It's always awesome returning to league action after a week of World Cup Qualifying shenanigans, so I'm amped and ready to go for the weekends matches... unlike Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who our amigos over at Heads or Tails warn may miss this weekend's match, the crucial mid-week Champions League belter against . Click to continue reading...

This weekend kicks off with a mid-table cracker that has media ass-whooping stamped all over it... cause you just know that, regardless of the outcome, both managers and every player on the pitch will come under intense scruitiny. Over recent weeks, City have fine tuned their skills of drawing matches . Click to continue reading...

It's no wonder the Republic Of Ireland are nicknamed 'The Nearly Men'... I mean they Nearly made it to a penalty shoot out (which I reckon they would have won), they Nearly scored more than just one goal which would have put them into the finals and late in the ... Click to continue reading...

I was so sure Russia were going to progress to the World Cup next year [statement made here] that I went and bet my house on the outcome... oops! Anyone care to spare a bit of room at their place for me and Guus Hiddink? I'm sure he's going to ... Click to continue reading...

I was actually expecting a lot more from the Bosnians in this match... I mean, in the last match they came out scathing for war, but by the end of this one all they'd done was fire blanks! Now we have to watch man-o-sex C-Ron and his tanned cronies prance ... Click to continue reading...

Right from the start, the Ukrainians went at Greece like a nuclear train heading full speed for a reactor and that is exactly how it ended for them... in disaster! After missing a host of early chances to go ahead, a clever Greek style* through ball by Giorgios Samaras found ... Click to continue reading...

The match before this [in Egypt] was marred by crowd troubles and home fans throwing rocks at the Algerians. The scare tactics worked cause they walked away from that match as 2-0 victors and forced a playoff half a week later. Last night however, with the match taking place on ... Click to continue reading...

Another action packed day at the Jumierah beach soccer stadium and another day when I think my obsessive fascination with cheer leaders has reached crisis level. I would sound the alarm, but there's still 4 days left in this tournament, so I ain't pulling the plug just yet! Teams to ... Click to continue reading...

Expect more than just fireworks tonight when Bosnia-Hertzegovina host Portugal and I'm even going as far as saying prepare yourself for an upset! On the weekend the two teams played out an epic match in which Portugal just scraped through and I think that onslaught by the Bosnians will continue . Click to continue reading...

The first couple of days of the Beach Soccer World Cup have delivered quite a lot of tits and ass action... as you can now see by the new thumbnail gallery feature I've finally enabled... yay me! Anyway, I've even thrown in a highlight of last nights humiliating 8-1 drubbing ... Click to continue reading...

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup kicks off today on Jumeirah Beach and I'm going to be heading down there as often as I can to get in on it. Having to 'work for the man' means I don't get the pleasure of being able to frolic around Dubai chasing ... Click to continue reading...

Greece came under attack last night by a rampant Ukraine team looking to put the disappointment of several missed tournaments behind them and now they have it all to do on Wednesday night away from home too. I've gotta say, getting a result in the Ukraine will be harder than ... Click to continue reading...

The Russian's may have a slight edge on Slovenia going into the second leg on Wednesday night, but they also have an unfair advantage and the 'X' factor you'd bet your house on... so I'm just going to go as far as calling it now. Expect Russia to be in ... Click to continue reading...

No it isn't war, although the way these two teams attacked each other in last nights qualifier would leave you thinking it was 1992 all over again! By far, Portugal's best player was their crossbar, with their left post coming in a close second and Deco in a distant third ... Click to continue reading...

As has been the case several times in their recent Asian Cup and World Cup Qualifying campaigns, the Socceroos once again left it late to pinch all three points.. only this time it was with 10 men and Oman fell victim. Press Association: The experience of the Australians helped them to . Click to continue reading...