Man City & Chelsea's Champions League hopes hang in the balance, as Ajax faces Real Madrid
juggernaut - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The last round of the Champions League group stages sees a number of mouthwatering and do-or-die
ties. If you're going to be betting on football, you should be very careful where you put your
money.
Author Devin Pleuler is miles ahead of you when it comes to fantasy "football"
preparation...
Wenger's, Le Professeur...but he can't match this.....
It may come as no surprise that in the Fantasy Football competition hosted on the English
Premier League's website, the more a player is worth doesn't necessarily mean that that player will
produce more fantasy points.
Ledley King has been speaking to the press this week about his own future and the expectations
of his club for the 2011-12 season. King hopes that it will be Spurs that mount the biggest threat
to the Manchester sides this campaign.
"I hope we can become the biggest challenger to the Manchester teams," King said in the Evening
Standard.
We're taking a brief break from our lengthy (and, let's face it, exhausting) series of
Premier League previews for a couple of days in order to bring you some round-ups on the state of
the Football League, prior to its kick-off this weekend. Rob Freeman will be bringing you our (or,
if they're hopelessly inaccurate, "his") predictions for the coming season over the next three
days, but first of all here's a brief synopsis of the state of play as League Two prepares to gird
its loins for the new season.
Steve McClaren back in English football hoping to inspire Forest renaissance - originally posted
on Soccerlens.com
It has been 1305 days since Steve McClaren stood sombrely alone clutching the handle of an
umbrella on a rain-sodden night at Wembley as the England national team failed to qualify for the
2008 European Championships – beaten at home by Croatia.
The first in a series of pieces covering the 2010-11 season. To follow the players, the
manager, the future.
All Spurs fans are united in the pursuit of success but scratch the surface and the definitions
of what that actually means are less certain. It used to be easy you won something bright and
shiny.
TweetAn article by Alex. You can follow Alex on Twitter @someteamupnorth and view his articles on
his blog. He's been likened to a horse, had semi-serious cannibalism allegations thrown at him, and
is theoretically barred from the world's second largest continent. This could easily be the story
of a villain in a bad ‘B' movie, though instead, is the story of Luis Suarez; the Uruguayan
striker spear-heading the new look Liverpool into a new era.
An article by Alex. You can follow Alex on Twitter @someteamupnorth and view his articles on his
blog. He's been likened to a horse, had semi-serious cannibalism allegations thrown at him, and is
theoretically barred from the world's second largest continent. This could easily be the story of a
villain in a bad ‘B' movie, though instead, is the story of Luis Suarez; the Uruguayan striker
spear-heading the new look Liverpool into a new era.
TweetAn article by Alex. You can follow Alex on Twitter @someteamupnorth and view his articles on
his blog. He's been likened to a horse, had semi-serious cannibalism allegations thrown at him, and
is theoretically barred from the world's second largest continent. This could easily be the story
of a villain in a bad ‘B' movie, though instead, is the story of Luis Suarez; the Uruguayan
striker spear-heading the new look Liverpool into a new era.
The two finest clubs in English football over the past six seasons renew their Champions League
vows. This, my friends, should be unforgettable.
Devin was to compile this preview, but, alas, he went and got himself engaged last night to the
love of his life. Such a selfish move left me a man currently occupied at his full-time employer
with the task of putting this bad boy together.
With actual MLS clubs involved in competition for the first time in months, we got to wondering
whether the Champions League, which has struggled to capture even hard care MLS supporters, could
ever be a draw European soccer fans. Out of town with only intermittent internet access, we thought
now would be a good time to re-run Part III from our 2009 Bringing the Fans series.
All the hullaballoo in England over Andy Gray and Richard Keys reminds me so much of this scene
from Monty Python's Holy Grail.
Everybody's rushing to condemn and being seen to condemn. It's almost as if they are burnishing
their own anti sexist credentials while at the same time frantically hoping nobody has evidence of
them muttering similar sentiments.
There aren't many things which can put the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group (seriously,
that's its name) into the main stage spotlight. Those things include, but are not limited to,
brawls, corruption, ultra violence, transfer foibles and Things Vaguely Related To Dimitar
Berbatov, for a thousand, Alex.
