For all his faults and problems, Nicolas Anelka's talent deserves a bigger stage and a better club
than Bolton Wanderers. Bolton are in the Uefa Cup this season and that may placate the fans but for
Anelka time is running out on his career and if he wants to play in Europe, he needs to [...]
Kevin Nolan is a prominent figure at Bolton and while he's captain, the opinion is split on his
value to the side and his contributions on the pitch. Several Bolton fans have in the past blasted
Nolan and wished him out, and to be honest I don't remember a single comment from a Bolton fan
[...]
I'm not convinced that Blackburn have the defence or midfield to make a play for a Uefa Cup place
this season. Tugay, Savage, Dunn and Mokoena are able central midfielders, but with Tugay's age and
Savage and Mokoena doing better as hatchetmen than offensive midfielders, any injury to Dunn leaves
the Blackburn midfield woefully exposed. Similarly, [.
Last week when William Gallas was announced as Arsenal captain people were shocked, to the say the
least. Gilberto was the better representative, Toure more 'Arsenal'. So why did Arsene Wenger pick
Gallas as Arsenal captain? The simple answer can't be found in Wenger's initial announcement about
team captains, where he said that he expected Gallas, [.
One game is too less to judge a player, but if the Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool game was anything to
go by, Martin O'Neill has made the right decision in signing Nigel Reo-Coker. For starters,
Reo-Coker was given more freedom to go forward which, as we've seen with United's Carrick, gives
the player's game a [...]
Life. Love. Money. Sex. Power. Booze. Football. The beautiful game has few rivals when it comes to
weighing it's importance. No surprise then that it evokes such strong emotions from its followers
and turns rational, educated individuals into raging madmen. It hit me, while I was watching
Sunderland record a memorable last-gasp win over [...]
Sunderland manager Keano's latest tirade is priceless: "We have had one or two players this year
and their wives are clearly part of the package. "We had one player this summer who didn't even
have the courtesy to call us back because his wife wanted to move to London - and shopping was
mentioned." Keano, I [...]
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SSF is written by Brian Lomax and Daniel [...]
This article is brought to you by the Arsenal blog, Arserant. An interesting one is Freddie
Ljungberg and his future at Arsenal. After all, despite being only thirty Fred hasn't been the same
player for a couple of seasons now. Injuries have taken their tole on a player who I count among my
past favorites at [...]
The last time I wrote a post, it sparked mass controversy. This time I'll try to keep it more low
key in that sense . I'll also keep it (relatively) short and to the point. Many people (myself
included) believe that the premier league is the most entertaining league. Fast football.
End-to-end stuff. Arsene Wenger [...]
From the Barcelona blog: New Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has confirmed that ex-blaugrana
Javier Saviola has agreed to sign for Real Madrid. Saviola left Barça as a free agent and Madrid
therefore will not have to pay a penny for him. Saviola has been at Barça for the last 6 seasons
though he did spend [...]
David Beckham says that ideally he'd have stayed at Real Madrid for 3 years more if the Madrid
management had not told him in January 2007 to, in simple terms, fuck off. He says he felt some
regret when Madrid won the trophy but he's moved on now. Poor David Beckham - kicked out of [...]
Aston Villa may not have officially unveiled their 2007/2008 home kit, but a very authentic-looking
pic is already doing the rounds. The kit is claret with blue sleeves and trimming, the Nike swoosh
on the right and the new Aston Villa crest on the left. 32Red.com are the sponsors and unlike the
Blackburn kits or [...]
Portsmouth's new 07/08 Home Kit is blue shirt and white shorts with splashes of yellow on the
shoulders and sides. The keeper kit is all-green with white. The Pompey kits are sponsored by
Canterbury. It's a 'safe' shirt - nothing spectacular, nothing to write home about. In a season
where other clubs are going [...]
The new Derby 2007/2008 home kit has been announced. It's a white shirt / black shorts combination,
plain but looks classy enough. I don't like the whole white home shirt idea but hey, you can only
have so many club colours (blue, red, black, white, and that's about it ). The away kit is supposed
[...]
