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You have to be bloody good to win the Ballon d’Or as a defender. Canny Fabio is one of only three to pull it off… Who’s this then? Fabio Cannavaro is now 47. An Italian 5’ 9″ centre-back who was born in Naples, he played for six clubs in his 695-match club career. Widely […]
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The dysfunction of the status quo is real and it hasn’t gone away. UEFA are not the heroes here. Power to the people! Now would be a nice time to say “Oh, sorry, you want to play in the Premier League again now, do you? Sorry, no, you’re too late, your places have been taken […]
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On Monday, UEFA was set to approve the new, awful Champions League format: one big league of 36 teams playing 100 extra games, invented to head off a European Super League. Ah but hold on, too late, that’s already happening. In a move which suggests massive duplicity, six English clubs have agreed to form a […]
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Johnny Nic raves about one of the century’s most-deadly hitmen, Samuel Eto’o. Someone here has to… Who’s this then? Samuel Eto’o Fils is a 40-year-old former striker, He was born in Douala, Cameroon and played for a grand total of 13 different clubs but perhaps most famously for Mallorca, Barcelona and Inter Milan. He […]
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Next season will be the last we see of VAR, at least as it is. Most fans opposed it from the start; their return ensures it cannot continue. Remember the glory days? Remember a time before VAR? When we could just trust the officials to do their best to get almost every call right, […]
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Swansea and Rangers are boycotting social media for a week in a respectable but futile protest. We must consider stopping using it completely Swansea City and Rangers have suspended their use of social media as a protest against racist abuse and discrimination. It’s for a week and has been widely welcomed. Apart from anything […]
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With Watford and Norwich City poised for promotion and Bournemouth a point shy of the play-off place with a game in hand, it is far from impossible that we will see last season’s relegated teams go straight back up. Is this just a coincidence or are clubs finally using their Premier League income and parachute […]
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Erling Haaland does not need an agent and whichever elite club signs him this summer will be activating an expensive and divisive cheat code. There are few worse sights in modern football than one of the self-styled super agents touring around Europe with their latest massive sack of meat for sale to the highest […]
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Edwin van der Sar was serenity personified and the ideal replacement for Peter Schmeichel at Manchester United, just a few years too late. Who’s this then? Edwin van der Sar is now 50 years old and was, in his time, one of the world’s finest goalkeepers. A Dutchman born in Voorhout, he only played […]
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We always seem to be playing Poland, don’t we? In fact, we’ve only played them four times in the last 22 years. But every time we do, there is a sharp intake of breath, and it is sold as some sort of big threat, or a dangerous opponent. But when you go to the record […]
Read More… from England v Poland: The fear is almost 50 years old