Liverpool in crisis: Stop piling on Brendan Rodgers
Damn Yankees: Gillett and Hicks followed by Henry and Werner It’s not been two months since Brendan Rodgers came...
Category: Soccer Culture
Van Persie’s hat trick bails out Man Utd against Southampton, 3-2
Is it possible to be a legend in two clubs within two consecutive seasons? Robin Van Persie may just...
Arsenal get a monkey off beating Liverpool for season’s first win, 2-0
Whoo! Hat tip to a wonderful collective effort by Arsenal on their trip to Anfield. Santi Cazorla and Lukas...
Nuri Sahin’s wages scuppered Clint Dempsey’s Liverpool move
The Guardian has an article detailing how a cash strapped Liverpool could only offer a feeble £5m for the...
West Brom sweep aside Everton for their best start, 2-0
The clash of two unbeaten teams playing attractive, attacking soccer and it was the Baggies walking away with the...
Andy Carroll’s instant impact as West Ham batter Fulham, 3-0
Andy Carroll was the elephant in the room. The Liverpool striker on loan in the first big moment of...
Man City made to sweat by QPR again, 3-1
The scoreline is flattering. This was a QPR side that made its ambition clear enough with its number of...
Spurs uneasy start continues as they draw 1-1 against Norwich
Moussa Dembele’s undoubted moment of genius was the only redeeming feature in an otherwise rather insipid, dull, and lethargic...
Transfer deadline not frustrating considering Arsenal’s reality
Having made a cursory tour of the blogosphere and the attendant media the common emotion one picks up after...
European Super Cup: Atletico tears Chelsea a new one, 4-1
If you ever hypothesized that the Europa Cup last season was the competition with the talent, the passion, and...
Clint Dempsey snatched by Spurs an hour from deadline
Dempsey will be AVB’s new whipping boy All the smart money was on a move to Liverpool or Dempsey...
Spurs Hugo Lloris and Joao Moutinho deals are in trouble
No Hugo Lloris but a Slender Loris maybe on its way to the White Hart petting zoo Who ever...
QPR get very, very ambitious: Esteban Granero and Stephane Mbia
Esteban Granero can’t find work at Real Madrid Loftus Road phones and faxes have been plenty busy this transfer...
Maicon is Man City bound
The 31 year old right back will be reunited with Roberto Mancini on a transfer move valued at £3m....
Dimitar Berbatov finally lands in Fulham
The hair and now. A hirsute pursuit comes to a end. The rumour is that Fulham players and personnel...
This picture of Nicklas Bendtner proves it all
Nicklas Bendtner in a suit with no sign of his underwear trying to escape There you have it. A...
Charlie Adam goes to Stoke
The Liverpool legend has been sold to Stoke: Times are tough at Anfield Charlie Adam who spanked the ball...
Ibrahim Affelay departs for Schalke on loan
Ibrahim Affelay who never really jelled at Barcelona having been injured for long spells in his two seasons departs...
Nigel De Jong is off to Milan
Mark Van Bommel’s understudy is taking over at the San Siro Gazzetta Dello Sport is reporting that Milan shocked...
Maroaune Chamakh linked with Fiorentina
Marouane might go deep purple The Arsenal striker who was something when Robin Van Persie was sitting out injured...
Nicklas Bendtner moves to Juventus on loan
Nicklas Bendtner goes kicking and screaming to Juve The Greatest Striker That Ever Was And Will Be is moving...
Spanish Super Cup: Real beat Barca to the title on away goals, 2-1 (4-4 agg)
Nothing went right for Barcelona in the first 30 minutes. Real were rampant running all over Barca not allowing...
Javi Martinez makes his move to Bayern
Athletic Bilbao’s centre back Javi Martinez who can also play as a holding midfielder departs for Bayern Munich as...
League Cup: Swindon shock Stoke at the Britannia in a thriller, 4-3
James Collins scored a hat trick at the impregnable fortress, the Britannia stadium which saw Arsenal labour to a...
Black cat curse dooms Toronto as they lose to Santos, 1-3
With the clubs poised at a tantalizing 1-1 in the 83rd minute, a black cat streaks across the Toronto...
Radamel Falcao’s hat trick as Atletico destroy Athletic Bilbao, 4-0
That was some terrible defending. Kudos to Falcao but he was made to look sensational by a sleep walking...
Nicklas Bendtner to Milan on loan?
Paddy Power coming to Milan? This weekend’s loss to Sampdoria set off alarm bells ringing at AC Milan with...
Arsenal be bold: Offer a one year contract to Didier Drogba
Reports from China indicate Didier Drogba and his former Chelsea team mate, Nicholas Anelka could leave Shanghai Shenhua because...
AC Milan falls to Sampdoria, 0-1
Newly promoted Sampdoria delivered a message for AC Milan and it wasn’t a good one. Christian Abbiati could not...
Real finally get Luka Modric as Spurs bid for Yann M’Vila
The little Croatian finally lands up in the Bernabeu after Daniel Levy made life miserable for Florentino Perez. He...
Alex Song defends himself from rumours
Does anyone remember Alex Song being a particularly disruptive, ill tempered, undisciplined sort? Was he a wantaway? No, not...
Barcelona overcome Osasuna in a bitterly disputed match, 2-1
An Osasuna side that refused to be intimidated put Barca to the sword. The other Llorente, the one who...
La Liga shocker: Getafe deflate Real Madrid, 2-1
Paging Nuri Sahin. Please return immediately to Real Madrid, do not stop at duty free to pick up chocolate...
Skrtel lets City come back twice to draw Liverpool, 2-2
szólj hozzá: Liverpool vs Man City 2:2 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS Martin Skrtel was responsible for three of the four goals...
Arsenal and Stoke draw blanks
Andy Wilkinson clearly and deliberately handballs to keep Lukas Podolski’s shot out of goal. That should have been a...
Scoreless Arsenal still looking for clues as they draw Stoke, 0-0
He’s gone, hasn’t he? Steve Bould seems to have whipped this Arsenal defense into shape. Introducing zonal marking and...
Vito Mannone to start against Stoke
Wojciech Szczesny is out with a rib injury. With Per Mertesacker and Carl Jenkinson filling in for Laurent Koscielny...
The Melvins: Senile Animal
Arsenal meet Stoke in less than an hour. Here is some Melvins to get your juices flowing. Nice, thick...
Pirlo’s ghost goal seals Juve’s win over Parma, 2-0
The Old Lady got off to a winning start as Stefan Lichtsteiner opened the scoring. Andrea Pirlo sporting a...
Borussia Dortmund get the ball rolling against Werder, 2-1
Bundesliga champs Borussia Dortmund won their season opener against Werder Bremen through goals from their wonder boys Marco Reus...
Sahin transfer: This is not a Liverpool coup
Brendan Rodgers: Salesman extraordinaire Brendan Rodgers is broadcasting the Nuri Sahin loan transfer as a sales pitch that swayed...
Chelsea set the early standard as Newcastle falls, 2-0
Enough sympathy for Fernando Torres. The misfiring Chelsea striker a £50m boondoggle seems to be on the mend with...
Wayne Rooney out for a month with a gashed knee
Hugo Rodallega came down inadvertently on Wayne Rooney and his studs opened up a nasty gash just above the...
RVP debut goal as Man Utd hang on to win against Fulham, 3-2
Robin Van Persie starting for the first time for Utd was on target with a characteristic left footed half...
Everton leave Aston Villa in a daze, 3-1
szólj hozzá: Aston Villa vs Everton 1:3 Highlights Could Everton become a top four contender? Marouane Fellaini was once...
Swansea rough up comedic horror show West Ham, 3-0
szólj hozzá: Swansea vs West Ham 3:0 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS What a shambolic display by West Ham! Jussi Jaaskelainen in...
Maurice Edu signs with Stoke
The US national team midfielder’s new home will be the Britannia. Maurice Edu signed with Stoke City pending a...
Arsenal legend Freddie Ljungberg hangs up his boots: Fare thee well
A fitting tribute to the red haired Swede producing his finest moments as an Arsenal player. He could tear...
Fulham furious at Clint Dempsey Liverpool “tap up”
Well, cue Ashley Cole like shenanigans at work over here. Fulham launched a complaint with the Premier League accusing...
Viggo Mortensen hates Jose Mourinho
The shadow of Mourinho is upon us, Aragorn The star of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is a...
The Nuri Sahin twist and turn now favours Liverpool
Finally the M57 to Liverpool to end all this in-sahinity Reports from Spain, the Guardian, and the Beeb indicate...
Victor Valdes keeps Real alive as Barca beats them, 3-2
Horrible, horrible mistake by Victor Valdes. What was he thinking? With the match in the bag for the Catalans...
Fernando Torres’s clearly offside goal against Reading
szólj hozzá: Chelsea vs Reading 3:2 Torres Even Gary Cahill admits as much. That goal turned the tables on...
Champions League: Ismaily Dos Santos’s rocket against Udinese
Check out this rocket from Braga’s Ismaily Dos Santos against Udinese in their Champions League qualifiers. Luckily no one...