Yesterday i talked about a player, that quite frankly has been a dissapointment so far IMO, Robinho. You can check out yesterday's post to see my points on this. Today i'd like to pay tribute to someone who's the complete opposite ....Ryan Giggs
A quick check on Wikipedia reveals the following facts on Giggsy:

• Ryan Joseph Giggs was born Ryan Joseph Wilson on 29 November 1973 in Canton, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (Wilson was his Dad's surname.

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Revolution seems to be somewhat of an overused word in footballing terms. It always seems to crop up whenever a new manager gets installed. More recently though, this word seems to follow whenever cash rich philantropist take over ownerships of a club.
The latest club to go through this revolution is Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

As a hardcore Liverpool fan, i'll try to give as an unbiased report as i possibly can. Ok, here goes.
TIM CAHILL DESERVES TO DIE.
See, that wasn't so hard.
There's nothing i loathe more than the sight of the "Cahill" strutting around the field with such pompus arrogance and sneakyness. Click to continue reading...

Wow. Its been more than a year since my last post. Piles of virtual dust has settled on my small piece of internet property here, creating a sort of ghost town. Time to bring out the dust busters and whip this place up into a football frenzy fiesta thats fit to host high quality ramblings and manager tantrums! Click to continue reading...

Arsenal and Liverpool had one of those classic titanic battles at Anfield today. It was a pulsating, incident laden game that was great to watch from beginning to end that ended 1-1.
The footballing styles of both sides wildly contrasted, with Liverpool's very direct long ball and getting their players to harass the opponents, and Arsenal's silky free flowing passing game combining to make a very entertaining tactical battle. Click to continue reading...

What a horrible performance from them. A team like Liverpool should be carving up teams like Besiktas with ease.
Liverpool were unlucky to go behind through another freak goal. And yet again, Sami Hyypia is credited with another own goal. He must be praying he doesn't make it a hattrick on Sunday against Arsenal.
Generally, i think Liverpool played much better than their last 2-3 games. Click to continue reading...

The reactions from AC Milan of the sentence handed out to themselves and Celtic is quite embarrasing.
AC Milan lawyer Leandro Cantamessa said: 'The impact of the sentence is disproportionate and illogical. I have no issue with Celtic but I am only trying to establish a sense of proportion - one is the event, the other is only the effect of the event. Click to continue reading...

Celtic have been fined £25,000 and Dida the 'over actor' suspended for 2 games. I think Milan and their Oscar nominee got off lightly.
Celtic won't mind the fine, as it was their inability to control the security of the stadium resulted in one fan running around amok during last weeks Champions league game. It was this very fan than ran amok, and appear to give Dida a 'sniper' slap. Click to continue reading...

Gareth Barry's long-awaited return to the England team was regarded by many observers as a galvanising factor for the two 3-0 successes against Israel and Russia in September.
Although the partnership between Emile Heskey and Michael Owen was lauded for providing the finishing touches, it was the dovetailing between the 26-year-old and Steven Gerrard in the centre of midfield which had critics purring. Click to continue reading...

Raúl González has little chance of playing for Spain again under Luis Aragonés after he was part of a clique of veterans that openly criticised the coach during the World Cup Finals last year, according to a report.
The Real Madrid captain has not played for the national team for a year and as calls for his return grow louder, AS believe that they have uncovered the reasons behind his omission. Click to continue reading...

On Saturday night a name rang around the Mastella Stadium in Valencia for the first time since May 2004. That name belonged to Rafa Benitez as the home fans sang in union "Come back Rafa, come back Rafa".
It says everything about the esteem in which the Liverpool manager is still held in Valencia that more than three years after he departed the La Liga side he remains the man the fans would love to see running their club. Click to continue reading...

French striker Nicolas Anelka said an upset of UEFA Cup favourites Bayern Munich by Bolton would put the Premiership club on the map as a European force, following Tuesday's group stage draw.
Bayern Munich, who have had a continual presence in the Champions League for a decade and a half, are in the second-tier UEFA Cup this time and would look a tough draw but Anelka saw the positive side of playing the German giants. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo believes Jose Mourinho's exit will cost Chelsea when the trophies are handed out later this season.
Mourinho's shock departure from the Stamford Bridge hot-seat last month left new coach Avram Grant with a huge act to follow - and Portugal international Ronaldo believes that cannot fail but to have an impact. Click to continue reading...

There were several clues that this was not an ordinary football interview. Sitting opposite Thierry Henry was one of them — but the most obvious was the instruction not to mention football.

Henry flew into London after Barcelona's Champions League victory away to VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday to promote a collection of clothes by Tommy Hilfiger, profits from which are going to One 4 All, the anti-racist foundation backed by the French player.

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Manchester City's renaissance under Sven-Göran Eriksson gathered momentum yesterday when two goals from Elano and Chris Riggott's defensive blunder secured an emphatic victory for the home side and strengthened their grip on third place in the Barclays Premier League.

Eyebrows were raised in the summer when City paid Shakhtar Donetsk £6 million for Elano, the Brazilian midfield player, but he has not taken long to justify the price.

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