Arsene Wenger made a very funny statement yesterday when asked about who he would use as his main
striker now that both Van Persie and Chamakh are fit and ready to start today's match. He was asked
if he would choose or play both of them alongside each other. "I don't know what I will do [...]
A ridiculous video, yes, but admit it you love seeing that vuvuzela being taken out.
- Gabriel Obertan looks like the new Robben; and ManU's kits are terrible. (ManU Offside)
- The new brand of Dutch football. (Fisted Away)
- Icelandic football stadia. (The Best Eleven)
- The 4-4-2's gray future.
La actualidad futbolística en Italia vive estos días inundada por el Barça-Inter de esta noche y
el duelo entre el equipo de Jose Mourinho y el Roma por conseguir el Scudetto. Ambas batallas son
encomiables, pero como pasa en España con el portentoso duelo entre el FC Barcelona y el Real
Madrid para conseguir la Liga, esconde la confirmación de una muy buena noticia para el Calcio.
El 4-4-2 ortodoxo, "the right way of play" ha sido nuevamente la condena de la selección
inglesa cuando pensábamos que esto se había superado hacía muchos años. Las nuevas tendencias
tácticas, el 4-2-3-1 que utilizan la mayoría de selecciones en el este mundial, destrozó a la
selección de la rosa.
El 4-4-2 ortodoxo, "the right way of play" ha sido nuevamente la condena de la selección
inglesa cuando pensábamos que esto se había superado hacía muchos años. Las nuevas tendencias
tácticas, el 4-2-3-1 que utilizan la mayoría de selecciones en el este mundial, destrozó a la
selección de la rosa.
Post-World Cup
Viewership of the World Cup Final was up 41% compared to the last World Cup with some 15.5
million watching on ABC and 8.8 million watching on Univision, that 24.3 million making the final
more watched than the any game of the last World Series, the Stanley Cup, and the NBA Finals, not
to mention the last Daytona 500.
by Nick Lichtenberg, writing from a couch in New York City
Somehow, my love of English football has turned into a weekly, or even daily, quest for meaning, as
each result forces me to revisit previously held opinions about what this game means, even if the
question is why I persist in watching yet another 0-0 Stoke-Blackburn result.
MLS has already announced its award finalists for the 2010 season and throughout the month will
be slowly unveiling the winners of each award (congratulations Andy Najar and Donovan Ricketts).
On November 15, MLS will announce the Best XI for the year, and few things get soccer fans as
excited as picking out the best players for an event or season.
This could be a controversial one especially as everything Rafael van der Vaart touches turns to
gold. Within 10 weeks of signing for us he's become a cult hero. In fact cult is probably not
strong enough, he's simply a hero in N17.
His vision, movement, finishing, passing, creativity and pure unadulterated will to win has seen
him score 7 goals in just 11 games.
I had a very strange moment on Friday while writing the match preview for our game against
Blackburn. Instead of my usual pessimism and doom and gloom outlook I felt positive. Instead of
concentrating on team selection and formation as I normally do I forgot about all that and
concentrated on the current Spurs team and where we've come in the last few seasons and where we're
going.
Another Monday morning and another working day not spent worrying about the Spurs result at the
weekend, I could get used to this. Three league win's on the bounce, with a comfortable champions
league victory sandwiched in between. 12 goals scored and 5 conceded, Spurs are now officially the
most entertaining football team in the country.
One thing us Spurs fans have had over the past two decades is the knowledge we can improve and
improve immensely. Whether we could actually do it, is another matter. Looking back we've had
players that were nowhere near the calibre we came to expect at White Hart Lane in the glory years
and the 1980′s.
If our boxing day game against Villa is on, and I guess it's a big if at the moment, it's yet
another must win. I think I'm going to assume all games we play from now on are must win, at least
until we're safely in the top 4 with no chance of going lower. Without football on boxing day the
footballing population will crumble under the pressure of spending a further day with family.
