All posts tagged Manchester United
Adam Wakefield
It's the end of August, and the English Premier League (EPL -- not to be confused with the IPL. Bloody acronyms) has only after two weeks swung into full swing. What should we expect? More goals, excitement, controversy and unpredictability? There ha...
Joseph Misika
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 ...
Joseph Misika
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 ...
Joseph Misika
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...
Lungani Zama
It is funny how where you are affects the way you see things. Like my viewing of the Chelsea-Manchester United clash on Sunday, for instance. Instead of the normal, lofty armchair, I found myself in the altogether more dodgy surrounds of a dingy D...
Lungani Zama
Let's give credit where it's due. Liverpool dug deep on Sunday and got a win over their friends from down the road. And while they were at it, their fans also gave Michael Owen the sort of reception befitting a bomb terrorist ... But, these things...
Joseph Misika
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...
Joseph Misika
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...
Joseph Misika
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...
Lungani Zama
I have seen plenty of own goals before, some crazier than others, but Abou Diaby's nonchalant header into the top corner almost takes the cake. Sadly, it was the death nail in an otherwise fantastic fight from Arsenal. I cannot imagine what w...
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