Villas Boas- What can we expect?
Yet another season gone by, and the post-season review brings back moments from the seasons long gone. Arsenal, living up to their tag of chokers, relinquishing yet another strong position…
Roberto Mancini looking to his homeland for transfer targets.
Manchester City coach Roberto Mancini has identified a host of Serie A targets that he will be interested in buying this summer. The Italian is concocting a transfer wishlist to…
Tottenham’s Transfer Window Tactics Coming to Fruition
Despite a worrying start to the transfer window, it seems Daniel Levy and Harry Redknapp may well have ridden out the storm and face a late summer full of optimism….
Effects of the Financial Fair Play Regulations
On the 27th of May 2010, UEFA announced the approval of the Financial Fair Play(FFP) regulations. The aim of these regulations is to make the football clubs self sufficient. With…
Why Argentina Will Get Nowhere Trying To Copy Barcelona
So to get the most obvious fact out of the way first, Argentina should beat Bolivia. They should hammer them off the pitch. Messi should be dancing around the bloodstain…
Paul Scholes – Replacement
Having reinforced Manchester United’s defense by signing two U21 players, defender Phil Jones and Keeper David De Gea as a replacement of retired Edvin Van der Sar. Moreover having increased…
The 2011 Cosmos Copa tournament set to kick-off on July 9th
The annual Cosmos Copa is once again on the horizon with 16 ebullient teams gunning for glory. In what will be its third consecutive year, the tournament is one of…
Scoring Stats – Europe’s key forwards
Which players contributed most to their team’s success (or lack thereof) in season 2010-2011?
Can Thiago Alcantara force way into Barca reckoning after committing long-term future?
Thiago Alcantara has signed a two-year contract extension at Barcelona – subsequently warding off any potential suitors. After impressing in Spain’s European Under-21 Championship triumph, speculation had arose that interest…
Liverpool Angle – Crowded Center Midfield – Wingers Required
A rejuvenated Liverpool FC under Kenny Dalglish look to strengthen their squad to challenge for the title. However their approach in the transfer market seems quite complex till now. For…
How the mighty have fallen: Unexpected relegations
Argentine giants River Plate are enduring the bleakest period in its 110 year existence after succumbing to what seemed nothing more than an improbable assumption, relegation to the second tier…
Europe’s top shot-stoppers – are Cech and Casillas slipping?
An investigation into Europe’s goalkeeping stats comes up with some early signs of slippage for a couple of champions.
Spain’s era of dominance may have only just begun
Always the perennial underachievers, the last few years have seen that theory put to bed. Though the senior team went out in the second round in the 2006 world cup,…
André Villas Boas: Chelsea’s Mourinho Rebound
It’s as though José Mourinho never left. Though comparisons between Chelsea’s new Portuguese manager and his mentor are rife to the point of becoming clichéd, it is true to some…
Looking back at the 2011 Gold Cup
Mexico is king of CONCACAF for another two years and there’s no second guessing this time. After beating a US “B” team in the 2009 final, El Tri demolished the best the US had to offer in an entertaining 4-2 final Saturday.
With the tournament over let’s take a look at where some teams go from here and some thoughts on who impressed and who has work to do heading into World Cup qualifying.
