Scott McDonald clearly plays for a better team than Tim Cahill.
Although Celtic lost to Arsenal 2-0 last night, Cahill's mob got hammered 6-1 on Saturday. With the Celtic budget around a couple of Everton players, the cheaper ones, we probably did pretty well.
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(left) Fletcher Heavy Industry

The Final was better than a classic. It was a lesson. At the center of it was the midfield. Barca won the game there, as football matches often are. Darren Fletcher, Manchester United's central component was missing.

Two years ago, Darren Fletcher played in the red, to high interest rates of abuse from Man U fans.

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There was a time when Celtic played Real Madrid, Juventus or even Notts Forest back in the old European Cup. I know I was at all the home games. Two games home and away and winners go through. Tense, exciting stuff.
Now like others we play Manchester United, Barcelona and co every year, in a Group stage, devised so the top teams can get through every year and get more money to buy more players to do it all again the next year. Click to continue reading...

The New York Times has an article about Kenny Cooper and Juan Toja leaving F.C. Dallas for Rosenborg and Steaua Bucharest respectively. I really think both players would be making mistakes, but especially Kenny Cooper. Kenny is on the verge of establishing himself as a top forward in MLS and is still young enough that there will be plenty of opportunities ahead for him if he stays in MLS. Click to continue reading...

Some interesting news from the French Football League as Paris St. Germain have signed both Claude Makelele and Ludovic Giuly for next season. On the surface these seem like good signings, but I think it might be about time that Paris St. Germain start to develop a more long term plan for success. They have the potential to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe by playing in Paris with virtually no competition in terms of other big clubs to draw fans away from them (unlike London or Moscow for example). Click to continue reading...

A great move for Freddy Adu as he is loaned to Monaco from Benfica for a season. I'm sure if things work out its quite possible that Freddy's loan could be made into a permanent move or could lead to another club purchasing him. It just didn't seem like Freddy was truly wanted by the Benfica coach Quique Flores' and he's much better off playing for Monaco in the French league hopefully as a starter then sitting on the bench for the season at Benfica. Click to continue reading...

I've been reading about the different results from the Superliga, the tournament between top clubs from MLS and the Mexican Primera División and I can think about our - where are the rest of the CONCACAF clubs? The entire region is missing the point, there are other countries that have their own leagues and clubs with their own traditions. Click to continue reading...