Bundesliga coaches impact Europe much less
For all its parity with the other three big European leagues, the Bundesliga coaches have had considerably less sway...
Category: Soccer Coaches & Coaching
Gravgaard’s folly
The comedy of errors that led to Frank Baumann’s goal against Hamburg. The culprit has been identified and it...
Video: Wolfsburg gets back on track beating Borussia
Link: Wolfsburg bounced back from the Stuttgart drubbing last weekend. It was the Dzeko- Grafite combine yet again which...
Adriano and Ronaldo missing on opening day
Tim Vickery, passionate follower of Brazil’s hallowed sport, observes that some big time players were MIA on opening day...
Berlusconi shuts the door on Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti is probably going to come to Chelsea after all. He can play coy. The fact is that...
Will Juergen Klopp finally win one over Felix Magath?
The most fascinating league this season has huge matches today and tomorrow with huge implications. Three top clubs meet...
The Tevez sweepstakes: Liverpool or Spurs?
Carlos Tevez moves in mysterious ways. Corinthians to West Ham. West Ham to Man Utd. Both moves were shrouded...
Video: Forlan guides Atletico to an amazing comeback win
Fernando Torres. Never missed him. Atletico have Diego Forlan another reason why La Liga still retains an edge in...
Newcastle climb out of relegation hole
Newcastle won, 3-1 over Boro in the north east Derby as Obafemi Martins put them over the top after...
Arsene, the fault lies elsewhere: It’s not Drogba
The Drogba dive for which Fabregas got carded and led to the Alex goal is par for the Chelsea...
Barca maybe without Iniesta for the CL final
Looks like a steady procession of injured and suspended players is complicating Pep Guardiola’s preparation for the Cl final....
Ivan Campo is looking for a club
The long time Bolton midfielder who joined Ipswich Town in 2008 was released by Roy Keane. Ipswich ended its...
Video: Joseba Llorente sends Barca into despair
Link: Barca was comfortably on its way to a win and the title but Villareal fought back to draw...
Qwest and BMO attendances are propping up the MLS
The Sounders and Toronto FC are filling their stadiums to capacity. Their combined attendances contribute to little more than...
Goal Anxiety Syndrome: Walcott has it
Against Chelsea, Walcott had about 6 shots on goal. 3 clear chances, only one which was saved by Cech,...
Arsenal: A familiar scene plays out
Arsene Wenger and Pat Rice have that familiar pinched look on their faces. All that beautiful possession from Fabregas...
Its over: Man Utd goes two up over City
Tevez’s step son like treatment at the hands of Sir Alex has everyone agog. It provides the background to...
Hiddink has words of advice for Wenger
Chelsea meet Arsenal at the Emirates. Two clubs licking their wounds. Nothing materially changes with a result but there...
Video: Mario Gomez stuns Wolfsburg
Link: Bayern has a lot to thank Mario Gomez for. All four goals in Stuttgart’s 4-1 thrashing of Wolfsburg...
Relegation derby: Why Newcastle suffers more than Boro?
It all comes down to the wage bill that sticks out like a sore thumb. And a lot of...
Video: Rangers win Old Firm rivalry
Link: Maurice Edu’s team wins the most celebrated derby in the world and goes two up on their rivals....
Deep thought: Max Bretos loves saying Guillermo Barros Schelotto
Not just Schelotto. But the whole name. Its so, how you say it? So deliciously foreign, it makes the...
Video: Baraja goal ensures likely Juande Ramos exit
Link: Real lost to Valencia, 0-3 on the heels of their most humiliating loss at the Bernabeu in 38...
The 5 most infuriating players in the Premiership
These players are central to their clubs fortunes but they always manage to live in the twilight zone with...
SPL’s hand forced by Setanta’s crucial exposure
Setanta is now negotiating a lower contract for the TV rights to the SPL matches as a way of...
Mohammed Bin Hammam gifted a birthday present
Sepp Blatter sent his legal team to ensure that the elections to the FIFA executive committee went off smoothly...
Politics poison Asian football on election day
An Arabic metaphor is misunderstood by South Korean football officials and sets the tone for the poisonous state of...
Bendtner does some product placement
Nicklas Bendtner has a wardrobe malfunction and is very contrite. Armani will be very happy. Arsene and Arsenal not...
Video: Hamburg’s comedy of errors guides Werder to UEFA final
Link: The Frank Baumann winner was a comedy of errors as Michael Gravgaard’s clearance hits a piece of debris...
Video: Ilsinho’s gem takes Shakhtar to the UEFA final
Link: A beauty of a goal. Iniesta’s superb strike broke Chelsea’s heart in the 93rd minute and became the...
Drogba apologizes: Norway calls him a sissy
The Norwegians are not taking this too kindly. Today, Drogba’s apology was posted on the Chelsea website. “I was...
Memories of Andres Frisk
In the first leg of a 2005 second round match against Barca, the referee Andres Frisk sent off Drogba,...
Video: Drogba might face a ban till Christmas
If Hiddink was looking for a graceful exit back to Russian national team duties, he is not going to...
Burnham’s most controversial proposal is not new
The NFL has been revenue sharing for decades and because of it American football has become the most highly...
Rudo y Cursi: Two brothers, destiny, and a soccer match
The hit of the Tribeca Film Festival opens May 8th and follows Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal as...
Adebayor in damage control mode
Adebayor was virtually non-existent in the CL semi-finals. His lackadaisical performance was roundly panned (its not just Arsenal fans...
Iniesta, a heavenly goal!
The Spanish media reacts.
Chelsea were a bunch of petulant spoilsports
Drogba’s eyes zone on the ground, his best friend all night Drogba spent a lot of times flopping and...
Video: Barca vs Chelsea: The sublime and the ridiculous
Link: Link: Chelsea lost a heartbreaker in the 93rd minute due to a fabulous Iniesta strike. The aggregate was...
The morning after: The view from the bottom up
The reaction is varied: Arseblog: “My solution is simple and it’s something I’ve said all season long: Arsene needs...
Video: The whole horror show: Man Utd v Arsenal: 3- 1
Link: I feel very badly for Gibbs. He looked so gutted. Almunia was a trifle too late in reacting...
Arsenal: The longest 80 minutes
It was all over in 11 minutes. It must have been bewildering and frightening to find the team down...
Emirates: Turn up the volume!
Arsenal v Manchester United UEFA Champions League Tuesday, May 05, 2009, 19:45 Go Gunners! An appeal to all the...
Didier Deschamps installed at Marseille
A familiar face returns to Marseille. Deschamps was part of the Bernard Tapie revolution of the late 80s and...
End of the road for Juninho?
This may not be a familiar sight anymore As Juninho rose, Lyon did too. The Brazilian is now at...
Finally! Arsenal wins silverware!
The ladies. So don’t get your knickers in a twist. They are the best in the land and have...
Maurice Edu gains Walter Smith’s confidence
Edu played all 90 minutes in Rangers win against Hearts this weekend. The former Toronto FC man is relishing...
Villa close out Hull: Relegation looms large
The weekend misery for all the drop zone clubs continued with Hull losing to Villa after John Carew scored...
Franck Ribery: Man with long scar much wanted
What is Man U using? AIG bailout money? Ribery is definitely not worth £63m. Great on and off the...
Arsenal: Its time to play, not for board room politics
Arseblog has more on the war brewing between Usmanov’s Red and White Holdings (the dark forces) and the Stan...
For Arsenal to be effective, Nasri has to define the left
The big dance is tomorrow. Arsenal finds out whether they can pull off what will be one of their...
Florentino Perez jumps the shark, umpteenth edition
Florentino Perez declares May 14 as the day Real football was saved. His signing wish list include Kaka, Cesc,...
Thierry Henry may miss the CL second leg
Thierry Henry suffered a knee injury during the Real match and is likely to miss the second leg against...
Alan Shearer is no Gary Megson
Good read. I have always wondered why Newcastle resorts to inspirational figures in its past to pull its way...