Oli Dinsmore
Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid: Sour Grapes or Bad Apples?
Cristiano Ronaldo has brought months of speculation to a head by confirming that he wishes to complete a ‘dream’ move to Real Madrid. Oli Dinsmore asks whether Ronaldo or Madrid is the problem as the Portuguese heads to Spain.
Goliath vs Goliath
In less than 48 hours, the first all English European Cup Final in football history will take place. If you love English football it’s big. If you support either side it’s seminal and if you support both teams, well you’re Ray Wilkins. Oli Dinsmore looks at the key players from each side ahead of the grand clash.
Ronaldo Prices Himself Out Of The Market
There are few words that can do Cristiano Ronaldo justice. Oli Dinsmore looks back at the Portuguese’s terrific season that has seen him been informally named as the world’s best player and asks: can Manchester United keep hold of him?
Where will it all end?
Despite some scintillating football, two English teams in the Champions League Final and the closest run-in to a league title in 40 years, many English football puritans have been left with a bad taste in their mouths this season. At the heart of this is rising ticket prices despite the huge investments in the game along with foreign owners who seem capable only of making a mess out of a stable environment.
Champions League: The Real Moment of Truth
A broadsheet journalist quite rightly pointed out this week that Champions League semi-final first legs are pretty pointless, beyond giving both teams the chance to play a home leg.
Chelsea’s away goal is arguably very valuable but it seems that, more and more, the main priority of teams in the first leg is to stay in [...]
Champions League Predictions
The quartet of English sides enter the quarter-finals of the Champions League in differing degrees of form and confidence. But whilst some have been disappointing domestically, they will all have reason to believe that they can go further in the competition this year. But which of the four have the right blend to go all [...]
Fabio Caphello
After a lacklustre display against the French in Paris on Wednesday, the predictable murmurs of media discontent are already beginning to surface.
It seems par for the course to herald the brilliance of each new England manager before embarking on a terminal campaign of suspicion and defamation after the very first bad result. Before the game [...]
Unsung Heroes: Martin Laursen
#2: Martin Laursen, Aston Villa
Apps: 57; Goals: 7
Most football fans assumed that Aston Villa would become a stronger team when Martin O’Neill took charge of the club in August 2006. His track record spoke for itself and his motivational skills seemed a perfect tonic for this depressed Midlands giant. In short, he was exactly what [...]
