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The Worst Premiership Signings Of The Noughties

by Paul Bestall on December 30, 2009 · 14 comments

For every Ronaldo, there’s a Shevchenko. Sometimes, great reputations come at a great cost yet fail to deliver. Shevchenko is a great player to start with. Feared throughout Europe, his performances for Dynamo Kiev and A.C. Milan saw him become one of the most lethal strikers in the world. Once he arrived at Stamford Bridge, [...]

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The Premiership Team Of The Decade

by Paul Bestall on December 29, 2009 · 18 comments

This decade has seen the Premiership continue to grow and attract some of the worlds greatest players throughout the last ten years. By continuing to attract some of the biggest stars in the world, only La Liga can truly consider itself a rival for the quality of the players on show throughout the league. Yet [...]

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US vs England – A Soccernomics Analysis

by Eric Altshule on December 7, 2009 · 27 comments

Simon Kuper and Stefan Syzmanski titled the American version of their new book Soccernomics (review is here), but their title for the release in the UK is Why England Lose.  In the book, Kuper and Syzmanski identified the US as a rising power in soccer and England as a permanent disappointment to their rabid fans.  With [...]

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Will Carlos Queiroz be back at Old Trafford Soon?

by David Schiavone on September 15, 2009 · 6 comments

With Portugal on the verge of non-qualification for the World Cup in 2010, manager Carlos Queiroz is under extreme pressure and has the very real possibility of unemployment looming over him. Given this threat, and inevitability that this will occur, I ask you… How long before we see the Portuguese back in the Manchester United [...]

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Man United: The Empire Strikes Back

by Arjun Talwar on April 26, 2009 · 5 comments

Liverpool winning 3-1 away at the KC stadium. Surely, no-one expected anything less if not anything more. The reigning champions level again for the umpteenth time, their leaky defence ensuring that the goal difference keeps them behind Liverpool in second place. Yes, they did have two games in hand but chasing points and championships is [...]

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Ferguson versus Mourinho: Clash of the Chess Player-Like Football Tactician Grandmasters

by Richard Whittall on February 25, 2009 · 5 comments

The delicious mind-game between former Premier League rivals Jose Mourinho and Alex Ferguson didn’t disappoint yesterday afternoon.  Whether making sure each player wore the correct shirt to the organizing their players in a way to enhance the scoring of goals, these two towering geniuses of the modern game proved beyond a doubt they are football [...]

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Benitez Burns His Bridges

by Paul Bestall on July 2, 2008 · 151 comments

Liverpool seem to have decided on a new transfer policy this summer which makes the same impact as Real Madrid’s lovelorn chase for Ronaldo. Liverpool seem to be using their local paper, The Echo, to release transfer target information into the public domain to unsettle players at other clubs. Gareth Barry became the first and now it seems [...]

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