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Another World Cup, Same Old England

by Killian Woods on June 23, 2010 · 0 comments

In the lead up to the make or break tie for Eng­land against Slove­nia, the gen­eral con­sen­sus shared was that England’s World Cup campaign/dream was on the verge of col­lapse if not already over. A series of unfor­tu­nate events had seen Eng­land only acquire two points from their open­ing two group games and con­fi­dence in […]

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With­out being  philo­soph­i­cal, it must be said that every indi­vid­ual is enti­tled to an opin­ion and to sim­ply ridicule it  with­out sub­stan­tial sup­port would be unfair. Hav­ing lis­tened to the Group C Podcast, there are a  few com­ments about the main top­ics being dis­cussed. — The Top Teams: Every team does have a flaw or will have one […]

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England And Italy Provisional Squads Revealed

by Rob McCluskey on May 11, 2010 · 8 comments

The past few days has seen a num­ber of pro­vi­sional and even final squads announced for the World Cup, but today two of the most antic­i­pated pro­vi­sional squads were revealed. Eng­land has deliv­ered their 30 pro­vi­sional play­ers amidst con­tro­versy regard­ing man­ager Fabio Capello’s involve­ment in a bizarre form rat­ing web­site which sports his name. Italy’s […]

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What is on paper a strong team could end up being a weak one when tested by a tricky oppo­nent. How the play­ers gel and work together, how effec­tive the coach is in bring­ing the best out of play­ers, the strength of the defen­sive line and often the rise of  a rel­a­tive unknown to help […]

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The World’s Best Midfielders

by Rami Soufi on November 17, 2009 · 13 comments

The fol­low­ing list of elite mid­field play­ers in the world will exclude the likes of Lionel Messi, Cris­tiano Ronaldo and Kaka since they some­times play as for­wards or as sup­port strik­ers depend­ing on the strat­egy deployed by their team. Kaka has pre­vi­ously played as a sec­ond striker dur­ing his spell with Milan while both Messi […]

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