Category Archives: personnel

The Majesty of Lahm

Very few players deserve to be pinned with the accolade of legend. Even fewer of these are fullbacks. Philipp Lahm is undoubtably one of the few. With the announcement of his retirement from the German national side, at the relatively … Continue reading

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Total Disrespect

Luis Suarez’s “total disrespect” of Liverpool has now left his position at the club completely untenable. Shunned off to train alone, it seems the Uruguayan may have already played his last game for the club. What’s confusing is, does he … Continue reading

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Gerardo Martino

It came out of the blue but wasn’t really a surprise. Tito Vilanova’s departure from Barcelona had an air of inevitability after spending a large chunk of last season absent due to an unfortunate relapse in the cancer he suffered … Continue reading

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Simply Put… Thank you Sir Alex…

As a Manchester United fan being a blog novice, Where, No… Who better to reminisce over than in my opinion and I suspect many others too, The Greatest Manager of all time… Love him or loathe him, you’d be hard … Continue reading

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The most entertaining player on the planet.

If you ask the majority of football fans who they think the most entertaining player in the world is, they are overwhelming likely to be either ‘team Ronaldo’ or ‘team Messi’. The attributes these two goliaths of the game possess, … Continue reading

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The Architect

Footballs a wonderful thing. Despite the many faults of the modern era ‘product’, and the growing chasm between the have’s and have nots, there is still a great deal of pleasure to be taken from our great game. That special … Continue reading

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Who is Aleksandar Tonev

So who is Aleksandar Tonev? The Bulgarian, now former, Lech Poznan midfielder is set to complete his move to Aston Villa next week. After starting his career at CSK Sofia, where he picked up winners medals for the Bulgarian cup … Continue reading

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Bale Bale Bale

Gareth Bale is clearly good at football. As good as Spurs are, and as good a coach as AVB is (and he is), Bale has carried Tottenham for large chunks of this season. So when the inevitable, ‘it’s not you … Continue reading

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Domingos Paciecia the new Solskjaer?

I, like a lot of Villa fans, probably feel a little bit dejected today. With news filtering though last night that Ole Gunnar Solskjear had removed his Stetson from Villa’s dingy backstreet gym sparring ring. There felt like a murmur … Continue reading

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