Thu, August 23rd 2007
After a number of blunders Paul Robinson’s England place is rightly under threat.
Rightly, because no player should be guaranteed the position in the team. But, the quality of his potential replacements still cause concern.
With England 2-1 down to Germany at Wembley, McLaren chose to substitute both strikers, Smith and Owen. Without Rooney, Bent and Johnson through injuries, who did he turn to? Not Jermain Defoe.
England 1 - Germany 2
After an encouraging start England faded to defeat to an understrength Germany, leaving the the hosts still looking for there first victory at the new Wembley.
Mon, August 20th 2007
In a bizarre mix of football and politics, Diego Maradona admitted cheating to beat England in the 1986 World Cup.
In an interview with Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, he says:
“It was too high for me and I stuck out my fist.
However, rather than cheating, it seems it was a statement in the fight against imperialism.
From: Maradona and Chávez laugh over ‘hand of god’ goal on chat show
Thu, August 9th 2007
In a BBC interview, Fifa vice-president has declared his dislike of England and how he will fight to derail England’s World Cup 2018 bid.
“There are moves to give it to England. I must fight that.
“It will be Italy, Spain, or even France who will get the World Cup if it goes to Europe.”
With no disrespect to Italy, Spain or France, but all three of those countries have hosted the World Cup since England, and must be less deserving than other European nations to hold the championships.
Warner goes on to claim that the Concacef should host the tournament, despite one his arguments against England being:
“England invented the sport but has never had made any impact on world football.”
From: BBC
Rangers are set to sign French striker Daniel Cousin for $1.5 million. Cousin is so unpopular with his current club Lens’ fans that he now only plays in away games.
The first signs that he might get the move he craves came when Lens agreed he would no longer have to play in their home matches.
Cousin has been given a torrid time by Lens fans and insists fears over his own safety sparked an unusual request to be used in away games only.
From: The Daily Record
Thu, August 2nd 2007
Fifa has warned the Scottish FA that its plan to use video evidence to hand out retrospective yellow cards for diving would contravene the rules.
If that wasn’t bad enough…
Fifa suggests that it would first have to propose a rule change to the International FA Board, but that does not meet until March.
March! That’s 8 months time. Surely a Fifa committee can meet more frequently than this - what do they do for the rest of the year?
When asked if he [Van Persie] would be prepared to revert from attractive football to play for a side who won 1-0 every week and earned more trophies, Van Persie replied: “Small chance. The way I see it, I would never give that up. There are only a few teams in Europe who play the way Arsenal play. I will always play for a team where I earn less money but play fantastic football rather than a team where you can earn lots of money and win every week…
“I don’t like to run after people all game long; I like that they run after me.”
Without meaning to slander a whole nation, there’s something very Dutch about that statement. Style counting more than substance.
It’s one thing to say he is prepared to be paid less money to play in the style he wants, but when the amount of money he is earning is so much greater than the fans that are paying his wages who are wanting to win trophies, it sticks in the throat a bit.
From: The Guardian
Mon, November 6th 2006
Barcelona and Brazil’s Ronaldinho has been named the world’s top player for the second time in succession in FIFPro’s poll of over 40,000 players worldwide.
Tue, October 31st 2006
Barcelona 2 - Chelsea 2
After Didier Drogba’s injury time equaliser you could be forgiven for thinking Mourinho’s Chelsea had beaten Barcelona, such was the the psychological blow that the Spanish club’s players seemed to receive.
Search this site
Subscribe to the latest news feed