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English Football Needs Foreigners!

This debate has been raging over the blogosphere, and I thought I’d put my 2 cents in. As England fall flat in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, typically, they need a scapegoat. No, England isn’t on the verge of not qualifying because they’re a bunch of lazy, greedy wannabe tabloid-fodder. No, no, no, they aren’t qualifying…

Didier Drogba hates Chelsea

That’s funny, he’s been at Chelsea for 3 seasons and only now has the bitter taste in his mouth finally made him speak out. We know that Drogba wasn’t very pleased with the departure of manager Jose Mourinho from Chelsea and since weeping in the corner isn’t going to bring him back, it looks like…

Tottenham…Still Sucking

As entertaining as it is to see two teams fight not to win a trophy next season (in effect, the Championship), there’s something humiliating that Tottenham “this is our year” Hotspurs is one of the main contenders to leave the Premier League. How could things have gone so wrong?

Arsenal v Manchester United: Who’s Going Top?

With so much hype happening before the match todays, is there really much that I can say that you don’t already know? Why is today’s game between Arsenal and Manchester United any different from their usual battles? Last season, Arsenal beat Manchester both home and away (much to my delight)…can we do it again? We…

Premier League’s Biggest Transfer Flops

This article is a submission for the Soccerlens Football Writing Competition; to participate, please read the details here. How much does true class and talent cost? In the football world, a lot. Or nothing. It depends. You could be paying Winston Bogarde his 160 000 Pounds a month salary. Or instead you could take that…