The race for the Champions League places is definitely heating up. Yesterday, Arsenal comfortably dispatched Reading 4-1 at home, while Gareth Bale inspired Spurs to an impressive away win at Swansea. With Chelsea slipping up against the Saints, only 4 points separates the three London clubs for the crucial Champions League spots. Our friends […]
Archive | March, 2013
Fantasy Football – Gameweek 31
Our Fantasy Football guest post by Fantasy Yirma. Gameweek 31 preview: Has Robin van Persie rediscovered Dutch courage? How long was that international break? About three years? It certainly seemed that way anyway, but as Fantasy Premier League finally returns those internationals might well have helped one of its star men to rediscover his form. A run […]
World Cup: Qatar 2022 – Summer or Winter?
Fifa faces winter of discontent over World Cup 2022 as chance of summer tournament in Qatar recedes This time last year the Premier League chairman travelled to the International Centre for Sports Security conference in Doha. All five feet seven inches the statesman, he used his keynote address to warn his Qatari hosts they should not […]
Heat turning up on La Roja
Heat turning up on La Roja by Graham Hunter Make no mistake about it, Spain’s six-year status as the uncontested world No. 1 international side is about to be attacked with all weapons and — hopefully for the contenders — battered into submission over the next 15 months, starting this week. I say six years because […]
EU prepare to stop public funding of Spanish debt-ridden clubs.
It is the powerhouse of global football, home to its greatest players and a World Cup-winning national team, but Spain’s soccer bubble looks set to explode as European authorities prepare to halt public funding of debt-ridden clubs. In a move that threatens to provoke the partial collapse of a football system built on unsustainable piles of […]
Leeds United: Owners GFH Capital ready to sell stake in club
Leeds United owners Bahrain-based GFH Capital are ready to sell an unspecified share in the club. According to their parent company’s recent financial statement, GFH is negotiating to sell the club for £7m more than the £22m they paid. But a statement on the club website said: “GFH Capital is looking for investment in part of its […]
Why do you fire the manager?
Sacking a manager is, on average, more harmful to a team’s performance in the short term than doing nothing. This season 31 managers have been sacked, or agreed ‘by mutual consent’ – that bizarre footballing spontaneous combustion – to disappear in a puff of smoke with a huge payoff. The latest, Reading’s Brian McDermott, left […]
The tweaks that led to Barca’s comeback
A few days before Barca’s second-leg vs Milan, I posted an article going through some of the problems Barca were facing – tactically and otherwise – during a difficult run in their season. Changes were required. Spanish football expert Andy West takes a look at some of reasons Barca were able to mount their historic comeback. […]
Fantasy Football – Gameweek 30
This week we bring you two features for Fantasy Football Gameweek 30. Both Fantasy Yirma and Ultra Fantasy Football give their picks below: Fantasy Yirma: Gameweek 30 preview: The case for the defence – Volume III For the third time this season we’re ignoring those Fantasy Premier League attention-seekers and instead looking at those who often miss […]
Spurs qualification marred by Inter racism
Spurs qualification marred by Inter racism … The result was marred, however, by monkey chants that appeared to be directed at several Tottenham players, including Adebayor, while an Inter fan was seen waving an inflatable banana. “It’s a very sensitive situation,” Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas said of the chanting. “UEFA set out to act on […]
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