After a hectic start to the Premier League season attentions now turn to England who face two
crucial games in five days that will set a trend for Fabio Capello's next two years in charge of
England.
Before the World Cup Fabio Capello could do no wrong. He was seen as the saviour of English
football for turning around our fortunes after the disaster that was Steve McClaren's tenure.
By Chris Thomas
On August 11th Sports Interactive announced the details for the newest in its series
of Football Manager games. For the uninitiated, Football Manager (as the title would suggest,) is
an ultra-realistic management simulation computer game where the player takes over a football club
and manages everything from tactics and training to transfers and press conferences.
Former Liverpool and Tottenham midfielder Jamie Redknapp launched a scathing attack on Fernando
Torres after another inept performance on Sunday against Birmingham City.
"Terrible," "diabolical," "sloppy" and "lethargic" were some of the words used by the Sky pundit,
but a critique that must have had many football fans nodding in agreement with was that the
Spaniard looked "fed up.
The Messi Mire is a post from: Just Football
New Contributors Week continues on Just Football
with a debut article from Joe Steppel. He's here to focus our attentions on the futility of the
Premier League Academy system:
Ahhh... the Premier League Academy system: a clandestine, costly and complex
animal that many fans cannot even begin to understand.
