Nicolas Anelka, aka, Le Sulk, faces the ultimate dilemma of his career: how does a
player who has hated all his coaches handle being a player-coach? Does he hate himself? Has he
always hated himself? Before we get to the armchair psychology and dramatic conclusion, let's
look at how Anelka reached this delicate point.
They say you can prove anything with statistics and the latest statistical boffinry to throw us
a cureveball comes courtesy of statty men and women Infostrada, who have thrown lots of games and
facts and figures into a big magical computing machine, with some interesting results coming out
the other end.
Barcelona's coach, Josep Guardiola wasn't in the mood in commenting about his future as his mind
is simply focused on the Catalan's upcoming clash against Atletico Madrid, which could potentially
be another troubling game for the defending champion.
Guadiola acknowledged the improvement that Atletico made under the new reign of Diego Simeone
and urged his team to play their best game in order to get three points at Vicente Calderon.
Arsene Wenger is said to be on the verge of recruiting Spanish prospect after setting up a deal
with Real Madrid. This morning's Mirror claims midfielder Jose Rodriguez, 16, is ready to move to
the Emirates following a tip-off from Arsenal's Spanish scout Francis Cagigao.
The paper says AW will offer Rodriguez a five-year contract starting next season after the
player impressed in the Under-17s World Championships, with Arsenal now negotiating with Real
Madrid over compensation.
MADRID, Spain — Misfit striker Karim Benzema reminded Jose Mourinho of his talents on Sunday,
scoring the 60th-minute goal in Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Real Mallorca which cut Barcelona's lead
back to four points. Mourinho said Benzema, a 35-million euro signing from Lyon, needed to step up
his game and the 23-year-old responded as [.
Week 11 was a gamble week for my Fantasy club that in the end did not pay off. A low 47 points
on the week just five over the week's average.
I gambled with my midfield yet again with brining in Brian Mullan who had two games on the week
and Dax McCarty. The Mullan gamble didn't work out as he got hurt and only gave out a single
point.
By Clemente Lisi – NEW YORK, NY (May 1, 2012) US Soccer Players -- The New England Revolution is
a team in transition. The reality is the Revs, once perennial MLS Cup contenders, have been in a
rebuilding phase for several seasons now, but are finally doing it in earnest this year under Jay
Heaps. Rebuilding, of course, doesn't come without a price.
I know, no Philadelphia Union game this weekend, it totally sucks. But there are still lots of
games to watch. Click here for our listings of the week's upcoming live soccer on your TV and
computer.
More on Gabriel Farfan's claim for the starting spot at left back.
I rightly abandoned the week-by-week predictortrons as they were too complicated and not
accurate. But the SEASON predictortrons are still something to behold.
I rightly abandoned the week-by-week predictortrons as they were too complicated and not
accurate. But the SEASON predictortrons are still something to behold.
With Newcastle likely to play a lot of games in the coming season, James Perch also known as
Brazilian star Perchinho (at least on this web-site) is one fringe player who will get lots of
games for Newcastle United in the coming season, and will likely play a lot of his football in
Europe too.
Michael Dawson has missed such a proportion of Spurs' games over the last two seasons that he is
in danger of becoming a forgotten man. Several people who have been asked to predict Tottenham's
central pairing for next season have mentioned Vertonghen (hopefully), King (occasionally) and the
likes of Caulker and Kaboul.
AC Milan's troubles continued Saturday when they were beaten 2-1 at home by Fiorentina to see
their insurmountable lead at the top of the Serie A table vanish. Milan's loss coupled with Juve's
2-o win at Palermo means that the Bianconeri move into first place in the table standings with one
point more than Milan.
Roy Keane has claimed that after playing for Sir Alex Ferguson and then going in to manager, he
struggled to adjust his mindset from one of winning all the time to one that has to put up with
defeat.
"I think when you are playing under a manager like that and winning lots of games, part of
your mindset is that it is going to be easy," said Keane.
Decided tonight, in the midst of some serious procrastination, to check on the old blog and see
how it's gone. I'm very pleased to know that my post regarding the average number of minutes of
actual playing time is the most commonly cited post on here. While I enjoyed the momentary
notariety that came with predicting Jorge Larrionda would red card an American midfielder in our
Confederations Cup match against Spain in 2009, I didn't start the site to criticize refs.
Liverpool veteran Jamie Carragher believes the Reds are lucky to have a player of Luis Suarez's
ability within their ranks.
The 24-year-old has made an instant impact at Anfield following his arrival from Ajax back in
January, scoring seven goals in just 18 appearances for the club thus far.
It's his all-round performances that have been earning rave reviews on Merseyside this season
though, and Carragher believes the Uruguayan striker is quickly become a crucial ingredient in the
Reds' side.
When Stoke City play Manchester City on Saturday, it won't be the first time that the two
sides have met at the end of the season. David Mayor reports on two very different sets of
emotions.
When my team, Manchester City, face Stoke City at Wembley this Saturday, it will, many of my
nearest and dearest would say, be the biggest City game I've been to.
Andy Carroll's £35 million move has surprised a lot of people, particularly in the light of the
Liverpool owners' reputations as careful, smarter investors. NESV, as you'll know, famously
took over baseball's Boston Red Sox and won a long awaited World Series, and in so doing used what
were termed "moneyball" principles.
Well, it's been a long time since our last European adventure. The time has come to do it again.
Yes, that's right - the Big Viper and the great You Suck Corrales will, once again, be taking the
show on the road. This time, we'll be coming to you from England and Italy. There are lots of games
on the schedule and several sights to see.
It's 4pm. United and Chelsea fans should be enjoying a massive fixture which could hugely shape
the way the rest of the season would go.
As it is, we have no game to enjoy, with Chelsea Football Club making the decision to postpone
the game 29 hours ahead of kick off.
Daniel Taylor, The Guardian, reported at the time of postponement that conditions outside
Stamford Bridge were "not bad at all", "only slushy" and "pavements well gritted".
MADRID, Spain Jose Mourinho had a nightmare first Clasico as champions Barcelona crushed his Real
Madrid side 5-0 at Camp Nou on Monday to go two points clear of their bitter rivals at the top of
the Spanish first division. Spanish World Cup winners Xavi and Pedro Rodriguez put Barcelona into a
two-goal lead [.
