Category: Soccer Coaches & Coaching
Why Eric Cantona is the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Man Utd player touched by Cantona Cantona’s self aggrandizing announcement that he would like to coach his former club...
Keita hopes to add to the list of African CL winners
Barca will field Mali’s Seydou Keita, Cote D”Ivoire’s Yaya Toure and Cameroun’s Samuel Eto’o. If they win, they join...
Martin Jol leaves for Ajax
Martin Jol stepped up as Ajax manager following Marco Van Basten’s resignation. Jol’s former club Hamburg started the season...
Real Madrid’s accounts come under judicial scrutiny
This is a huge deal. It appears that Real’s former president Ramon Calderon and present president Vicente Boluda are...
Juve lands Diego
Juve shows it means business. Today, it went some distance in filling its creative lacuna. Diego, the Brazilian playmaker...
Man Utd vs Barcelona: The Xs and Os
Barcelona stands against the trope of English dominance. If they lose, it will be UEFA’s last shot at a...
Video: Wade Elliott’s winner for Burnley
Elliott’s 13th minute curler was perfectly placed and Paddy Kenny could do little about it.
Burnley joins the Premiership
Wade Elliott will be remembered: A red letter day in Burnley history Burnley made its top flight entry after...
Video: AS Roma 3 Milan 2
Link: John Arne Riise finally nails one with a blistering shot. Ambrosini answers in the second half as Artur...
Maldini disrespected by Milan Ultras
A shocker at the San Siro as Totti’s free kick stunned the Rossoneri. It added to the angst and...
A sign Carlo Ancelotti is coming to Chelsea
He inquires about prostate screenings for players. Filed under snark.
Arsenal ends season on a high note
They won against Stoke, 4-1 with Van Persie scoring twice, Diaby adding another, and James Beattie’s own goal rounding...
Hull City and Sunderland remain promoted
Nicholas Nassem Taleb will not be writing about this Premiership. It was a tame end to the 2008- 2009...
Will Phil Brown get his comeuppance?
The media has painted a bulls eye on Phil Brown as he tries to keep a leaky Hull afloat....
Rangers win their 52nd Scottish title
In the end it was easy. Goals from Lafferty, Mendes, and Boyd made it 3-0 against Dundee while Celtics...
Maldini bids farewell to the San Siro
Cesare and Paolo Maldini: Like father, like son Silvio Berlusconi offered a laconic “Shame” when asked what he thought...
Rangers are two goals up over Dundee at halftime
Kyle Lafferty and Pedro Mendes score against United to keep Rangers in front for the title. Maurice Edu starts...
Klinsi hits back at Bayern’s narcisstic bosses
On the eve of the Wolfsburg success, Klinsmann had much to say of his former overseers. “They are all...
Misimovic’s form was central to Wolfsburg success
Magath’s two years saw the Wolves rebuilding the team almost from scratch adding key players like Josue, Ricardo Costa,...
Relegation roulette: Who joins West Brom?
Will it be Hull City, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, or Newcastle? Phil Brown, Ricky Sbragia, Gareth Southgate, and Alan Shearer live...
Farewell Paolo: An icon of Milan’s golden era retires
Maldini retires. I would have never imagined those two words together. The Peter Pan of football seemed so indestructible....
Ronaldinho dropped
The Milan midfielder finds no place in Dunga’s squad for next month’s Confederations Cup in SA as well as...
Flamini should be part of Milan’s Adebayor negotiations
This tough cookie should be part of the deal It as they say, quite complicated. Adebayor has been talking...
Fabregas cleared of spit charges
It was not Cesc who used Brian Horton as a spittoon. Who was it then? A llama or a...
Florentino Perez: Same ol’ story, different day
The media drumbeat: Anyone and everyone will join Real. From Kaka to Cristiano Ronaldo. From Wenger to Mourinho. Real...
Less Kaka: Berlusconi speaks
Silvio Berlusconi seems to be making the hard choices for Carlo Ancelotti. And he seems keen on embarrassing him...
What does father say: Will Yoann Gourcuff stay?
Inquiring minds want to know whether the French playmaker instrumental in Bordeaux’s success this season will return to Milan...
Arsenal’s new away colours unveiled
The Daily Mail has the goods on the new away colours. It looks a bit dull and not particularly...
Video: Jadson’s goal wins Shakhtar the UEFA Cup
Link: A tired group of defenders react too late and poor goal keeping by Tim Weise lets in Jadson’s...
Eduardo to undergo ankle surgery
Nothing major. Just arthroscopic surgery to remove his ankle screws. He will be out for 4-6 weeks missing his...
Wenger says he will stay
All smoke no fire in that small brouhaha which Peter Hill Wood set off over the weekend with his...
Freddy Adu’s future plans?
Rarer than that species: a winning English coach, is a sighting of Freddy Adu. Fear not, Freddy is still...
Video: Steve McLaren’s “Dutch accent”
FC Twente’s ascent up the Eredivisie has gone a some ways in rehabilitating the image of the much maligned...
CL final: Man Utd vs Barca will be the best match ever
Simon Kuper says so. Read on >>
Ranieri sacked: Ciro Ferrara in at Juve
Ciro Ferrara takes over Claudio Ranieri at Juve’s helm for the last two matches. Zero titles claimed their first...
Diego Milito to Inter
Mouinho is looking for a second striker since Adriano and the club terminated their contract by mutual consent. It...
World Cup 2018: The expenses scandal gives the BNP a boost
Richard Caborn maybe embarrassed that a BNP member was allowed to attend the opening of the World Cup bid....
Southampton FC: Will Le Tessier be able to save it?
Mark Fry, the administrator in charge of Southampton FC is a very important chap nowadays. The saga to save...
Sunderland remain in relegation danger
Portsmouth made Sunderland pay for all their defensive lapses as they won, 3-1. Sunderland made a bright start as...
Video: Boro go down to Villa, 1-2
Link: Kudos to Tuncay who was voted Boro’s player of the year. He fully deserves it. In the MOTD...
Rangers: Its all mirth and Lafferty
Having a good lafferty at Mulgrew’s expense? Charlie Mulgrew found out after being sent off in a Oscar worthy...
Columbus Crew can’t buy a win
Deja vu all over again for the Crew who seem to specialize in giving away late goals that rob...
Brian McBride continues his top form
McBride’s sixth goal of the season in nine games gave visiting Chicago a 2-0 win over Toronto. The Fire...
L’OM suffer a body blow
Lyon blows by Marseille, 3-1 on the strength of two Benzema goals. Juninho adds another in stoppage time. Sylvain...
Wenger wavers on Arsenal commitment
Real Madrid has come knocking and part of Florentino Perez’s rebuilding of the club not only includes the potential...
Pavlyuchenko might be gone
Harry Redknapp has not taken kindly to Pavlyuchenko’s unsporting conduct. The Russian striker was taken off after muffing a...
Udinese loss: Ancelotti’s return remains tenuous
A pro Silvio Berlusconi paper says it: “Ancelotti, una sconfitta che sa di addio.”
Jose” Zero title” Mourinho gets his scudetto
“Zeru tituli” is a code word in both Inter and AC Milan’s history. It refers to Massimo Ambrosini’s two...
Who is Pep Guardiola?
El Pais has a fascinating article (it is in Spanish) about Barca’s manager. He is obsessive, intelligent, passionate, a...
Joan Laporta is vindicated: Catalonia power
Real Madrid falls to Villareal, 2-3 at El Madrigal. It snuffs out their slim chances of overtaking Barca. Barca...
In the real world, will Bayern hang onto a CL spot?
Dzeko cuts a heroic figure In the alternate world of The True Table or www.wahretabelle.de if referees were perfect,...
Video: Man Utd will not be denied
Link: Man Utd once again crested the pinnacle. Arsenal played a much improved game and at moments looked threatening...
Today we play for pride
And to keep Man Utd’s title hopes in check for at least another week. Well, we can hope, can’t...