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England’s Plan For Beating Portugal

By this point, very few people consider England as genuine contenders for joining Germany and Italy in the World Cup semi finals. And if that was a stretch, hardly anyone would consider the chance of England being in Berlin as being anything more than wishful thinking.

England Brace Themselves For Scolari

My first reaction after the Holland-Portugal game was one of relief and joy – “England are going to the semi final!”. In the aftermath, however, that glowing optimism has turned into a realistic appraisal of England’s chances of progressing to the semi-final of the 2006 World Cup – and let me tell you, they’re still…

Red Rooney On A Mission

Wayne Rooney’s career was marked for stardom the moment he stepped on the football field. His goal against Arsenal, his performances for England in Euro 2004 (where he single-handedly lead a tired England to the quarterfinals) and his signing for Manchester United in the following season all seemed to point to one thing: For England…

Ferguson Hits Back Over Ronaldo Rumours

Finally, the boss has spoken.

Manchester United Woes (Ronaldo, Ruud, Ferguson)

We’ve had a terrible season – Keano was booted, Nistelrooy was sidelined, we crashed out of the Champions League bottom of our group, we lost to Liverpool in the FA Cup, Rooney got injured, stuttered in the last sprint to the title race and ended up second, and now, after more than a month of…

Arsenal Fans: Henry was fouled. World: No he wasn’t.

It’s really cute how Arsenal fans are saying that we should ‘move on’ and ‘stop living in the past’. These be the same fans who took their frustrations out on Barca players for several days after the Champions League Final? These be the same fans who scowl, spit and swear the moment they hear the…

Henry: I’m not a diver. World: Yeah right.

Seeing the Arsenal captain, legend and top goalscorer Thierry Henry dive last night after he ‘ran into Puyol’ was a scene right out of Hollywood mystery movies – where the whiter-than-white hero suddenly turns evil and the audience is left shocked, ashamed, outraged and more cynical for the experience.

Henry is a diver? Even angels fall

It was a fascinating match – Spain playing some fantastic possession football but they were met with the class and strength of the French, and it was never going to be an easy ride. But, towars the end, it was France who showed their class and went through 3-1 while the form team, Spain, crashed…

Going Lampard?

Going Lampard?

A shoutout to SoccerBlog, who have added a very useful term to our football lexicon: Lampard – As used in this sentence: “Have you gone Lampard on us?”

Does Cristiano Ronaldo Want To Stay At Manchester United?

This is a question people dare not ask in the wake of recent rumours linking Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid: “What if Ronaldo REALLY wants to leave Manchester United?”