Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most hated, respected, ridiculed and loved football stars today. He is a true icon – splitting public opinion right down the middle. A Portuguese national and a Manchester United star, the right-winger had a career-changing 2006/2007 season, when he came in off an excellent World Cup performance (although people only remembered the diving and the Rooney incident) and led Manchester United to their first Premiership title in four years.
He’s a good player, that boy Ronaldo.
3 Dumb Things Guardian Has Done This Week
Let me preface this by saying that I have a love-hate relationship with the Guardian. I love the community, I love the quality of writing and it’s in my top two alongside the BBC. However, they tend to exaggerate and paint extreme scenarios and in the process get things completely wrong. And it’s not just…
Are Real Madrid Contradicting Blatter?
While the Ronaldo saga has rumbled on throughout the summer, I have to admit I’ve been one of the few who’ve let it go over my head. Obviously it’s a topic that’s been pretty much in your face for the most part, mainly because not only is this the way Real Madrid choose to conduct…
3 Secrets To Real Madrid’s Glorious Success
…and how your club can adopt it to entice players too good to play for your club, turn opposition fans against their own heroes and butter both sides of the bread by wooing players and footballing authorities while screwing every club that comes in your way. Read on, young club chairman – learning this could…
Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist?
For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from a long time ago who proposed that the use-value of a commodity or service should determine its price, not market forces. No, I’m not talking…
Will Politics Dictate Whether Barcelona Make the Big Signing?
After coming back from lunch and snooping (snooping since I should be working) the various websites covering summer transfer activities, it suddenly dawned on me that the numerous signings made by FC Barcelona – the most recent addition in the form of Alexander Hleb from Arsenal – have an eerie similarity to the signings made…
Loyalty Means Nothing – and Lamps Is The Worst Of The Lot
“I understand why Manchester United fans booed me,” Rio Ferdinand said after the last game of the 2004-2005 season. “I’ve heard I’m being greedy but some of the figures thrown about are ridiculous. I was accused of asking for £150,000 a week. I wouldn’t insult the club like that. I can assure everyone I will…
African Football Dreams, African Football Slavery
FIFA president Sepp Blatter casually uses the term “slavery” in referring to the £ multi-million contract of Cristiano Ronaldo, who in turn “dreams” of leaving the greatest football club in the world to play in Madrid. Jean Claude Mbvoumin could teach them both some revealing truths about dreams and slavery.
Slavery in Soccer? I Don’t Think So
It’s amusing how the term “slavery” gets thrown around these days. In November of 2003, Rasheed Wallace compared the NBA’s Zero-Tolerance policy concerning arguing with referees to slavery. “That’s retarded,” the eloquent Wallace opined. “In my mind, it’s kind of like a slave and master or father and son. You’ve got your little son and…
10 Highlights From Manchester United’s Double-Winning 07/08 Season
Watched Manchester United’s 07/08 Season Review over the weekend (grab the torrent here) and it was quite an entertaining 2 and half hours. It also gave me some perspective on the season that went by – perspective that I think is useful considering the Ronaldo saga, the transfer speculation this summer and for predicting United’s…
Nereida Gallardo – Photos
Nereida Gallardo is smoking hot. Not in the pretty and hot Gemma Atkinson style, nor in the pretty and ‘tight’ Cheryl Cole style. In fact, you could say that Nereida isn’t the prettiest girl around and that she’s got some extra fat on her (our standards can be strict, but hey, our observation skills are…
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