Champions League Matchday 5 Review: Big victories for Sevilla, Inter, and Roma, spots still up for grabs in Groups E and G
While things are a little muddled in Groups A-D, the outlook in the other four groups in the UEFA Champions League is a little more defined, for the most part.
What Now For England?
It has gone all horribly, horribly wrong. What was supposed to be a new and better era has turned out to be a farce and worse than its predecessor; what was expected to be the turnaround of fortune has translated into a deepening wound; what ought to have been the start of an Empire has…
Maradona vs Pele – who was better?
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele as he would later be known around the world) was often rated as the best player in the world. Only he and fellow legend Diego Armando Maradona, have received the honours by FIFA with the awards of officially being dubbed the greatest players in the history of the game. An…
FIFA World Player of the Year 2007: Kaka, Ronaldo or Messi?
Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Lionel Messi are all up for the FIFA World Player of the year. The three players have been shortlisted for the award which is announced at FIFA’s world player gala in Zurich on December 17. It’s the first time any of the three have been up for the honour.
Transfer Roundup: Newcastle United, Manchester City and Chelsea
So tomorrow is the 1st December meaning the January transfer window is exactly one month away from being opened to allow in the fresh deals for players during the mid-season re-boosting
Short and fat, with a Terry on the top
Sigmund Freud was nothing but a hairy quack. My cantankerous nature is not the result of a repressed Oedipus complex; I only feel hostility towards my father because he’s really annoying. Before senility kicked in, the old fellow would try in vain to act cool around my friends. I genuinely sympathise with anyone who has…
Interview with Ruben Olthuis, Creator of Best Players Directory and Brazilian Football Websites
Soccerlens is very pleased to welcome Mr. Ruben Olthuis, who is the creator of one of the largest football player databases in the world, Bestplayersdirectory.com, along with a site dedicated to Brazilian football. The player database, as of today, contains 899 players from 75 different countries. It has links to 1230 web sites, blogs, official…
‘Round and ‘Round and ‘Round We Go, on the EPL Managerial Carousel – Who’s Getting Thrown Off Next?
With all of the recent sackings and hirings in the Premier League, it’s fun, especially for the oddsmakers, to predict who’ll be on their way out and on their way up next. There have already been a half-dozen managerial changes (four sackings, two ‘resignations’) in the first three months of the season, the highest-profile one…
Transfer Roundup: Chelsea, Newcastle United, Bolton, Everton, Wigan, Manchester City, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Fulham, Juventus, AC Milan, Roma
With just over a month to go until the January sales transfer speculation mounts every day. It seems like it’s going to be a busy month in the New Year. In demand at the moment Nicolas Anelka has been linked with a move again to another Premiership club, this time Newcastle. With injury-prone England striker…
Trouble at Anfield: the Battle of Benitez vs. Hicks/Gillett
It’s all going Pete Tong behind the scenes at Anfield at the moment. Rafael Benitez has openly criticed his superiors in a blatant display of insubordination, with issues revolving around how much investment will be made into squad development: the Liverpool boss has clearly expressed his unhappiness about the perceived lack of a transfer activity…
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