Football managers weigh in on the Messi Ronaldo debate
There’s lots of internet chatter these days on trying to figure out if Messi is better than Ronaldo or...
Category: Soccer Coaches & Coaching
Wenger’s coming back !!
In the midst of all the bad news of burning forests and melting ice and category 5 hurricanes here’s...
Where’s Jose ?
He’s gone off the radar since his unceremonious exit from Manchester United.A new season is upon the world and...
Bale benched in final fiasco
Real Madrid’s last game of the season came to a fittingly miserable end on Sunday. They chalked up their...
Rooney’s solution to Manchester United’s problems
Alistair Maclean wrote a book about it – which incidentally was made into a movie in 1973. Kipling wrote...
Klopp
“I don’t think I would have believed it but I am not a very negative person.I would not have...
Solskjaer gets the job
That run of 14 wins and two draws in 19 games has ensured that Solskjaer gets to keep the...
Mourinho kind of takes a line from Mohammed Ali
“Mirror Mirror on the wall, who is the greatest of them all? According to Mourinho – it’s himself –...
Mourinho has something to be cheerful about
United beat Real Madrid 2 -1 in the International Champion’s Cup giving a most mournful Mourinho something to be...
Wenger’s whereabouts?
Arsenal beat a makeshift PSG team 5 -1 in the International Champion’s Cup a little while ago. Watching Arsenal...
Zidane quits Real Madrid
Real Madrid right now must be feeling a bit like Materazzi felt when he got head butted in the...
Arsenal say goodbye to Wenger with 5 – 0 win over Burnley
There are many highlights after 22 years.I think I played 840 Premier League games. Do you know how many...
Get Well, Sir Alex
It’s Fergie time, for real. As the former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson recovers from emergency surgery, we wish him a...
So much money and yet so poor
The spanish media have been unsparing in their criticism of Mourinho after Sevilla’s historic win. Here’s a sampling.. “one...
Mourinho needs to watch his back.
The ides of March are upon us and Mourinho is surely in danger of getting bumped off by the...
More misery for Wenger
For Wenger out to come to pass at last the question is no longer “if” but “when”. Arsenal chalked...
Peter Crouch is headed to Chelsea ??
A rumour is doing the rounds that Conte is going to get Peter Crouch to Chelsea to bolster his...
LA Galaxy mascot gives Mourinho advice
Cozmo,the alien,gives Mourinho some friendly advice about terminology as he walks by.Mourinho however,may not have noticed the alien advice,because...
Craig Shakepeare joins list of legendary managers
Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink, Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola and Craig Shakespeare. Up until now Craig Shakespeare merely had a...
Mourinho feels sorry now
As Schweinnsteiger gets his Chicago Fire move underway Mourinho is expressing feelings of regret for the way he treated...
Misery has company: Wenger’s love for Arsenal
Arsene Wenger’s love for Arsenal is beginning to remind one of Kathy Bates character in Misery trapping the unfortunate...
Arsenal’s sliding status confirmed in one sentence
There is every possibility that Arsene Wenger is not going anywhere despite the Thomas Tuchel distraction. A two year...
When “In Arsene we trust” begins to look like fascism
Another match, yet another dispiriting loss. This time Arsenal crumbled to West Brom, their fourth league defeat in 5...
Pogba goes missing
Chelsea moved into the semifinals of the FA Cup with a 1-0 home victory over Manchester United in a...
Wenger Out changes to to “Wexit”
Theo Walcott,Olivier Giroud,Alexis Sanchez and Aaron Ramsey scored a goal each against Lincoln City and Luke Waterfall scored one...
Ancelotti reaches 1000
Carlo Ancelotti celebrated his 1,000th match as a manager in style. Bayern Munich marked the occasion by giving Hamburg...
Reactions to Ranieri’s sacking
Reactions from Klopp,Conte and others …
Mourinho roots for Ranieri
Mourinho has been pretty abrasive about Ranieri’s coaching abilities in the past and Soccerblog has spoken about that earlier...
“Yesterday my dream died”
Claudio Ranieri’s realeased this poignant summary of his feelings at being dismissed from Leicester City. “Yesterday my dream died....
What?
Claudio Ranieri has been fired,given the sack,booted out,made to walk the plank. Such an ignominous exit barely nine months...
Leicester win for a change
Beleagured Leicester City got their first home win of 2017 but had to wait till injury time to do...
Conte drops Costa from Leicester game
Major blow to Chelsea’s title hopes.Costa and Conte had a major falling out.The details are a bit murky –...
Conte scores a hat trick
Conte the cool picked up his third EPL manager of the month – the first manager to win the...
Masterminding the Chelsea revival
Conte’s role in Chelsea’s remarkable revival this season has drawn this iconic comparision. That gnashing sound you can hear...
Danish Coach shows off super ball control
Silkeborg head coach Peter Sorensen demonstrates marvellous ball control to take down a wayward ball heading towards him on...
Klinsmann gets the boot
After 98 matches in charge of the US team – with a 56.12% win ratio Klinsmann has been told...
Is Mourinho unravelling?
When Mourinho was banished from the touchline in Manchester United’s frenetic 0- 0 draw against Burnley he looked pretty...
Chelsea are back to being title contenders
Costa has scored 8 goals and Chelsea after beating Southampton 2 – 0 now have a run of four...
Jose and the law
The long arm of the FA Law may catch up with Jose again – over his mutinous mutterings about...
Six
Six games in a row without a win for Pep as City lost 1 – 0 to Manchester United...
What Mourinho really said to Antonio
Mourinho said something to Conte before exiting stage left after his 4 – 0 drubbing at Chelsea. Apparently he...
What Wenger will say when he meets God
If God exists and one day I go up there and he will ask: ‘Do you want to come...
Pep on why he won’t change his coaching style.
..because he has won 21 titles playing that way. In 7 years. That’s three titles a year. And he’s...
Stung..!
Harry Redknapp is the second manager whose been caught in the act on camera by a sting operation carried...
Mr Nice guy v/s The Special One
As Mourinho struggles to get his red devils out of the red he goes up against Claudio Ranieri’s team...
Nottingham Forest pay tribute to Brian Clough
During the EFL game against Arsenal,Nottingham Forest paid a special tribute to their legendary manager Brian Clough on the...
Pep breaks ancient City record
Manchester City under Pep Guardiola have bettered an ancient record set in 1897/1898. Their 4 – 0 win over...
The world waits for Mourinho v/s Guardiola to get underway
The countdown to D – Day ( Sept 10) is counting down.The hour of the apocalypse is almost upon...
Tite’s Brazil make a winning start
Brazil made a bright start to their World Cup 2018 qualification by beating Ecuador 3 – 0. Brazil had...
Everton rage as Moussa Sissoko dumps them last minute for Spurs
The Toffees were in pole position to sign Moussa Sissoko from Newcastle after dramatically upping their bid to $40m....
Jack Wilshere is moving to Bournemouth, Sissoko Everton bound?
Farewell to London! Sky Sports shows Jack Wilshere arriving at Bournemouth ahead of a medical. Crystal Palace, AS Roma,...
Raheem Sterling’s resurgence shows Pep Guardiola is already delivering results
A few short months ago, Raheem Sterling was being held up as the poster boy for extravagant indulgence and...
A closer look at Lucas Perez: Arsenal’s newest striker
He even looks Vardy-ish. At 27 years of age, Lucas Perez Martinez is no spring chicken. Nor is he...
Arsenal finally sign Shkodran Mustafi to bolster defence as Lucas Perez joins attack
Shkodran Mustafi’s Arsenal entrance is a welcome sight. Fully a month after Per Mertesacker’s injury with Gabriel’s following a...