Ahmed Bilal
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John Terry – Good Or Bad For England’s Euro 2012 Campaign?
The extraordinary delays in a resolution to the Terry-Ferdinand affair have already resulted in the wholly unnecessary cop-out by the FA and the Premier League in asking Chelsea and QPR to forego handshakes in their recent league clash. The pointlessness of team handshakes apart, the worst that could have happened would have been the whole…
adidas is all in – and why you should be too
We may be going into 2012 but with PR agencies it still feels like 2006 at times. I started Soccerlens.com way back in April 2006 – and one of the lasting memories of the last five and a half years has been the treatment of football bloggers by PR agencies promoting their clients. I say…
The Global Game: Watching The Premier League In Pakistan
Earlier this week I came across the ‘Global Game‘ initiative launched by Nick Harris (Mail on Sunday, Sporting Intelligence). It’s a great idea, hopefully it catches on and more and more people from different parts of the world who follow football (and especially the English Premier League) can contribute to it. In the meantime, here’s…
Lionel Messi’s 202 Goals For Barcelona – In 12 Minutes
All of Messi’s 202 goals scored for Barcelona (2005-2011), in a simple, no-frills video. After the constant adulation, it is still ridiculous how good is really is. Of course, when you’re playing with the likes of Ronaldinho, Eto’o, Henry and Iniesta, it gets a bit easier. But we tend to forget how the young Messi…
English Football Wages: 1984 to 2010
Football wages are a ridiculously easy target – whether it’s the high wages paid by Chelsea and then Manchester City, the astronomical wage bills of Barcelona and Real Madrid fueled by unequal TV deals or the retirement homes that front as football clubs in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, football wages have steadily increased…
Review: Why Football Manager 2012 Will Rock Your World
The first impression you get while playing Football Manager 2012 is how it’s improved as an imitation of the real thing – a genuine simulation of what it means to be a football manager, inasmuch as you can simulate the experience digitally. Granted, there are no fans screaming pedophile chants at you, the BBC isn’t…
Sunderland Q&A: Transfers, Fans and Footballing Identity
Earlier this month Roker Report (Sunderland blog) editor Simon Walsh asked us if we’d like to do a Q&A on Sunderland – and here it is. We talk about Sunderland’s transfer policy, footballing identity (or lack thereof) as well as whether Sunderland will be in a relegation battle this season. Q: Stoke are known for…
Football Manager: Advanced Stats, Live Odds and Scouting+
Football Manager will be released on 21 October 20112 – here’s a look at how Miles Jacobson and co. can make the game even better for the millions of football fans who religiously play the game every year. So we know there won’t any players tweeting from within Football Manager 2012, nor will you see…
Manchester United Season Preview: Tactics, 20th League Title, Sneijder And More
Imagine that you’re appointed manager of Manchester United tomorrow morning. The world is at your feet. You have (statistically speaking) the best team in the world alongside Barcelona in club football and you have a phenomenally talented young squad that will win titles before it reaches it’s full potential. You even have the luxury to…
Udinese are the easiest hurdle for Arsenal in an incredibly tough August
The season hasn’t started yet, but Arsenal are already contemplating a tough month ahead with matches against Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle and Udinese to start their season with, plus trouble in the transfer market with Fabregas and Nasri pushing for moves away and a lack of incoming talent. There’s a strong temptation to categorise Arsenal’s…
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