Kicker is known in Germany as a sports magazine that is not afraid to pull punches. A bi-weekly publication, it's main focus is on all things Bundesliga. In their late week edition, Kicker pulled no punches about how Bayern Munich have played under...
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He's twenty-three, has a German father and an English mother, and his double on the weekend against Nurnberg to steal a 2-2 draw for Werder Bremen has all of a sudden put this man on the radar of Fabio Capello. Just one small problem, Aaron Hunt...
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This blog has been a long time coming from me. First off, I deeply apologize to those who read this blog for not updating it as frequently as I should. I make no excuses, it's all on me. I have to be frank when I say I'm not happy with myself. I'm...
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Coming off the international break, the Bundesliga has two massive clashes at the top of the table. The warm-up match occurs Saturday at 9:30 am Eastern when Werder Bremen hosts Hoffenheim in a 4 v 5 battle from the Weser-Stadion. The main event...
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The hours between 8 pm and 10 pm may have been some of the most exciting we've seen in CONCACAF in a long time. When it was all said and done, 95th minute magic by a side already in the World Cup put the side they defeated on Saturday in. I will be...
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I'm going to admit right off the bat this blog won't be for everyone. This by far was one of the most difficult blog posts I've ever written in the three plus years I've been blogging. Much of this piece comes from the life experience I've had in my...
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Avram Grant's going back to a place he should be comfortable at, while getting his old job back in the process. It's not the manager's position at Chelsea, but the Director of Football role at Portsmouth. With Abdullah Al Faraj now in control of...
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Last season, Lucien Farve guided Hertha Berlin to fourth in the Bundesliga and into the Europa League. Monday, Farve was shown the door at after losing six on the trot, seeing Hertha Berlin at the foot of the Bundesliga table. Credit should be...
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When the club you are chairman of have only won two of their last twenty-eight premier league games, there are certain things you don't say in public. Calling your fans pathetic in a radio interview for wanting Phil Brown to do a better job or be...
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God bless domestic cup competitions. The second round of the DFB Pokal (German Cup) has come to a conclusion and it produced plenty of shock results. The upsets started on Tuesday night as fourth tiered Eintracht Trier beat Arminia Bielefeld of the...
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The Third Half is honored to have Martin Tyler of Sky Sports, TWI/IMG Media, and SBS fame. On the podcast we discuss the start of the Barclay's Premier League season, how Tottenham have impressed him, the start of this season of the promoted sides,...
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I will have the pleasure of interviewing Martin Tyler for the next episode of The Third Half podcast. After discussion of his coaching role at Kingstonian FC and the early qualifying rounds of the FA Cup, we'll have a little time to talk about the...
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On this week's edition of The Third Half, Johnathan Starling is joined by Fox Sports very own Jamie Trecker and Own Goal Network's, MLS Talk, and EPL Talk's Kartik Krishnaiyer as we break down the two most recent US World Cup Qualifiers. We also...
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Just because you're the younger brother of John Arne Riise, doesn't give you the right to speak like you are on your brother's level in the footballing world. However, if you're Bjorn Helge Riise, you give off the pompous impression that you're...
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When I heard that Arsenal's Eduardo got a two game ban by UEFA for diving against Celtic last week, I mentally went 'yea sounds about right'. When I read that Arsenal were appealing the two game ban, I instantly became enraged. Once the rage died,...
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