Why Spurs, Villa, City, Everton and Newcastle can’t play in the Champions League
After his side’s defeat to Chelsea in May, Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan complained about the state of affairs in the Premier League: “This league is in danger of becoming one of the most boring but great leagues in the world. The top four next year will be the same top four as this year.” Recent…
Liverpool lose out on Barry, Tottenham spend more money, Madrid switch to Van der Vaart and more
Today’s word of the day is contradiction. In the world of speculation, you’ll often see one report say one thing, and another say something completely opposite. That’s the case with a few of today’s rumors, which involve a few big names that may or may not be moving.
The Little Drogheda That Could?
Since the Champions League went to a group stage with the 1991/92 edition (the last tournament to be called the European Cup, before the competition became the Champions League), no Irish, Northern Irish, or Welsh side has made it into the competition proper. In 2004/05, League of Ireland side Shelbourne made it all the way…
OFM: simple to learn but hard to master
All football fans are likely to have seen many matches where they wondered just what the players were doing. Weak offence, sloppy teamwork, a general lack of motivation… you had to wonder just what the manager of the team had been doing. Certainly if you’d been the manager, you could have done better than that….
Lawro to manage Premier League All-Star Team?
Lawro makes a disastrous move into management…. If you’ve ever wanted to see John Terry being ripped to death by Chihuahuas this is your chance. Having grown bored of punditry, Lawro’s finally making a move into management with the fantasy football. But with a paralysed Michael Owen, an Arsenal team who won’t shoot, and a…
Modern footballers hold clubs and fans hostage
When you’re hot, you’re hot… and doesn’t the modern day footballer know it. A few months ago Robbie Keane pledged his future to Tottenham Hotspur saying “I’m having a summer off without people ringing saying ‘Are you going here, are you going there?’… I am more than happy here (at Tottenham) and I want to…
Sunderland: Four Reasons Why the Giant is Awakening
Two years ago, Sunderland were the laughing stock of the English Premier League. The Black Cats finished the 2005/06 season with an embarrassing 15 points – a record only topped by Derby this past season. A new era began at the club in 2006, though, as legendary midfielder Roy Keane was appointed manager of the…
Transfer Rumors (30 July 08): Tottenham close on Bentley, Fulham in shock swoop for German star, Newcastle nab French defender, and more
There’s only one more month to go in the summer transfer window, and with seasons set to begin around Europe’s top leagues very soon, a lot of clubs are scrambling to get holes filled and squads solidified before the competitive action gets underway. So, there are some done deals to report in today’s roundup, and…
Does the Bundesliga lack the financial strength to succeed in Europe?
The 2008/09 Bundesliga season is set to get underway in a couple of weeks, but instead of looking forward to whether someone will be able to wrangle the title away from Bayern Munich, the league, its clubs, and its fans may be looking more towards the future right now. Currently, the league, the German government,…
Roy Keane on Portsmouth chasing Tottenham’s Kaboul
Roy Keane (on hearing that Pompey have talked to Tottenham defender Y. Kaboul):
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