Carlos Tevez
An extremely talented striker and a player who has been shrouded in controversy recently due to his ‘ownership’ by MSI. Expect to see a lot more of Tevez on Soccerlens in the future.
Champions League Preview: Manchester Plots European Domination
Manchester City get the chance to finally – definitively – emerge from the shadow of their cross-town Red rivals as this year’s UEFA Champions League commences. They’ll do so with a team which, while not having ever competed in the the Champions’ League as a unit, possesses a significant amount of top-flight continental experience. United,…
An Apology for Carlos Tevez
An apologetic … for Carlos Tevez? Just days after a scathing open letter? The same guy writing both? I guess stranger things have happened – remember Julian Faubert once played for Real Madrid. Less than a week ago, I suggested Carlos Tevez finally “end his Manchester hell” and return once and for all to South…
An Open Letter to Carlos Tevez
Dear Carlos Tevez, For five years now you’ve been a shedload of trouble for the entire English Premier League. With this letter, I’d like to invite you to please stop moaning about the loneliness of Northern England and return to Argentina as you have for so long suggested you’d prefer. The biannual farce which into…
Scoring Stats – European Goal Trends
When we first examined the most important marksmen in the Big Four leagues, we looked at which players in Europe were the most crucial to their teams. This was done according to Scoring Stats, a measure of a player’s combined Goals and Assists, measured as a percentage of their team’s total league goals for the…
Tevez: Manchester City have told me I can leave
Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has revealed that the club’s multi-billionaire owner Sheikh Mansour has told him he can leave the club if that is to make him happy. The Argentine international has been very unsteady throughout the season and now well into the transfer period, and with Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and AC…
Barcelona vs Manchester United – What has changed since 2009?
2008/2009 was all-in-all Barcelona’s season. Pep Guardiola led his childhood club to glory like no other manager had done before him. United on the other hand, weren’t too bad the whole season. They were back again in the UEFA Champions League final to defend the title that they had won last year against Chelsea. 08/09…
Argentina WAGs here
Diego Maradona’s 2010 World Cup antics are still pretty fresh. Cruising through the group stages and the Round of 16 without even firing all their guns. They were thought to be a real contender for the trophy until the Germans ran rampant all over them in the Quarterfinal. Argentina are now preparing to play in…
Beyond Lionel Messi: An Alternative List of the Top 25 Football Players in the World (25-11)
In my previous article, I argued that the process by which we decide who the world’s best players are has been grossly distorted. A combination of mainstream media hype (backed up with its ‘statistics’ – often little more than a ruse to get people gambling) and a nostalgic longing for the return of the great…
Manchester City WAGs
Manchester City are flying high at the moment with a Champions League spot to their name, approaching the end of the season. With the Abu Dhabi Sheikhs spending as much as he likes to, City are going to stay in the top four for a little while. A whole new lot of talent was brought…
Scoring Stats – Does the importance of the ‘go-to’ footballer vary between divisions?
When first examining scoring stats, we found there were big differences between how reliant individual leagues were across Europe on one player. After some more digging, we found there are significant differences between how important individual players are between Leagues across Europe: in Italy and Germany, in particular, it is important to have a spearhead…
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