England hoping the injury curse misses Rooney »
It sure looks like England is cursed with injuries to their main figures ahead of every major tournament, and Beckham’s latest injury that is sure to keep him out of the WC 2010 squad is the latest example. Becks is not the 1st English hope to have conceded an injury at the worst of times, and although he was not an essential part of [...]
Fergie accuses FA of bias over Gerrard decision »
Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson is not one to shirk away from making controversial statements and again he is at it over the FA's decision not to punish Liverpool's Steven Gerrard over his off the ball clash with Portsmouth's Michael Brown. Fergie claims that if it was one of his players the FA would have done something about it and named Rio [...]
Rafa Benitez on verge of losing Liverpool dressing »
The noises coming out of Anfield are that Rafa Benitez is on the verge on losing the dressing room, more and more Liverpool players are commenting publicly on Benitez's team selection, training methods and man management skills. The latest player to come out and have a pop at the beleaguered manager is Albert Riera which on the back of Fernando [...]
Messi potentially the best player in history claims »
As Barcelona take Stuttgart tonight to finish what they started 3 weeks ago in Germany, the defending champions rely on Lionel Messi not only to get them past Stuttgart and into the last 8, but to actually retain their European title. ‘Leo’ scored a hat-trick in the weekend to collect 3 more points for Barca at home vs Valencia in La [...]
Chelsea man of the match: The ball boy »
Chelsea have been dumped out of the Champions League this evening by Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan and the performance by Chelsea can best be described as embarrassingly poor. In fact if you had to choose a Chelsea man of the match the ball boys would pick up that award as they were the only Chelsea personnel that did their jobs [...]
Bad news for Man Utd, Real Madrid have become obsessed »
When Real Madrid want a player Real Madrid get their player, history has proven this to be true and now Wayne Rooney is in their sights Manchester United have good reason to worry. Real Madrid have gone after players before deemed to be out of reach including Man Utd's own Cristiano Ronaldo and got what they wanted, they did it with Zidane, [...]
Man Utd fear Arsenal the most not Chelsea in race for »
Sir Alex Ferguson speaking about the three way battle for the Premiership title involving his own Manchester United in addition to Arsenal and Chelsea, has picked out Arsenal as the team he fears the most. Fergie accepts that Chelsea have a game in hand but feels Man Utd have the advantage because Chelsea still have to travel to Old Trafford [...]
Sol Campbell had no fear of being sent off against »
Arsenal defender Sol Campbell had no worries whatsoever that he would receive a red card after he conceded a penalty against Hull City yesterday evening. In fact Campbell never thought it was a sending off to start with and was nothing more than a coming together between himself and Hull City's Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Speaking after the [...]
Wenger tells it like it is, spending £240 Million »
Arsene Wenger has not only made it clear he will not be leaving Arsenal for Real Madrid but took a gentle swipe at their transfer policy. Wenger who must be sitting quite pretty now considering the amount of money he has spent in comparison to Real Madrid took the opportunity to state that £240 million will not buy you the Champions League and [...]
Liverpool and Real Madrid on verge of media meltdown »
The Rafa Benitez to Real Madrid headlines have not started in earnest yet but be assured they will, they were in full force last October and have never really gone away. A media meltdown is about to commence with both clubs that will see them dominating the sports pages for the worst reason of all, failure on the field of play. In [...]
Rooney is unbelievable says impressed Fergie »
Sir Alex Ferguson has heaped praise on Wayne Rooney following yet another scintillating performance from the Manchester United front man. A Rooney inspired Man Utd simply demolished AC Milan over both legs and is on target to match Cristiano Ronaldo's 42 goals last season. Rooney even managed to upstage David Beckham on his return to Old [...]
Confidence shattered, Benitez and Liverpool love »
It has been a terrible season for Rafa Benitez and his men, and the Spaniard confidence in his side and his own abilities appear to be at an all time low. Benitez even admitted he does not know what went wrong against Wigan and once a manager admits something like that you just know the writing is on the wall. Confidence is shot at Anfield [...]
