Emirates: Turn up the volume!
Arsenal v Manchester United UEFA Champions League Tuesday, May 05, 2009, 19:45 Go Gunners! An appeal to all the...
Category: Soccer Coaches & Coaching
Didier Deschamps installed at Marseille
A familiar face returns to Marseille. Deschamps was part of the Bernard Tapie revolution of the late 80s and...
End of the road for Juninho?
This may not be a familiar sight anymore As Juninho rose, Lyon did too. The Brazilian is now at...
Finally! Arsenal wins silverware!
The ladies. So don’t get your knickers in a twist. They are the best in the land and have...
Maurice Edu gains Walter Smith’s confidence
Edu played all 90 minutes in Rangers win against Hearts this weekend. The former Toronto FC man is relishing...
Villa close out Hull: Relegation looms large
The weekend misery for all the drop zone clubs continued with Hull losing to Villa after John Carew scored...
Franck Ribery: Man with long scar much wanted
What is Man U using? AIG bailout money? Ribery is definitely not worth £63m. Great on and off the...
Arsenal: Its time to play, not for board room politics
Arseblog has more on the war brewing between Usmanov’s Red and White Holdings (the dark forces) and the Stan...
For Arsenal to be effective, Nasri has to define the left
The big dance is tomorrow. Arsenal finds out whether they can pull off what will be one of their...
Florentino Perez jumps the shark, umpteenth edition
Florentino Perez declares May 14 as the day Real football was saved. His signing wish list include Kaka, Cesc,...
Thierry Henry may miss the CL second leg
Thierry Henry suffered a knee injury during the Real match and is likely to miss the second leg against...
Alan Shearer is no Gary Megson
Good read. I have always wondered why Newcastle resorts to inspirational figures in its past to pull its way...
Top ten things that can happen with Klinsi out of Bayern
– Replace Bruce Arena at the Galaxy and get them to win two games, back to back. – A...
Add Sunderland to those unable to create daylight
The upper echelon had its way with the lower echelon. There were no spoilers this weekend. It got bleaker...
False equivalence
After the Chelsea’s win over Fulham, the English media indulges in some false equivalence to try and take the...
Video: Arsenal gets it done against Pompey
Link: 9+ minutes video. Good stuff from mostly the youth squad. Carlos Vela getting his first goal in the...
Premiership: Bad news weekend for drop zone clubs
Its been all bad news for drop zone clubs this weekend. Stoke started it off by losing to the...
Freddie Ljungberg sighting
Tyrone Marshall half volley jab of a Ljungberg corner scored a late equalizer for Seattle against the Fire. The...
Its Bruce Arena over Robert Warzycha
With the Barca vs Real El Clasico, the world comes to an end. But the real news is that...
Deep thought: Where are you, Bernd Schuster?
It seems like aeons ago, that Real won the title but it was just last season and the coach...
Video: The most painful defeat in Real’s history
Link: Anish’s video of Barca vs Real has been posted below. But we can’t get enough of how Barca...
Stan Kroenke is recession proof
Stan Kroenke will not be denied. As his Colorado Rapids muddle along, Stan Kroenke upped his stakes yet again...
Swine flu leaves Mexican stadiums empty
Hector Reynosa of Club Gualdajara uses Sebastian Penco of Chile’s Everton as a spittoon. The Chilean media saw this...
Asian Football Confederation: Mutiny in the air
Mohammed Bin Hammam, AFC president is thumbing his nose at FIFA directives that reinstate the voting rights of five...
Other clubs do it, why single out Juve?
The “Black Italian” The racist taunts that Mario Balotelli seems to attract occurs obviously because of his colour but...
Rio will play the Emirates second leg
Good news for Man Utd as Rio Ferdinand will be back to play the CL second leg at the...
Video: Arsenal: Where was the defense?
Link: Timid. The first 25 minutes were a self appeasing display of tackles being missed, players left unmarked, passing...
Arsenal vs Man Utd: Wait for Walcott
Ryan Giggs should get his 800th cap. A special moment for a special player. We can dispute his PFA...
Chelsea vs Barca: Drawing scrappy
Chelsea sure knows how to spoil a good party. Hiddink outcoached Guardiola with his tactic of dropping Ballack deep....
Everyone is Messi-ed up: Its Andres Iniesta
Chelsea vs Barca, CL semi-final first leg. The spotlight is on Leo Messi as it should be, arguably the...
A certain Rupert Lowe finds no love
Theo Walcott’s former club will fold if they do not find a investor in about a week. Rupert Lowe’s...
Bundesliga: Non-stop action!
Its all happening in the Bundesliga. Minnows are mowing down mammoths. Wolfsburg falls. As does Hamburg. Bayern’s loss to...
Klinsi out, Jupp Heynckes in
Der Kaiser, Hoeness, Rummenigge, Breitner, Breitnigge Its all over for Klinsmann. “After the results of recent weeks the management...
Surprise! Ronaldo Leads Corinthians over Santos
Here are two goals from the “Original Ronaldo” as his Corinthians beat up on Santos (yes, Pele’s Santos) in...
Keane keeps his shadow
Roy Keane begins his Ipswich career with a bang. The Tractor Boys pulverized Cardiff, 3-0. It was the last...
The POTY award to Ryan Giggs is bogus
What happened to Frank Lampard? I love Ryan Giggs but this year’s POTY award is bogus. It took only...
Howard Webb and Gomes sink Spurs
An atrocious piece of refereeing by Webb and atrocious goalkeeping from Gomes keep Spurs from scoring their first win...
Steve Zakuani has Arsenal blood
Seattle beat San Jose, 2-0 yesterday. Steve Zakuani scored a goal and assisted in the second, as the Sounders...
Chicago Fire: Brian McBride does not let up
My deep admiration for Brian McBride continues. The man is on fire since joining the Fire and his 5...
Klinsi is a victim of Bayern’s dissociated personalities
Klinsi is in deep, deep trouble. With the loss to Schalke, Bayern slips to third and is now in...
Outcasts United: A Refugee team, An American Town
Remember Warren St John’s article in the NYT about soccer being played by immigrant children of families resettled from...
Spurs could do Liverpool a world of good
Spurs travel to Old Trafford to take on Man U. They have been in good form against the top...
Keane comes out swinging
Good times. The man with a mouth is back in the saddle again at Ipswich City. And he starts...
Adriano will join Flamengo
Lest we believe Ellen Cardoso will pay for Adriano’s caipirinhas. He does want to get back to playing soccer...
Angola makes a serious move
Luis Felipe Scolari has been approached by the Angolan FA to manage the Angolan national squad. His contract, if...
Adriano’s real reason for remaining in Brazil
Adriano 8 year association with Inter came to an end this Friday by mutual consent. He failed to show...
Bad newsday for Gunners
Cesc Fabregas is slapped with two improper conducts over Spit-gate and Van Persie will be unavailable for the Man...
For the EPL, Michel Platini is a socialist
Simon Kuper finds out that the EPL’s favourite bogeyman, Michel Platini, like Obama, is just another armchair re-distributor of...
World Cup 2010: Jacob Zuma coasting to a win
Jacob Zuma’s ANC faction, which is backed by unions and the SACP is heading to a resounding victory in...
Scholes ready to make his 600th appearance
Paul Scholes plays for a personal milestone as Man U takes on Portsmouth. Scholes ranks fourth in all time...
Ljungberg’s growing pains in Seattle
Freddie Ljungberg’s rocking first start resulted in a goal that continued the Seattle Sounders red hot streak. They have...
Video: Arshavin scores the winner?4-3
Link: After an engrossing battle, this was probably the nail in the coffin. Arshavin crashing his shot through after...
Video: Arshavin’s equalizer, 2-2
Link: Superb piece of opportunism and a cracking goal to get the equalizer. Before, Liverpool went up through Benayoun’s...
Video: Arshavin’s first goal, 1-0
Link: Liverpool answers though Torres, 1-1.