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Costly Riera a gamble for frustrated Benítez
Albert Riera is heading to Anfield in a multi-million pound deal, but is the former Man City flop really the answer to Liverpool’s left-sided woes?
Premier League Predictions
The annual Footballing World predictions are out, with all 20 teams previewed and a full table of all the anticipated finishing positions. But do you agree?
Season Preview - Aston Villa: The Renaissance Continues
2007/8 in a nutshell: Martin O’Neill’s second year at the Villa Park helm brought significant progress. A deserved 6th place Premier League finish resulted in qualification for the Intertoto Cup. An assessment of the style in which the Midlanders achieved their return to European competition can be gleaned from a glance at the goals for [...]
Benitez Has One Eye On Fifa
Rafael Benitez has appeared to drastically alter his transfer strategy during the close season, possibly in anticipation of Michel Platini’s controversial 6 & 5 proposal to Fifa.
Since his takeover at the Merseyside club, the Spaniard has filled the Liverpool squad with a total of 18 different nationalities. The best eleven available to Benitez last season [...]
Sepp: A very weak Blatter
It’s hard to be critical in a constructive way when faced with people like Sepp Blatter.
He is to football what George Bush Jr. is to politics. And ,like Bush, you wonder how on earth he has retained his job for so long. For this alone, Blatter must surely be applauded. He’s managed to stay [...]
“Change is the only constant” – Fabio Capello and the aftermath of 4-4-2
As football doctrines go, the 4-4-2 formation is ingrained into the psyche. But this formation is out of date and Fabio Capello’s England need to realise this fact. Dan Bailey explores the Italian’s options for a new and revitalised England team.
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