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The Prodigal Ogre Return’s….Rooney to Feature Against Rangers
Tweet Wayne Rooney is due to make his return to Manchester United’s first team next week when they play Glasgow Rangers in the Champions League. I know there is speculation he will play for a few minutes against Wigan with the hope of him getting a few soft goals to […] -
Valdes’ Karate Kick Nearly Takes N’Doye Dame’s Head Off
Tweet Barcelona’s Victor Valdes pole-axes Copenhagen’s N’Doye Dame as he gets past Puyol. He didn’t get a card, Dame was penalized, but stayed on the pitch for the rest of the match. Posted by: Chris Behrens, soccerprose.com -
Wazza and Gazza…Disturbing Parallel’s
Much has been written of Wayne Rooney and his saga with Manchester United in the last few weeks, most have focused on his contract, or his lack of goals, and have chalked it up to difficulties in his personal life. However, no one has attempted to go further and discuss the taboo topic of the mental health of England and the Red Devils talismanic player. Rooney is often compared to the greatest players in football, Ronaldo, Messi, Zidane, but I can think of another former England talisman player who parallels his life, both personal and professional; Paul Gascoigne. -
Owen’s Out to Pasture; Rooney’s a Disaster
Tweet It happens to every player eventually, after a long road filled with success and acrimony, loss and joy, they enter the greener pastures of retirement. For some, they go there gracefully, others take their inspiration from Zinedine Zidane, but in the case of Micheal Owen it seems to be […] -
Rooney and Manchester United’s Financial Woes
Tweet If you look carefully at the Premiership, and the modern game of top flight football, it’s overwhelmingly defined by one word, debt. In recent times, it has led to the downfall of many Premier League sides as they began a slow slide down the slippery slope of high interest […] -
Soccerprose Stands By Ronaldinho Claim
Tweet Soccerprose.com stands by its early claim that Ronaldinho will be moving to the LA Galaxy this January. Rumors continue to populate the net, and the recent tweets from Kaka seem to confirm his move to AC Milan as well. The fact the rumors just won’t die, and that they […] -
Ronaldinho to LA Galaxy Kaka to AC Milan
Tweet Soccerprose.com has confirmed that Ronaldinho will move to the MLS side LA Galaxy in January and Kaka will leave Real Madrid to return to AC Milan, also in January. Soccerprose.com understands that no new orders for Kaka or Ronaldinho name sets for the backs of soccer jerseys are being […] -
Studs Up, Sportsmanship Down: A Week of Terrible Tackles
One subject that has dominated football news, the blogosphere, and the weekly rags has been the shower of horrendous tackles falling on some the world’s best players. Some of these challenges were fair ones gone wrong, like Broadfoot’s one on Valencia. There was no malice in it, just bad luck, and we here at soccerprose hope he makes a quick recovery. However, the tackle by Tomas Ujfalusi on Messi was an absolute howler. He came in late, almost off the ball it was so late, and targeted his ankle.