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STARTERSRidge Mahoney of Soccer America reports sad news that Harry Keough of the USA World Cup team that
beat England in 1950 has passed away.
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Vancouver & Seattle faced off in a "friendly" yesterday: 10 yellow cards and 1 red card. Oof!
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Another week, another huge day for the LA Galaxy as they sign a new loan deal with Sao Paolo for
the services of central midfielder Juninho, one of the unsung heroes of their great 2011 season.
After what we've seen at this year's Africa Cup of Nations it's perhaps a little foolish to talk
in terms of more shocks. Why should we continue to be shocked when our predictions are continually
thrown back in our faces time after time?
Sudan became the latest side to upset the African apple cart when they qualified for the quarter
finals last night.
I was originally skeptical of diving into Sunderland, A Club Transformed, Jonathan Wilson's book
about the 2006-2007 season for the Black Cats. As much as I respect Jonathan Wilson's intellect and
analysis of topics related to football, there were...
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Manchester City v Liverpool! | Paul Doyle
• Hit F5 for the latest or select our auto-refresh button below • Follow Spurs v WBA and
Wigan v Sunderland match centres • And email your thoughts to paul.doyle@guardian.co.uk Paul will
be here from around 7.15pm. In the meantime, here's Jonathan Wilson on why Liverpool have struggled
to score goals this season: Liverpool sit a reasonably contented sixth in the table.
The Question: why are Liverpool struggling to score at home? | Jonathan
Wilson
Liverpool's scoring record at Anfield has been poor but those who blame bad luck and Andy
Carroll may be missing the point Liverpool sit a reasonably contented sixth in the table . They
have conceded fewer goals than anybody else in the Premier League and, although a gap of 11 points
to the leaders is probably too much to make up, there is no reason why they shouldn't mount a
strong challenge to qualify for the Champions League.
- Kop That: So, did your team' striker deliver in the festive fixtures? http://t.co/FfInNmgU
22:27:52, 2011-12-27
- Kop That: Why Demba Ba is making the millions spent on Carroll on Torres look more and more
foolish and where Liver... http://t.co/LuVXrQmB 22:27:38, 2011-12-27
- Kop That: Agger refuses to blame strikers for 'worrying' goal drought http://t.
Five things we learned from the Boxing Day football | Jonathan Wilson
Dimitar Berbatov has still got it but Ashley Cole appears to be losing it and Andy Carroll is
just unlucky Berbatov's still got it One of the sadnesses of modern football and the prevalence of
large squads is the talent that does not get to play.
Barcelona's system and style is being emulated all over the world by teams at all levels. As
accomplished as Barcelona's fluidity and control on both sides of the ball can be, it also appears
that they have copied a page out of Marcelo Bielsa's playbook in regards to his high pressing and
back 3.
Detailing The Pyramid Looking at the current role of tactical analysis in football coverage
Producer: Richard Farley Executive Producer: Christopher Harris First Published: March, 2011.
Starring: Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian) Michael Cox (Zonal...
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We haven't done one of these for a while but here are some interesting links.
Jonathan Wilson on Villas-Boas.
"Rome wasn't built in a day," Brian Clough once said. "But then I wasn't on that particular
job." It's a great line, but the truth is that the majority of managers need time.
From word of mouth to a memorable turning point, a new set of tactics are emerging and,
surprisingly, were even on show during Barcelona's latest win over Real Madrid.
Jonathan Wilson writes of the potential growing trend of the 3-1-4-2 alignment in the modern
game.
Something very odd happened at the end of last week.
This report is from East African based blogger/coach Tom Legg ( @tomlegg on twitter) who writes
over at Eastern Promise. If you're on twitter you noticed a few retweets that showed that he
followed the tourney. He and I have also talked over email a bit about Mrisho Ngassa, Tanzanian
league play and Seattle's ambitions over there.
Oliver Sparrow and Eric Beard had the pleasure of spending an hour with esteemed author and
journalist Jonathan Wilson on the AFR Podcast. Jonathan writes for The Guardian, The Independent,
Sports Illustrated, World Soccer, and FourFourTwo. He is also the editor of a quarterly publication
called The Blizzard, which is filled with content from some of the biggest names in football
journalism.
Oliver Sparrow and Eric Beard had the pleasure of spending an hour with esteemed author and
journalist Jonathan Wilson on the AFR Podcast. Jonathan writes for The Guardian, The Independent,
Sports Illustrated, World Soccer, and FourFourTwo. He is also the editor of a quarterly publication
called The Blizzard, which is filled with content from some of the biggest names in football
journalism.
Jonathan Wilson's biography about legendary football manager Brian Clough manages to combine the
two best attributes by which a book should be judged: how it teaches things you never knew, and how
spellbinding it was. Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says...
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There's a Golden Sky By Ian Ridley Published by Bloomsbury, October 2011 £18.99 ISBN:
9781408130407 It's often been asserted that the one remaining advantage mainstream media has over
bloggers is the issue of access to the game's personalities – Jonathan Wilson made this point on
establishing The Blizzard earlier this year and Kevin McCauley expounded on the subject in an
overview of a spat
There's a Golden Sky By Ian Ridley Published by Bloomsbury, October 2011 £18.99 ISBN:
9781408130407 It's often been asserted that the one remaining advantage mainstream media has over
bloggers is the issue of access to the game's personalities – Jonathan Wilson made this point on
establishing The Blizzard earlier this year and Kevin McCauley expounded on the subject in an
overview of a spat
Football Team of the Decade: 1960s - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The 1960s just might be football's golden decade. George Best, Garrincha, Pele in his prime and
much much more. Recently on the Total Soccer Show podcast, we picked our starting XI from the
1960s. None of of us were alive back then, but thanks to television, YouTube and brilliant books
like Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid, we were able to weigh the various options at
each position and argue out the perfect starting XI to represent 10 of the most glorious years in
the history of the beautiful game.
This may not be new its eureka! moment was supposedly around 2008 but it's new around
here, and just like the elderly when posed with something new, it makes no damn sense. Well, it
does make some sense, the concept is easy, but it's rather confusing and the likelihood it was
invented by the acetaminophen industry to cause the ail for which they provide the elixir is
growing more likely by the moment.
Photo: Paul Rudderow
Hey, we hear there's a game tonight. If you missed it, here's our preview.
Someone else outside Philadelphia has finally caught on to the fact that, gee golly whiz, maybe
it would've been a good idea to play Sebastien Le Toux and Danny Mwanga together again at forward
after last year's performances.
Sometimes your team is just beaten by a better team. Sometimes the opponent is stronger or
faster or more technically skilled, and you just have to take your beating with the best grace you
can muster. Thus the equanimity with which Alex Ferguson accepted Manchester United's loss to
Barcelona in last season's Champions League final: Barça was simply and obviously better.
Tomorrow is the first day of the traditional Emirates Cup, a two-day pre-season tournament held
in London, featuring Arsenal and three fairly big sides. This year we'll play Boca Juniors and
Thierry Henry's Red Bull New York; Paris St. Germain will also take part.
(Be sure to also read Homey's transfer/news round-up)
Who designed this cartoon?
Apologies that I've not been posting on HEGS since the Copa América final on Sunday, but it's
been a busy week. Normal service will soon be resumed, honest. The twenty-seventh episode of Hand
Of Pod is our look back on an ... Continue reading →
Friendly relations.
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- They've gotta wear shades. (Jonathan Wilson)
- Size might matter. (The Best Eleven)
- Documenting African football trafficking. (AFR)
- Not so funny. (IBWM)
- Foreign relations. (La Liga Loca)
- Inside the walls.
The manager says he intends staying on and seeing his contract through to the end of the 2014
World Cup. The Copa America exit clearly hurts but the larger picture is the World Cup and its
preparations.
Batista mentioned that the team did not play upto expectations against Bolivia and Colombia.
Reliving the Copa opening ceremony.
- This seems unnecessary. (Dirty Tackle)
- The wonder down in Brazil. (Three Match Ban)
- Calling on Cesc. (SB Nation)
- Good times for Chile. (Jonathan Wilson)
- These are the Champions. (Football In Sweden)
- Quiz time.
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One more week until the 2011 Mexican Primera Division Apertura season begins.
-UNAM Pumas won the Clausura in a big upset.
MATCH FIXING IN TURKEY
AFP reports that Besiktas is set to surrender the Turkish League Cup title they won last season.
Two goals by impact player Nahomi Kawasumi
We can honestly report that the craft of football won this match. The Nadeshiko
outclassed a physically superior Swedish team with their sophisticated possession, precision
passing, and end product. There is no shame comparing them to Barcelona and Sweden to Man Utd
because it resembled the Champions League final in scoreline as well as in the contrasting styles
of football.
With everybody now seemingly on Twitter, it is difficult to know who is worth following especially
if you're looking for decent football opinions. So it is that I've tried to compile a list of the
best people out there who are well worth following. Be warned, however that as a rule I tend not to
follow player - do they ever have anything really of interest to say?
STARTERSJeff Cunningham scored a late goal for Columbus last night and is now tied for the lead as all-time
goal scorer in MLS with 133. Jaime Moreno who retired after last season also has scored 133
times.
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Stuart Holden contributed $10,000 to the fund raising for Rise & Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story.
That's cold.
- And the world stopped breathing. (Dirty Tackle)
- Don't blame it on the Messi. (Jonathan Wilson)
- This would look swell in your parlor. (KCKRS)
- Transfers which will undoubtedly happen. Probably. (SB Nation)
- Heading to the CR. (EFW)
- A quiz, a quiz.
YOUR HELP IS SERIOUSLY NEEDEDThe producers of the film Rise And Shine: The Jay DeMerit Story need your help, and the time to
step up in NOW.
Using the fund raising site Kickstarter the producers are trying to raise the capital to finish the
film.
So far they have gathered $141,669 of the $215,000 goal that was set.
A stowaway.
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- No pressure. (Jonathan Wilson)
- Greece's news feeds not uplifting. (BBC)
- The Copa in stats. (The Best Eleven)
- Funneling into France. (IBWM)
- This proves difficult to believe. (Dirty Tackle)
- Accuracy: high. (The DA)
- A different kind of list.
STARTERSMexico is the Gold Cup champions. Huge congrats to them on a roaring comeback win crushing their
rivals the USA. Hurra Cerveza!
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In a whopper of a deal DC United has acquired Dwayne DeRosario from New York in exchange for Dax
McCarty.
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In a stunning upset River Plate has been relegated to the second division (B Nacional) in Argentina
for the first time in their 110 year existence.
- Not winning friends. (Eurosport)
- Hearts loses it the official. (Hearts FC)
- The good old(ish) days. (Jonathan Wilson)
- Highly scientific graph ahead. (Three Match Ban)
- Tim Howard pulls a Drogba. (Dirty Tackle)
- Looking ahead to the Copa America.
Celebrate good times.
- The best of the best. (Jonathan Wilson)
- All about the children. (EFW)
- How to waste $1m. (KCKRS)
- Luca Modric needs your help. (Dirty Tackle)
- Nightmares ahead. (Fisted Away)
- PSV's plight. (ESPN)
- This should aid its legitimacy.
Penarol was one of the seven clubs in the inaugural Copa Libertadores in 1960 and it also had
the distinction of winning the first edition. They successfully repeated as champions the following
year. In 1963 the Uruguayan side came across a sublime Santos side led by Pele in the finals and
waged a series of classics, losing the first leg at home and then rebounding on the road to force a
playoff which they lost 0-3.
...and go buy Issue #1 of The Blizzard. It's a pay-what-you-like model, and I was suspicious of the
£3 (~$5) suggested price for the ePub. But I'm a big fan of Jonathan Wilson, so I took the plunge
and feel richly rewarded for doing so, both in the quantity and the quality of the work included. A
nice stack of non-time-sensitive soccer/football journalism now sits on my phone, just waiting for
those little gaps in the day to appear.
...and go buy Issue #1 of The Blizzard. It's a pay-what-you-like model, and I was suspicious of the
£3 (~$5) suggested price for the ePub. But I'm a big fan of Jonathan Wilson, so I took the plunge
and feel richly rewarded for doing so, both in the quantity and the quality of the work included. A
nice stack of non-time-sensitive soccer/football journalism now sits on my phone, just waiting for
those little gaps in the day to appear.
All news should be like this.
- Scary Spain's next. (IBWM)
- Beginning the review. (LLL)
- Football's savior is big and purple. (The DA)
- The year in tactics. (Jonathan Wilson)
- Luxembourg logos. (The Best Eleven)
- Losing the scapegoats. (Fisted Away)
- Tasty mercato treats.
