Managers
This section covers all news specific to football managers of different clubs and international teams.
Torres’ Spain-Liverpool dilemma
On 26th August, Spain’s coach Vicente Del Bosque announced the 21-man squad for their Euro 2012 qualifier against Liechtenstein and the friendly against Argentina. The squad, of course, included the Liverpool ace Fernando Torres. Roy Hodgson was not pleased due to the amount of injuries the Spaniard has been enduring recently. According to Guardian, Hodgson…
How Soon is Too Soon for Roberto Martinez?
Farcical, nonsensical and ludicrous are just three words of many that have described the actions made by those despicable entrepreneurial invaders that choose to run our football clubs. These actions are of course in relation to their decision to sack a manager before he has made either a startling success or woeful mess of his…
The Chelsea Juggernaut rolls on
Two games played. Two games won. 12 goals scored. Fine, they only beat West Brom and Wigan (two favorites for the drop) but they didn’t even get into second gear to ease six goals past the aforementioned teams. The Community Shield was simply a blip for them, as many of their stars were only returning from…
Mancini hits back at Ferguson on Manchester City spending
Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini has responded to Sir Alex Ferguson’s statement of “kamikaze” Manchester City spending. The addition of James Milner to the Manchester City squad from Aston Villa has raised the total transfer costs to £130 million. The Italian believes that City are not the first club to spend so much money, but…
Bellamy Banished to Bluebirds?
With a talent the likes of Craig Bellamy supposedly prepared to switch to Championship side Cardiff, have his options been cut short by the powers that be at Eastlands? The controversial Welshman was on many a Premier League shopping list but it is believed that a move to a top side has been cut off…
Football in Italy: Crisis, Problems & Solutions – Part II
As we said in the first part of this article, Italian soccer crisis does not involve the national teams only, clubs have big problems too.
Football in Italy: Crisis, Problems & Solutions – Part I
The bitter disappointment for the Italian National Team poor figure at the FIFA WC 2010 is just the tip of the iceberg of a crisis that involves all Italian soccer, including clubs. Inter’s win in Champions League came without a single local player on the pitch, but at the same time saved Italy’s fourth spot…
Is the Old Firm domination over?
The summer is over, World Cup fever has passed and the return to the domestic campaign is just around the corner. Champions Rangers unfurl the league flag at Ibrox on Saturday afternoon when they take on Kilmarnock on the opening day. Walter Smith’s side have yet to add to the their squad this summer, and…
Scottish Premier League 2010/2011 Season Preview – Part 2
Continuing from the Part 1 of the Scottish Premier League Season Preview… Hearts The last couple of seasons have seen relative stability at Tynecastle, now that majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov has became bored with his West-Edinburgh plaything, and this stability should continue to cement Hearts’ 3rd place challenge this season. The appointment last season of…
O’Neill has thrown his toys out of the pram
Martin O’Neill, in April 2010: “If that situation [no investment in the team] did develop, that wouldn’t necessarily mean I would down tools and say, ‘Well, listen, we can’t go any further’. What you would do is see if you can come up with some other ways, then, maybe, through the academy here with the…
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