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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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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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Why Can’t David Healy Score In The Premiership

by Paul Bestall on September 6, 2009 · 6 comments

If you were your country’s top scorer with a healthy 35 goals in 73 appearances, chances are you’d be an established top league player in most countries in Europe. Add to that record a career that has seen you start out at Manchester United and take in spells at Leeds United, Sunderland and Fulham, you’d [...]

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Do We Ask Too Much Of Our International Sides?

by Ethan Armstrong on June 25, 2009 · 7 comments

Yesterday, I asked the question of implementing live video review in football. Today’s question is: are our expectations too high for international football? I enjoyed your responses to yesterday’s article. Please weigh in with your feelings on international football in the comment section below.
It is easy to hold one’s international side to an unfair ideal. [...]

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Spain’s EPL Stars Shut Out In South Africa

by Brian Louie on June 24, 2009 · 17 comments

Wednesday’s Confederations Cup semifinal between the United States and Spain had David v. Goliath written all over it. Coasting to the semis with three wins out of three, it looked like Spain was about to teach the US a lesson in tiki-taka.
With the US advancing to the semis after shipping six goals to Italy and [...]

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Chelsea’s Punishment Shows UEFA Is Toothless

by Paul Bestall on June 17, 2009 · 20 comments

Now I’m certainly not going to start defending Chelsea’s players or the reactions of certain fans after the final whistle back on May 6th. Yes, the referee had a nightmare, yes Chelsea should have had two penalties at least and yes to some people it was easy to understand the reactions of some of the [...]

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Few would have expected New Zealand to pull an upset over a Spain who entered the fray of the FIFA Confederations Cup boasting a 32 match unbeaten streak. But no one  could have predicted that Liverpool’s Fernando Torres would score a hat trick within the first seventeen minutes of play.
Torres rapidly erases any doubt he’s [...]

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