Winning the league is Antonio Lopez Habas's first mandate as Mamelodi Sundowns coach, he can then activate the clause in his contract of renewing for an extra year. Last year Hristo Stoichkov failed to deliver. Many expected him to win the league whe...
Views: 91 | No Comments » | posted on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | Tags: Antonio Lopez Habas, Hristo Stoichkov, Kaizer Chiefs, Katlego Mphela, Mamelodi Sundowns, Matthew Booth, Matthew Pattison, Orlando Pirates, Richard Henyekane
Various football leagues around the world kicked off this weekend, and isn't this just happening at the right time? People were just getting over their World Cup hangovers, and now we face another 10 months or so of top soccer all the way ...
Views: 192 | 1 Comment » | posted on Sunday, August 15th, 2010 | Tags: Alex Ferguson, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newscastle United, Sunderland, Tottenham hotspur, West Brom, Wigan
There are a lot of players who are ideal for the Soccer World Cup but won’t be participating this year. Instead they will be joining the ranks of the magnitude of other footballers who didn’t make it to South Africa and they will even be harbouri...
Views: 244 | 3 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 | Tags: Andrei Arshavin, Bayern Munich, Benni McCarthy, Diego Maradona, Dunga, Esteban Cambiasso, Fabio Grosso, Germany, Italy, Javier Zanetti, Luca Toni, Marcello Lippi, Raymond Domenech, Ruud van Nilstelrooy, SAFA
When Diego Maradona weaved his way through six England defenders to go and score what is arguable the greatest goal in Soccer World Cup history, he chiselled his name amongst the gods who have taken to the soccer field.
He is undoubtedly the fine...
Views: 399 | 2 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 | Tags: 2010 FIFA World Cup, Argentina, Carlos Tevez, Diego Maradona, Diego Milito, El Diego, Franz Beckenbaeur, Lionel Messi, Mario Zagallo, Sergio Aguero
With a Fifa world ranking of 90 and the unwanted distinction of being the lowest ranked country to ever qualify for the World Cup, albeit as hosts, Bafana Bafana are possibly the worst side to ever take part in a World Cup.
To point this out is n...
Views: 429 | 4 Comments » | posted on Monday, May 3rd, 2010 | Tags: Bafana Bafana, Benni McCarthy, Bernard Parker, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Guus Hiddink, Katlego Mphela, South Korea, Steven Pienaar
Portsmouth's fall from grace might have come as a shock to the rest of the world, but a lot of people can't really say they didn't see it coming. How can a club with a stadium capacity of just over 20 000 and with no new plans expansion explain ...
Views: 248 | 1 Comment » | posted on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 | Tags: English Premiership, Liverpool, Manchester United, Michel Platini, Portsmouth, Uefa
Poor refereeing decisions have been part of the game for a very long time but recently the man in the middle have been becoming more and more influential in matches, more match winners than match officials, stealing the thunder from the players.
W...
Views: 315 | No Comments » | posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Barcelona, Bayern Munich, FIFA, Fiorentina, Martin Hansson, Massimo Gobbi, Miroslav Klose, Thierry Henry, Tom Ovrebo, Uefa
After watching the recent ended African Nations Cup, I have to say African football is on a downward spiral and this asks a lot of questions about their performance in the upcoming world cup, a first on African soil.
African football is always ab...
Views: 351 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, February 11th, 2010 | Tags: Abedi Pele, African Nations Cup, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, John Obi Mikel, Karim Ziani, Malawi, Nigeria, Samuel Eto’o, Seydou Keita, Steven Pienaar, Yaya Toure
This past decade has been one of the most exciting in soccer but it also had some sad moments. Controversy also wasn't far off, I will try to cover as much for what happened this past decade.
The decade was kicked off and closed by Real...
Views: 318 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | Tags: Chelsea, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Greece National Team, Jose Mourinho, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Marc Vivien Foe, Real Madrid, Roman Abramovich, Zinedine Zidane
The half term report looks at my prediction at the beginning of the season and then compares to their current position and where I think they could end up come end of season. The half term report card contains the unwanted tag, "could do better" for ...
Views: 215 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, December 17th, 2009 | Tags: Ajax Cape Town, Cape Town Santos, Golden Arrows, Jomo Cosmos, Katlego Mphela, Mamelodi Sundowns, Mpumalanga Black Aces, Orlando Pirates, Platinum Stars, Supersport United, Teko Modise
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