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Can Diamanti Emulate Di Canio?

by David Schiavone on September 22, 2009 · 6 comments

Can West Ham United’s new Italian talent have the same impact on the Hammers as club legend Paolo Di Canio did between 1999 and 2003? Gianfranco Zola signed Alessandro Diamanti for a fee of around £6 million in the summer. Big money for an untested player especially in light of West Ham’s supposed financial handicap. [...]

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The Damned United Movie Trailer: Now Available For US Release

by The Gaffer on August 2, 2009 · 10 comments

The Damned United will be making its cinematic debut in the United States on a limited release this September 25, 2009 in New York City and Los Angeles.
And now Sony Pictures has officially launched the movie trailer for the film. It’s quite a bit different than the UK version. The US version focuses more on [...]

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Darren Bent’s Rant Goes A-Twitter

by Ethan Armstrong on July 31, 2009 · 3 comments

When I first heard of Twitter, I thought it was a dirty verb, like: “Get Twittered!” or “Go Twitter yourself!” (And maybe there’s still potential for that.) Turns out it’s a social networking website. And it has undeniably become the Next Big Net Thing.
In addition to allowing friends to keep up with each other’s day-to-day goings-on, all kinds of organizations from restaurants to [...]

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Do We Really Need A New Football?

by Ethan Armstrong on June 2, 2009 · 10 comments

Football’s magnificence lies in it simplicity. The rules, the tactics, the culture have adopted their own complexities over the years, but boots, nets, linesmen, banners and songs all become luxuries when we acknowledge the lovers of the game would play in the mud in bare feet if they had to. Pick two kids anywhere on [...]

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Five Facts to Explain Fulham’s Premier League Resurgence

by tyduffy on January 6, 2009 · 4 comments

One year ago, Fulham was arguably the worst team in the Premier League not named Derby.  The club showed little holiday spirit, sacking Lawrie Sanchez just four days before Christmas.  New manager Roy Hodgson needed a great escape, scraping to 36 points and safety on the season’s final day.
This season, however, Hodgson has revolutionized Fulham, [...]

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The 6+5 Rule Would Radically Alter Football, But Not in a Good Way

by tyduffy on May 31, 2008 · 20 comments

FIFA recently approved the “6+5 rule” in a 155-5 vote among member nations.  The rule would mandate that clubs field at least six players from the nation in which they play.  By targeting wealthy clubs, particularly English ones, buying foreign players, FIFA feels they would revive national teams and achieve greater parity.  This policy would [...]

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Samir Nasri to Arsenal?

by tyduffy on May 20, 2008 · 15 comments

If the papers were to believed, Arsene Wenger would have a Solomonesque Harem of young studs at his disposal.  However, the rumors of OM star Samir Nasri moving on up to the Emirates seem to have some juice.
Nasri, 20, recently signed a four-year deal with Marseilles.  But, the deal contains a £13.5 million buyout clause, [...]

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