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: 244 | 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
You just wonder how long Rafael Benitez has until the big axe or the curtain closes on his Liverpool managerial career? He has been walking on thin ice this season after losing 5 of their 13 league encounters so far. To his credit Benitez has remaine...
Views: 328 | 2 Comments » | posted on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Tags: Alberto Aquilani, Fernando Torres, George Gillett, Liverpool, Rafael Benitez, Rick Parry, Steven Gerrard, Tom Hicks, Xabi Alonso
Next season's Formula 1 season looks like it's going to be one of the most intriguing yet. There won't be a certain Max Mosley, whose reign as President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) was full of scandals. Some said the sports gov...
Views: 348 | 2 Comments » | posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Brawn GP, Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, FIA, Flavio Briatore, Formula 1, Jean Todt, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Max Mosley, McLaren, Michael Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen, Red Bull, Renault, Robert Kubica, Sebastian Vettel
Can somebody please explain how Fifa goes about running "world" football?
If it truly claims to represent the interests of world football, why is it that Europe and the Union of European Football Associations (Uefa) seem to get a better deal than...
Views: 356 | 15 Comments » | posted on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 | Tags: 2010 Fifa World Cup, 2014 Fifa World Cup, Africa, Asia, CAF, Fifa, North America, soccer, Soccer World Cup, South America, Uefa
A tournament where the hosts never get beyond the first round is always dreaded because the general buzz and interest dies down. Bafana are not doing enough to allay this fear. France went all the way in 1998, South Korea kept the torch burning after...
Views: 283 | 7 Comments » | posted on Thursday, October 15th, 2009 | Tags: Bafana, Carlos Parreira, Fifa, Joel Santana, Safa, Steven Pienaar, Teko Modise
Greatness is measured in many ways and one of the players who springs to mind is Ryan Giggs. He has never really achieved anything with Wales at international level, be it the European Championships or the World Cup. Medals, statistics and individual...
Views: 285 | 3 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | Tags: Alex Ferguson, Champions League, English Premiership, Manchester United, Ryan Giggs
Everybody loves a winning team but then Bafana are just not doing it. The current Bafana Bafana set-up is not the greatest since South Africa's re-admission to international football in 1992. A lot of questions have to be asked: who are the best coac...
Views: 385 | 3 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | Tags: Bafana Bafana, Carlos Queiroz, Clive Barker, Philippe Troussier, PSL, Safa, Shakes Mashaba, Steven Pienaar, Stuart Baxter, Sven Goran Eriksson, Trott Moloto
Tonight marks a defining moment in the return of "European nights", also known as the Champions League -- the best continental championship in the world right now. This season's final is going to be held at Real Madrid's homeground, the Santiago Bern...
Views: 224 | 2 Comments » | posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | Tags: Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo, Internaziole, Kaka, Manchester United, Paul Scholes, Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid, Ronaldinho, Ryan Giggs, Samuel Eto’o, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
In exactly 273 days from now the world will be descending on South Africa for the 2010 soccer World Cup while some of the world's best soccer talent will be feeling a little disgruntled in front of their top-of-the-range HDTV televisions where they'l...
Views: 393 | 6 Comments » | posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | Tags: 2010 Fifa World Cup, Argentina, Brazil, Carlos Queiroz, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Maradona, France, Portugal, Raymond Domenech, Real Madrid, Thierry Henry
Is their success at luring talent and the financial success of the English Premier League turning English clubs into victims? Fifa recently gave Chelsea a 12-month ban on any transfer activity for "tapping" or inducing Gael Kakuta from French club Le...
Views: 225 | 1 Comment » | posted on Friday, September 4th, 2009 | Tags: Chelsea, Cristiano Ronaldo, English Premiership, Fifa, Gael Kakuta, Manchester City, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Uefa
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