It's the proliferation of owners crying poor that make this year's transfer deadline yet another sign, in the immortal and notorious words of disgraced presenter Richard Keys, that the football "world's gone mad". According to ESPN Soccernet, English clubs spent a combined 214 million pounds this January, more than seven times what was expended at the same time last year. Chelsea sunk a
Monday, January 31, 2011
Inevitability = Mid-Season Transfer Deadline
Posted on 3:58 PM by Unknown
Posted in Andy Carroll, Benfica, Chelsea, David Luiz, deadline, Fernando Torres, Liverpool, Luis Suarez, Newcastle United, record, transfer deadline
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Quarterback: NFL's most divisive position
Posted on 10:56 AM by Unknown
Last weekend when a group of us gathered around the TVs at our favourite bar to watch the NFL Playoffs, someone asked who we would cheer for - New England or New York. There were a few seconds of debate before someone stopped all conversation and made the decision for us: New York. His reasoning? "The thing is about Tom Brady" he said about the New England quarterback "The thing is about Tom
Friday, January 28, 2011
A glimpse of the future, courtesy of Kevin Muscat's horror tackle
Posted on 2:31 PM by Unknown
In the initial rehearsals for the A-League Melbourne derby at the Docklands Stadium six days ago, everything was thrown akimbo by an ad-libbing Victory captain Kevin Muscat. The script read "Muscat tackles Zahra in his usual fashion", leaving all else to interpretation. On the night, Kevin Muscat read it in his own GBH-inducing style, while Melbourne Heart youngster Adrian Zahra played fall
Posted in A-League, Ernie Merrick, FFA, Kevin Muscat, Melbourne Heart, Melbourne Victory, Roy Keane
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Edwin van der Sar retiring: The King is Dead
Posted on 7:15 PM by Unknown
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar will retire at season's end after six years with the Red Devils and fifteen more tending nets at the top level. He'll leave after capturing three Premiership titles, a League Cup and, vitally, the 2008 Champions' League with United - plus whatever Ferguson's mob achieve this year. In 2008-09 he went a remarkable 1311 League minutes without
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Asian Cup Semi Final Diary: Australia vs. Uzbekistan
Posted on 5:26 PM by Unknown
The Asian Cup nears it's culmination this week as the Semi-Finals and Finals are played. Traditional powers contested one semi, Japan and South Korea; while two of the region's newer tyros are to fight out the second - still new-to-region Australia and the wealthy Uzbekistan, their FFA's pockets filled by natural resource money. This morning's first semi-final had the Blue Samurai progressing
Posted in 2011 Asian Cup, A-League, Australia, David Carney, Harry Kewell, Holger Osieck, Mark Schwarzer, Robbie Kruse, Socceroos, Uzbekistan
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