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Jose bans the jokes

Chelsea have made their worst start to a season since 1986.Four points from five matches is no laughing matter...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Tim Sherwood has figured out teleportation

Tim Sherwood was having a wretched time of it.Aston Villa threw away a two goal lead and went and...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Humor, Soccer Teams - Club

Di Maria starts well for PSG

Di Maria gave a brilliant pass to Ezequiel Lavezzi to help him score the third goal for PSG v/s...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger in Paris: Skipping the transfer madness

Is that Edinson Cavani with Arsene Wenger? Wenger’s done this before. Last season, he skipped town for Rome on...
English Premier League, Gossip/Trash Talk, Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Mourinho:P for Pressure

There is a strange story circulating on the net these days about a statistical oddity.Mourinho’s last 7 Premier League...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Mourinho targets Chelsea Medical Officer

Eva Carneiro,Chelsea’s team doctor has been at the receiving end of Mourinho’s ire ever since she went on to...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

De Gea dumped out of first game

Van Gaal keeps Dea out of Man United’s opening game against Spurs today stating that he is not capable.....
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Part One: Soccerblog’s predictions for top four in the EPL

The Arsenal vs Chelsea Community Shield “friendly” was a great preview into the madness descending down this weekend. So...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Mourinho’s medal

Mourinho,as has been earlier reported,was not exactly in the best of humour at getting beaten by Arsenal in the...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger breaks Mourinho Jinx at last

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored a superb 24th minute goal and Arsenal beat Chelsea to the Community Shield Cup.Wenger, finally beat...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

City lose last pre season friendly

Pelligrini will have thought some bleak thoughts as he watched Stuttgart beat Manchester City 4- 2 . Their pre-season...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

MLS: FC Dallas coach Oscar Pareja remembers Pablo Escobar and forges new identity

The Guardian has a good article on FC Dallas’s coach Oscar Pareja and his formative years in Colombia and...
MLS, Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Jose Mourinho is giving Donald Trump a run for his money

Jose Mourinho was essentially run out of Real Madrid because in part, in his fevered imagination he was the...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History

Wenger shows off his footie skills

The goalpost challenge is no problem for a coach with his skills.Mourinho can’t do this. Another view
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Arsenal’s Jeff Reine-Adelaide is a precocious talent

The player who caught the eye in the two matches against Lyon and Wolfsburg at the Emirates Cup was...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

US Women: Time for a Rethink

The current US Women’s National Team is an example of what happens when the bureaucracy takes over a game....
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Women's Soccer, Women's World Cup

Radamel Falcao reportedly to go to Chelsea on loan

Can Mourinho help Falcao regain form? The very frequently crocked Monaco striker suffering a loss of form will join...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

WWC 2015: Hope Solo will not be suspended because goalies win World Cups

The parade of NFL players exiled from the league grows as officials takes a very dim view of those...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National, Women's World Cup

USA pull off a memorable win over Germany through Bobby Wood’s stunning strike

Bobby Wood is the man of the moment! A brilliant 88th minute strike by Bobby Wood stunned powerful Germany....
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - National, Soccer Videos

David Cameron’s club appoints Slaven Bilic as coach

Will Bilic strike a chord with the Hammers? Take that Nigel Farage. Eastern Europeans are welcome. Yes, West Ham’s...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Jackie Charlton – Peacemaker

It was Jack Charlton who showed up at the England-Ireland match to calm things down and play “peacemaker.”  The...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Players

Arsenal destroy Villa in FA Cup final

“The perfect day” Wenger said… Arsenal won the FA cup for a record 12th time and Wenger became the...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger strikes back…!

Wenger had the following to say in response to Mourinho’s choice words a few days ago. Quote from an...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Fabregas escapes the big ban

The Football Association confirmed today that Cesc Fabregas would just miss one game with suspension and would be available...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players

Costel Pantilimon- safe hands keep Sunderland safe

Its not often that a dour draw leaves the fans in raptures after the game and the manager shedding...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Mourinho and Gerrard exchange compliments

Steven Gerrard on the Chelsea fans giving him a standing ovation after jeering him all game… And Mourinho telling...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

City clinch CL spot

Manuel Pellegrini said that Chelsea won the EPL title without City’s attacking flair or goals. “It is important for...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger hopes it will be 13th time lucky

Wenger’s Arsenal has not beaten Mourinho’s Chelsea in the last 12 times that the teams have played each other.So...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Humor

Getting ready for the showdown..

As Arsenal get ready for their last shot at tripping up Chelsea on their way to the title here...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Mourinho switches to tennis..

Mourinho stars in a new ad for Wimbledon.. He said “Wimbledon is more than a Grand Slam final. It’s...
Soccer Advertising, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger and Mourinho and the EPL title

Wenger,when asked if he dreamt if Chelsea would slip up in the title race was quite pragmatic in his...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Cruyff warning works

Guus Hiddink is sitting around breathing huge sighs of relief.His embattled Dutch team had come in for some pretty...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - National

Pep talk from Adidas

One making football a career. “Do it because you love it.” Can’t argue with that.
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Hall of Fame, Soccer Players

Mourinho needs a nap

Chelsea followed up their famous Capital One Cup victory with a hard fought 1 – 0 win over West...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Monaco Fallout: Should Wenger be sacked ?

Vote here..
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture

Big Sam and Van Gaal in the battle of the long balls…!

West Ham held Manchester United to a 1 -1 draw…. Sam Allardyce made some disparaging remarks about the ‘long...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Wenger joins Fergie in the 400 club

Arsenal’s win over QPR made Wenger the second manager in EPL history to win 400 games. Ferguson who totalled...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Wenger’s response on being asked to say goodbye…

Wenger’s response to the banner on display last evening saying what it says.. Danny Welbeck’s matchwinning goal against West...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Arsene Wenger’s advice to UEFA about fifth officials..

‘They should give him a seat at least and a good book to read!’
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Humor, Soccer Teams - Club

Ancelotti wishes Blatter would shut up..

Carlo Ancelotti joins the swelling multitude of people who wish every day that Blatter would shut up…! This after...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Politics

Video evidence of Mourinho not having the last laugh..

        His reaction to Van Persie’s last gasp goal for Manchester United….. And more bad news...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Arsenal legend Roberto Pires banned for two matches in the ISL

The All India Football Federation came down hard on FC Goa and Atletico De Kolkata as their ill tempered...
Indian Super League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Alexis Sanchez’s success lies in not sublimating to Arsenal’s collective

One can only hope Alexis Sanchez’s individualistic and opportunistic streak is not swallowed whole by the Soviet style collectivism...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Mourinho hands out handshake related compliments..

José Mourinho dishes out some backhanded compliments to Roy Keane and Paul Lambert, “I appreciate the comments. I think...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - Club

Guardiola hates Tiki Taka

Yes you heard correctly. That’s what the man said. He also called it “rubbish” and “pointless.” When you have...
Soccer Coaches & Coaching

Juergen Klinsmann’s tactics might be the problem, not the MLS

So would you like to be a big fish in a small pond or a little fish in a...
MLS, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Teams - National

Chelsea and Mourinho outclass Arsenal and Arsene once again

Arsene Wenger making Jose Mourinho look small and pathetic It took Cesc Fabregas a moment to put into stark...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Alan Pardew faces sack as Newcastle fall to Stoke

Peter Crouch causes a world of pain. Can’t see Alan Pardew surviving this. His side have stopped responding to...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Diego Costa’s Hamstrings: Pavlovian conditioning

Can there be any thing more feared than Jose Mourinho uttering “Diego Costa’s hamstrings?” That is license for the...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Mauricio Pochettino outwits Wenger as Spurs frustrate Arsenal

Oh, why can’t they all be like me? No tactics, no defensive midfield, 4-1-4-1, no set piece goals, no...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Defending Mesut Oezil is not a tactic

Oezillating from bad to worse? Getting him to play to his potential is. Arsene Wenger, in a robust defense...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Skills, Soccer Teams - Club

Zidane’s questionable coaching credentials could hurt an already hurting Real Madrid

Zidane could be butting heads with the Liga’s Competition Committee Zinedine Zidane, post retirement has found a home in...
La Liga, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Chelsea’s new economic model includes bodyshopping

Chelsea can start two full eleven’s with their loan army and then some After earning a miniscule profit in...
English Premier League, Soccer Business, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Players, Soccer Teams - Club

Solksjaer departs Cardiff: Tony Pulis is seen as favourite to replace him

Tony Pulis looks like a firm favourite to join Cardiff Ole Gunner Solksjaer, the source of so many get...
English Premier League, Soccer Coaches & Coaching, Soccer Culture, Soccer History, Soccer Teams - Club
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