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Jun
15
2007

Are “lucky winners” good for football?

Anyone who follows the German Bundesliga will know that VfB Stuttgart won the league this year. As an avid fan of this (wonderful, magnificent, gracious) team, I was naturally delighted. But from an objective perspective, how is it even...

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Jun
14
2007

Premiership 2007/2008 Fixtures Released

I’m tempted to copy-paste the full Premiership 07/08 fixture list here, but what will all the chopping and changing it will go through, I’m not sure there’s any point in doing so.

However, I’m sure there’s a lot...

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Jun
14
2007

The death of football

The headline may be a bit sensationalist, but hidden away beneath the increasing revenues and global popularity of the sport is a deeply disturbing trend which may spell trouble for the beautiful game.

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Jun
14
2007

Should Robinho be allowed to celebrate with Real Madrid?

The club vs country debate

The ongoing dispute between Brazil and Real Madrid (the two most successful sides at international and club level), recently resolved in Real Madrid’s favor, has once again brought this issue...

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Jun
13
2007

My Football Club – nice idea, won’t work

My Football Club is an initiative to “give football back to the fans” by allowing them to buy a football club and become equal owners. Once (if) a club is purchased, you get an equal vote on...

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Jun
13
2007

Why would the world’s 5th richest man go after Birmingham City?

Soccernet (blame them if it’s not true, not us) is running the following story:

World’s fifth richest man eyes Birmingham

Indian-born...

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Jun
12
2007

Kia Joorabchian, Tevez, West Ham and third-party contracts

A Soccerlens reader (thanks WP) mailed me a link to this article on Kia Joorabchian and Carlos Tevez and pointed something out...

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Jun
12
2007

Fink Tank falls to the tyranny of numbers

This is around 2 weeks late, but try as I might, I can’t resist poking holes in it.

On May 29th, The Times (the online version) proudly announced the Fink Tank Premiership Player ratings. Fans from all Premiership clubs (with...

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Jun
11
2007

The Hand of Messi

Leo Messi continues to emulate the great Diego Maradona.

However, unlike his wonder-goal in the cup against Getafe, Messi’s effort in scoring his first goal against Espanyol was not so praiseworthy. Messi clearly handled the ball into...

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Jun
11
2007

Landon Donovan: the shadow the US team can’t live without

As many US Mens National Team (US Mens National Team) fans will tell you, Landon Donovan is far and away our best player.

He possesses all the talent in the world, and yet he is also viewed as the player most...

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