, 2007
The transfer window may be closed, but clubs can still sign players who are euphemistically labeled "unattached." What that really means is that they're unemployed. But that doesn't...
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by daryl on September 04, 2007
The phrase "The New Maradona" gets bandied around a lot. Basically any skilled Argentinian attacking mid or forward gets labelled with it, from Ariel Ortega to Carlos Tevez to Leo Messi. My...
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by daryl on August 29, 2007
Jermain Defoe surely wants to play some football, as does Shaun Wright-Phillips. So the latest rumour has Spurs and Chelsea exchanging their respective good but not quite good enough players. I can...
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by daryl on August 28, 2007
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer retired from football today after finally admitting defeat to that persistent knee injury. He's been with Manchester United over 10 years, scoring 92 goals in 235...
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by daryl on August 24, 2007
Well this is embarrassing. After years of maligning Ronaldo and his weight, assuming it was all to do with him being lazy and not caring enough about playing anymore, it turns out the Brazilian legend...
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by daryl on August 16, 2007
Cristiano Ronaldo's sending off last night was a disgrace, but not because "violence is inexcusable on a fotball field" or any of those old cliches. He was shown the red card for a head...
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by daryl on August 04, 2007
Now this is a proper YouTube video. Not Zidane or Ronaldinho highlights edited together with a Blink 182 song, but proper mobile phone video of something that probably wasn't supposed to get out...
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by daryl on August 03, 2007
Alan Smith's six million pound transfer to Newcastle means the bleach blondey will finally get a chance to show how good he is. I've always been a big fan of Smith's, when he was at Leeds...
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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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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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by daryl on May 22, 2007
Romario finally scored his 1,000th goal this weekend. It is a great achievement, and well done to him, but an achievement tainted by the fact that all he's really been playing for in the last...
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by daryl on May 04, 2007
Can't say I'm convinced, but it does highlight how often Ronaldo gives the ball away with unnecessary flicks and tricks. Interesting Liam Brady quote: "For me he will remain as a great...
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