Managers
This section covers all news specific to football managers of different clubs and international teams.
Lets hope Arsenal and Barcelona stay true to their style
The two most ideologically similar clubs in world football face off in a mouth-watering tie in the champions league tomorrow. Both inculcate principles of possession based, attacking football borne out of a youth system invested with utter faith in players’ eventual matriculation. The mutual affection and recognition of a similar philosophy has historically been evidenced,…
Podcast: Fan ownership, Man United in Europe and Brazil expert Fernando Duarte (29 March, 2010)
A timely boost for fed-up fans, the managerial futures of Gianfranco Zola, Sven Goran Eriksson and Roy Keane, plus football’s major embarrassments are all up for discussion on this week’s show, hosted by Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. O Globo’s well-respected Brazilian football expert Fernando Duarte also stops by for a chat with the boys. …
Don’t believe the hype
With this new job of mine I rarely get the time to write anything up here, and its quite unfortunate cause I was really starting to enjoy spouting my opinions on things while I sat on the underrated dole queue. I’d actually love to do this kind of stuff for a living (fantasy land….) so…
10 Losses Later…
What can I really say that hasn’t been said about Liverpool’s season? It’s been a terrible year and things are looking bleak for the future. They can’t seem to find any sort of consistent form, their players keep lashing out at the boss, the boss holds onto his job despite this terrible form because of…
Avram Grant’s selection policy
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant recently told the press he may decide not to risk some first teamers in upcoming Premier League games as the south coast club prepare for a much-needed FA cup semi-final against Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday 11th April. Grant claims the recent 9 point deduction on the club is the cause…
Proud Man Walking: Swansong for Ranieri?
“Inter remain the favorites for the title. The other contenders are Milan, and they will fight it out among themselves. The Scudetto doesn’t interest me.” With nine games to go and four points behind the league leaders, Roma, not Milan, are best poised to knock Inter Milan off its berth and win the scudetto. Moreover,…
Inter and Mourinho deserved their victory
Jose Mourinho and Inter Milan did a job on Chelsea last night. Not only did they display the kind of defensive obduracy that was the quintessence of Mourinho’s tenure at the Bridge, but they carried a far more incisive attacking threat, particularly when play was syphoned through the impressive Wesley Sneijder. Tactically, Mourinho was perfect….
Mourinho: “My heart will beat for Inter”
Jose’ Mourinho leads Internazionale Milan in a key Champions League return leg tie on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge. Inter remains the only Italian team left in the UCL. Should the Milanese side be eliminated by Chelsea, Juventus (who will be at Craven Cottage next Thursday against Fulham) would be the only Italian club left…
Wenger should rethink his policy on plus 30′s
So Arsene Wenger is satisfied with his decision to re-sign Sol Campbell. In a press conference ahead of his side’s second leg tie with Porto he said: Sol wants to win and he can spread that through the team and give advice. We want to win this game but we also need to be patient…
Podcast: The Arsene and Rafa Club, Team Bridge and England no-hopers
We couldn’t wait all week for the world famous Soccerlens Podcast any longer so we’ve brought it forward to Mondays – and despite their post-weekend blues Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg remain on top form. In this week’s episode the duo look back on the Carling Cup Final, Man City’s famous victory over Chelsea and…
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