See here for a link to the story – AC have confirmed a loan beginning in January In the slower Italian league, where players sit off you a lot more and give you more space to pick a pass, Beckham would flourish. I think he could be great there, for at least a season or [...]
Manchester Utd 3-0 Celtic – Men against Bhoys Wee Gordon Strachan said after this game that Utd were the best team he had ever played as a manager – the best of a group including Inter, Juve, and Barcelona. They were dominant throughout against Celtic, who had little or nothing to offer. Admittedly, Berbatov’s two [...]
Rafa has obviously been reading this (or, more likely, watching his performances in the Premiership) and Liverpool have confirmed interest in Amr Zaki. Read about it here.
An entertaining game ended all square last night, as Newcastle fought back from a debateable penalty and sending off to take the lead, before Steven Ireland scored with five minutes left to steal a draw for City. Not the worst result for either team – Man City did not want another away defeat, Newcastle didn’t [...]
Click the photo below to see Zaki’s spectacular scissor kick against Liverpool Part of Wigan must wince every time Zaki scores. It would have been great for them if he had remained just under the radar, in the zone Steve Bruce has managed to keep Wilson Palacios and Antonio Valencia. But Zaki’s return of 7 [...]
Chelsea destroyed Middlesbrough 5-0 on Saturday. Completely destroyed them. Boro didn’t know what had hit them. Chelsea passed incisively and imaginatively, with Lampard central to all that was good about them. Even Malouda played well. Utd responded well, with a 4-0 victory over West Brom, but laboured for the first half and required Rooney’s inspired [...]
And so it continues. Spurs lost 2-1 to Stoke on Sunday, confirming that what began as a loss of form and a bad run has now become a fully blown crisis. Teams sometimes play poorly for a period, or suffer some bad luck, or have unwelcome injuries, and results go against them. Sometimes it takes [...]
Sunday, 19 October 2008 Hull 1-0 (HT 0-0) West Ham Turner 51 Bookings: Zayatte 62 Dawson 71 Bookings: Ilunga 18 Stoke 2-1 (HT 1-1) Tottenham Higginbotham (pen) 19 Delap 53 Bent 25 Bookings: Ab Faye 87 Bookings: Hutton 64 Woodgate 90 Sent off: Bale 17 Dawson 90+9 Saturday, 18 October 2008 Arsenal 3-1 (HT 0-1) [...]
Best read here, from the ever excellent Fantasy Football Scout.
Capello obviously doesn’t fancy Michael Owen, that is clear. He likes strikers with more to their all round game, more complete players, who will create as well as score goals, and contribute to moves as well as finishing them off. Admittedly, Owen is not this. He is a goalscorer, a poacher pure and simple. So [...]
