India are at their lowest ever ranking. FIFA puts 168 nations above the planet’s second-most populous country. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has targeted a place at the 2022 World Cup. Nine years from now, when qualification is over, one of those facts is going to be repeated with incredulity. It seems that 2022 […]
Archive | September, 2012
Analysis – Man City vs Arsenal
TKTG takes a look at the best articles and analysis covering the Man City vs Arsenal match which ended in a 1-1 draw. Match Report ESPN Soccernet match report ” Koscielny saves draw for Arsenal” while The Guardian takes a look at 5 things that we learned from that match. (City’s defence still struggles; Mancini […]
United reveals Goalkeeper Rotation Policy
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed Manchester United will not have a first-choice goalkeeper this season after telling David de Gea and Anders Lindegaard they will share the job. The United boss said he is ready to switch between the Spain and Denmark internationals rather than settling on a regular No. 1. De Gea, 21, started […]
Everton success out of left field
It can be said that Everton regularly exceeds the expectations of most followers of the English Premier League. David Moyes, their mercurial manager, has taken his side into Europe four times over the past eight years despite not having significant resources available to him. This commendable record has been achieved through astute recruitment of talent, […]
Bend it like… Babar?
“Football has really picked up among youngsters in recent years because people have had more exposure to the sport on television than ever before,” says Khan. Before 1999, Pakistan Television was the only source for Pakistanis to watch international football competitions. Then the satellite dish service arrived and became the avenue for local audiences to […]
Passing Grade – Stats of the Premier League
Tiki-Taka. The recent success of the Spanish national team and that of Barcelona has brought the term into mainstream usage, where it refers to a style of play based around short passes and possession. The idea behind the style is to stretch the opposition and force them to change their shape, thus creating space, through […]
Afghan Premier League a hit with fans
Afghans have been glued to their TV sets this week watching the start of their country’s first-ever football league season. It may be a long way from the standards of European football leagues, but the newly created Roshan Afghan Premier League has generated huge excitement and turned people across the country into football […]
Fantasy Football – Week 5
The first rounds of the Champions League and Europa League group stages are behind us and we now look forward to this weekend’s Premier League action. At TKTG we have studied the squads and match-ups to bring you our Fantasy Football picks for the week. Remember to join our league at the official game using […]
Secret Footballer – Depression in the Premier League
CNN asked “The Secret Footballer” to write a column about his experience of depression in football. – Up until that point, I had been in search of some perspective to life, a meaning, if you like, and I felt that it wasn’t far away. I still continued to look for these little insights into life […]
La Liga could kill itself
Spanish football must change course drastically or it will “kill itself” within five years, according to Jose Maria Gay de Liebana, Spain’s most prominent football economist. Gay de Liebana, an economics professor at the Universidad de Barcelona has the following to say: – La Liga’s clubs were increasing their revenues but not quickly enough to […]
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