Hawk-Eye to make football faster, not slower
There’s an interesting article on the BBC Sport site which profiles the development of Hawk-Eye technology specifically for introduction into Premiership football. The Premiership should be checking on the developments by the start of the season. In ideal conditions the setup should be complete before the end of the year. Under conditions set out by…
WagSnatch Roundup: Beckham’s Hand, Danielle Lloyd and Alex Curran
It’s summer, it’s hot, there’s barely any football going around (if you’re watching pre-season friendlies you’re beyond help) and work can fuck off. So what do we do? I know what I’ve been doing: Reading Kickette.
Transfer Roundup: Tottenham, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland and AC Milan
Congratulations to Aston Villa for signing Marlon Harewood – Martin O’Neill must see something in him, otherwise no one buys rubbish strikers, do they? Oh wait, someone’s after Jeffers’ again. Hmmm. Anyway, here’s today’s transfer rumours, have a look and discuss.
Details of transfers under investigation in Newcastle raid
Ed Harrison from the Newcastle blog writes: As background to this disturbing story here are the transfers Newcastle were involved in – with the reasons the Stevens inquiry will not sign off on them:
Where will Sagna fit in at Arsenal?
RearGunner from ArseRant writes: The news that I’ve been expecting for a while has arrived – we have indeed officially signed Bacary Sagna, a move that I’ve voiced my confusion over and one that intrigues me greatly for he is a right back, or at least, that’s the position in which he’s played predominately throughout…
Perhaps Not Enough International Football
FCBNews blogger Nig recently posted an article stating that he thinks there should be less international play, because it affects many clubs in Europe and it generally isn’t the same quality of play that you would see in a game between EPL heavyweights Manchester United and Liverpool, or La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona….
Richardson will lead Sunderland to greater glory
As a Roy Keane fan (obviously), I rooted for Sunderland last season and will be following them again this season in the Premiership. For Sunderland fans these are days filled with optimism, and there’s every reason to expect a Reading-like season for Roy Keane’s men. However, it would be remiss of me as a football…
Chelsea’s 07/08 formations and lineup?
So who decided that Chelsea should go back to 4-3-3? Was it Roman Abramovich who wanted to see more attacking football? Was it Mourinho who pushed for it?
Dani Alves to Chelsea is pretty scary
There are few players in world football today who would a) go to Chelsea and b) improve Chelsea at the same time. Dani Alves is one of them, and thinking about him putting on the Blues shirt worries me.
Should Drogba leave Chelsea?
Like Lampard, Drogba is at the peak of his market price. He could command 20m today but would he command the same next summer, when he’s 30 at an age where even Henry went for 16m?
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