I regularly hear about how footballers are hugely overpaid. I cannot argue that fact. They earn a huge amount of money “just for kicking a ball”. That’s true. But the key question in this subject is, how many people pay to watch them “just kick a ball”? I’m not saying footballers “earn” their money, but
It’s been eight long, gruelling, painful years for Arsenal Football Club since the world famous, historic Invincibles came to the table containing the likes of Henry, Ljungberg, Bergkamp, Pires and Viera. 38 whole Barclays Premier League games unbeaten- a record that will surely never be matched. But is this season that the likes of Podolski,
With the closing of the summer transfer window and the league being temporarily disrupted by the break for international World Cup Qualifiers and friendly matches, everybody can pause for a breath after what was a manic first month of the new Premier League season. As the dust settles on yet another window of inflated transfer
It’s easy to say football is more than life or death, and while everything is rosy and lovely that may well be true, but every now and then there’s something that makes you think. It makes you feel lucky. As humans we can be strong and resistant but at the click of a winger, we
Ok, I won’t get ahead of myself here. Arsène Wenger in 2006: “Theo Walcott is a very young player, but has already shown in his performances for Southampton that he is a talented player with huge potential. I also like the fact that he is a versatile player who is incredibly dedicated, shows great determination
Arsenal have amassed 5 points in their 3 league games this season, with draws against Stoke and Sunderland and a victory versus Liverpool at Anfield. When the quality in their team has shone through, it has done so predominantly through two new signings to the Emirates Stadium, Lukas Podolski and Santi Cazorla. But these are
When Phil Jones signed for Manchester United at the end of the 2010 - 2011 Premier league season, he was a young defensive midfielder who had proved extremely versatile in a highly impressive season in an otherwise unimpressive Blackburn team. Sir Alex Ferguson had just led Manchester United to history making 19th league title and
The sale of Nigel De Jong is an extremely strange one. Widely regarded as one of the world’s best defensive midfielders, Manchester City are letting the Dutchman leave City for a measly £3.5m to AC Milan. Hardly a good return on for a player in his prime, especially compared to the price he was bought
Losing Luis isn’t the end of the world for Manchester United, but rather a new beginning. Luis Nani has spent 5 years hugging the sideline and cutting inside to prove himself at Old Trafford, and boy can he do it well, but he hasn’t lived up to the potential everyone knows he has. Because of
This morning the transfer of Croatian midfielder Luka Modric was finally completed for a fee of 33 million pounds + extras including a very suspicious and much discussed “club partnership” clause. Being one of the most stretched out transfer sagas of the window a lot of people had started questioning if the 26-year old is
You’ve been hearing from almost every Arsenal fan for the past week or so that loyalty ‘is dead’. But the truth is, we’re in a new age of football – Player power. The new Sky-sponsored Premier League has got as much to do with this supposed lack of loyalty in modern football as Jean-Marc Bosman’s
Possible line-up/formation for this coming season: Buffon; Bonucci - Barzagli - Chiellini; Lichtsteiner - Vidal - Pirlo - Marchisio - Asamoah; Giovinco - Matri (3-5-2) Juventus have the best chance to retain the Scudetto in this upcoming season. Juventus have the best defence in Serie A and one of the best defenses in the World.
The current reigning Spanish Champions are tipped to have another outstanding season. The men from Madrid have not started the season quite as perfectly as they would have preferred, but their draw with Valencia is nothing to be ashamed of. I will now be running down the possible/probable Real Madrid first XI for the 2012/13
FC Barcelona have been, for the past years the best team that has played the game. Entertaining people with their drooling style and engaging Tiki-Taka, winning all the trophies around them in the process. But last year Barca have lost their winning track by losing the two most important trophies; the UCL and La
Yet another great player is leaving Milan this summer and this time its Antonio Cassano, “the jewel of Old Bari” as his fans like to call him is leaving to Ac Milan’s biggest rivals Inter Milan in a swap deal with Giampaolo Pazzini. After the departure of few legends followed by the famous 62 million
Source: From the Banks of the River Irwell The last few seasons of watching Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona dominate European football also saw a distinct change in the role of players in some positions. Namely Lionel Messi, although not solely Messi and not only players at Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo, Theo Walcott, RvP, Thomas Muller, Karim Benzema, Cesc
Taken from Ole Ole The midfield is primarily the fiercest part of the 90 minute battle players face when they cross the white lines of the pitch. It’s paramount that teams set out with a midfield capable of outsmarting, overrunning and dominating the opposition. Whether you play 2 or 3 in the middle what is certain
Taken from Vikings Bloggen Before every season of every league teams play a couple of matches to test their match fitness and the teams preparedness for the coming season. Well that’s what they say there for.Preseason friendlies have become one of the most useless things in football. Matches that are scheduled to showcase a world
One of the debatable decisions Arsene Wenger has had to face last season was who to play in left-back. Life-long Arsenal fan Kieran Gibbs fought it out with Brazilian signing Andre Santos. Both are loved by fans, for different reasons. Gibbs was thought to be 100% ready to play week-in-week-out for the Gunners, but over the
Is Robert Lewandowski a viable replacement for Robin Van Persie? With the domestic seasons drawing nearer for European sides, transfer rumors have gone into overdrive, with one of the dominating sagas surrounding Arsenal Football Club: specifically about captain Robin van Persie. With the tabloids picking up on the uncertainty of the captain’s uncertain future at the
Taken from Facebook Backed by Middle Eastern Investment Paris Saint-German were able to offer a substantial bid as they continue their big spending, as it is confirmed that PSG has offered a combined total £51.4m for AC Milan duo Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva. Both are widely regarded as among the elite footballers in their positions
Taken from Bild Due to the departures of Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba this summer, Chelsea only have three centre forwards in their squad at time of writing. These three consist of Daniel Sturridge, Fernando Torres and Romelu Lukaku, which could get cut to two if Lukaku goes out on loan like many are recommending. There
Taken from Blog B724S While most football fans have spent the last few weeks fascinated with Euro 2012, Chelsea have changed things at their club quite a lot. Didier Drogba left the club, while Roberto Di Matteo got the manager’s job on a full-time basis. Also, Marko Marin and Eden Hazard have both joined the
Taken from Paroles de Foot It’s very easy to think of the current situation surrounding Robin Van Persie as puzzling. He has seemingly turned his back on Arsenal, but within the space of a week, change his mind like a pre-pubescent teen. All strange ideas aside, we have to agree with that Robin van Persie
Taken from Goal.com The story about Alberto Aquilani is a strange one. Some would even say a sad one. He was born and grew up in Rome, and started his youth career at Roma. After a loan spell at Triestina, he got into the Roma squad and soon became a key player in the team.