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World Cup 2010 – The Good and The Bad

By Marshall Norbal on July 19, 2010

World Cup 2010 South Africa has now been and gone, a feast of football for a month in the rainbow nation. Here are a few memories of the good and bad for the first World Cup of the decade. The …

Spain, Why Do You Have to Be So Bloody Boring?

By The Gaffer on July 7, 2010

Spain, if you’re the “Best Team In The World” according to Joachim Loew, why do you have to be so bloody boring? Watching Spain’s 1-0 victory against Germany Wednesday, I was bored several times during the match. No, not because …

Argentina 0-4 Germany: Video Highlights

By The Gaffer on July 3, 2010

At the quarter-final stage of a World Cup tournament, matches are often very close. We’re used to seeing extra time, penalty kicks or low scoring games. But Saturday, Germany put on a clinic in how to play defensively sound soccer …

England 1-4 Germany in Lego Football: Video

By The Gaffer on June 30, 2010

Watching the highlights of Germany’s demolition of England in the World Cup are a pretty depressing sight, but LegoFussball.eu have brought some levity to the situation by featuring the highlights as played out by Lego characters. Each scene uses stop …

Where it all Went Wrong for England: The Sequel

By Chris McQuade on June 30, 2010

In short: Everywhere. Though that won’t do. England’s problems were numerous and solutions are not easy to come by. It’s best to look at the team and the manager as a whole. Hang on, that sounds awfully familiar, oh well …

Are We Taking England's World Cup Exit Too Seriously?

By John Nicholson on June 29, 2010

And so the England inquest begins once again. After every tournament the same earth is dug over and over again. There can’t be a single argument, idea or notion that hasn’t been given an airing in the last 48 hours. …

Top 10 Similarities Between USA-Ghana and England-Germany

By The Gaffer on June 28, 2010

The similarities between England’s devastating loss to Germany Sunday and the United States’s loss to Ghana on Saturday are remarkable. Here are ten similarities: Both games featured incredible goalkeeping performances. Neuer for Germany. Kingson for Ghana. In both games, the …