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Dissenting Opinion
First and foremost: I like Javier Mascherano. He is one of those players who scrape and scrap and get under an opponent’s skin. He is tough as nails and never backs down from a challenge. You want him on your team, but you don’t want to play against him. Needless […] -
Pure Class
Too many times, I turn on Sky Sports (my ESPN equivalent) and hear some player demanding a new contract and outlandish wages, or possibly that another player spent a bit too much time in a pub and ran his car into a median. There are some however, that play this […] -
Glorious Madness!
It’s official. March Madness has become a global phenomenon. This weekend in England a team you, and many others, have probably not heard of punched its ticket for the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium. That team is Barnsley. Oh and Cardiff is going too. And West Brom as well. […] -
Scholes the Maestro
He slips past would-be tacklers. He gets stuck in at every possible moment. He hypnotizes defences with his dribbling and precision passing. He is Paul Scholes, the Maestro. Even though Manchester United line-up featured more fringe-players than the world-class stars one would normally see, Paul Scholes was still able to […] -
Style over substance?
All it took was a Carling Cup final loss for Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to get antsy and begin pressuring manager Avram Grant. Abramovich has again made his way into the British tabloids demanding that Grant begin putting a side on the pitch that not only wins, but also plays […] -
Ouch!
Was Martin Taylor’s tackle on Arsenal’s Eduardo da Silva, leaving him with a broken leg requiring surgery, dirty? -
Sing a Song or Two
As I sat in the stands and watched West Ham steal a victory from Fulham, I couldn’t help but notice that even though the team sits at the bottom of the table and can’t seem to get any momentum going, the fans are still completely behind the squad. And that […] -
Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg Look
With the first legs of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 over with it’s time to take a look at who has the advantage heading into the next match. Liverpool 2, Inter Milan 0 Marco Materazzi’s sending off for a second yellow card in the 30th minute was a […]