Sam Adriance
Oh No! The Big Bad Foreigner Is Coming to Ruin English Football!
This article is a submission for the Soccerlens Football Writing Competition; to participate, please read the details here. I am so sick and tired of England’s failures on the international stage being blamed on foreigners. Now FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants to challenge the EU laws that prohibit quotas on foreign players. He says: “‘This…
Football’s “Moneyball”: The Sport’s Next Revolution
In 2003, Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball changed the way the general public looked at baseball statistics, and also helped hasten a revolution that was already beginning in player evaluation. By following around the innovative General Manager of the Oakland A’s, Billy Beane, and shedding light on how his teams consistently competed with teams like the…
Lay Off Liverpool and Rafa
After Liverpool’s unconvincing draw at Fratton Park with a less than full-strength squad, people are once again, as it seems now a yearly rite, piling on Rafa Benitez’s rotation policy for Liverpool. For instance, this article by Norman Hubbard on Soccernet. You can say that the reason it keeps coming up is that it’s still…
It’s Time For Tottenham to Sell Berbatov
Even as a Liverpool fan, I have a major soft spot for Tottenham Hotspur. Even us Big 4 supporters would like to see English football shaken up a little though of course not at the expense of our own clubs. For so long it seems, Tottenham was the team that was going to do it,…
Liverpool’s Most Important Summer Addition: Steven Gerrard
Imagine this scenario: You have a very good right-sided player, a great defensive midfielder and another good CM. You are offered the chance to swap your good right-sided player for the best CM in the world, at no cost. Accepting the deal means that one of your good central midfielders will go to the bench…
What Should England Look Like in 2010?
I’m an American, but only the most self-deluded fans here think we’re going to be a world power in the near future…though if Altidore progresses like he can, and we find a left back who doesn’t absolutely suck and we play like we did against Mexico in the Gold Cup, and we get a few…
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