October 12th, 2006
There is no doubting Sissoko’s passion for the game, nor his energy, and he is so effective at breaking down opposition attacks that he’s a given on the teamsheet every week… or is he?
Sissoko’s biggest problem is that he can’t pass the ball, even a short distance, but is that a problem? Afterall, right next […]
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October 11th, 2006
Joey Barton’s cheeky gesture at Everton fans the other week had him in hot water with the Police and the FA, but Barton has escaped serious punished and got away with a fine and a slap on the wrist, partly due to the reaction of the Everton fans to his plight.
After seeing City snatch two […]
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October 11th, 2006
Pepe Reina mustn’t know whether to hate Everton or love them. Following last season’s record number of clean sheets, the Spaniard’s start to this season has been littered with away goals, seven of them so far, in four games, and three of them came against Liverpool’s Premiership rivals Everton, the last being a cheeky anticipation […]
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October 11th, 2006
The ongoing saga of who will take over West Ham looks set to continue. After a failed bid by dodgy Iranian businessman Kia Joorabchian (so good they named a car after him), now it seems that the head of the Icelandic Football Federation, Eggert Magnusson, has cooled his interest in the club when finding out […]
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October 10th, 2006
Under Sven, England’s tactics seemed to be, “lets just get 11 of our highest paid players on the pitch, regardless of what position they play”. Which meant that not only did the team have Gerrard and Lampard both cancelling each other out in the centre of the park, but Sven stuck an increasingly ineffective Beckham on […]
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October 9th, 2006
What has gone wrong with what was one of the deadliest strike forces in the Premiership? Robbie Keane used to score for fun, and Defoe, whilst never prolific at least offered a good alternative, now neither of these strikers seem to be able to get off the mark for Tottenham (without the aid of a […]
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October 9th, 2006
Based on away form, Liverpool have had a striker crisis since the start of the season, but following Kuyt’s early withdrawal from Holland’s match against Bulgaria, it could spell even worse news for the self-styled Premiership challengers.
In fact the only member of Liverpool’s forward line to have a good result at the weekend was Robbie […]
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October 5th, 2006
Ex-Villa striker Stan Collymore, the self styled Come-Back-King is trying to get a deal with his old Leicester mentor Martin O’Neill (http://www.thefootie.com/oneill-is-awesome-new-villa-owner-speaks-out/ ). Collymore went to the world cup and apparently thought “Hey, I could do that!”, so he’s off for a three week holiday in the sun to get fit. Then when Villa’s new manager […]
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October 5th, 2006
Whenever I think of sports songs, for some reason Chas and Dave banging out “Snooker Loopy” springs to mind, if not that then Tottenham’s “Ossie’s going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembley”, or even worse, John Barnes’s cultured tones trying to sound “street” in the Anfield Rap. I can even sing every embarassing […]
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October 3rd, 2006
Craig Bellamy who was once described by Sir Bobby Robson as “the only man I know who could start an argument with himself” will captain his country against Slovakia and Cyprus.
Bellamy, the firey forward has had several run-ins with his various managers, most recently at Liverpool’s Melwood training camp which led to him not even making […]
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