The FA Fiddles as the Three Lions Burn
With a few weeks perspective after another predictable and disappointing quad-annual collapse by the latest version of England’s best-team-in-a-generation, the FA is starting to weigh in. In article published yesterday in the Mirror, the FA revealed its new strategy – groom an English coach to take over for Fabio Capello in two years, bring a...
So Much for the Three Lions
I now have a new all-time favorite soccer quote. After the English team drew against the USA and Algeria, barely beat Slovenia and was torn open and summarily dismissed from the World Cup by Germany, BBC commentator Chris Waddle had this observation:
“England will never win the World Cup while playing a 4-4-2.”
Ah, yes. Were it...
England’s Biggest Problem – They Are Just Not that Good
For a number of months there has been a debate on this site about how good the English team really is. Most have claimed that this version of the Three Lions represented a golden generation of players finally coming to the pinnacle of their skills and ready to challenge for the most valued trophy on...
For Abject England, Expect More of the Same
England fans have traditionally been guilty of the sin of not really looking. Reading the English press, there seems a general sense of shock about how their team performed in their first game yesterday. But to a neutral observer, the result, and England’s sorry, tired performance, was not really all that much of a surprise. ...
Bob Bradley’s Theory on How to Beat England
Bob Bradley is a strategic thinker. He has to be. He coaches a mid-level national soccer team whose first game is against one the top ranked teams in the world – England. Bradley knows that the US does not have enough talent to win on talent alone. If the Founding Fathers had failed and America...
Five Reasons Why England Will Fail in South Africa
Many English fans have a schizophrenic sensation going on every fourth May. On the one hand, every four years English fans enthuse how this team is the “best in a generation” with all their great players having their career peaks at just the right time. On the other hand, international tournaments have brought nothing but...
Will Fulham and Burnley Put Up Much Fight Against Arsenal and Spurs this Weekend?
As we head into the last games of the season, beyond the glamour battle between Manchester United and Chelsea at the top, there is surprisingly little else being contested. Hull, Burnley and Portsmouth are going down. Chelsea, ManU, Arsenal and Tottenham are going to the Champions League. Man City, Villa and Liverpool are going to...
Who Would Buy Liverpool?
Every neighborhood has one of “those” houses. From the sidewalk, it is gorgeous – an old Victorian with plenty of historic, quirky charm. Many people have houses, but this is home. As you get closer, you notice that the porch seems a little worn, but nothing that a good coating of paint won’t solve. When...
Any Neutral Has to Root for Portsmouth and Avram Grant in the FA Cup Final
As the Portsmouth players put on their uniforms in the Wembley locker room this afternoon, they were under no allusions about what the future held for them and their team. They were going to be relegated down to the Championship League after the season. Once there, they were far more likely to be relegated again...
Chris Kamara May Not Be the Best Reporter in the World….
But he is the most honest.
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For Liverpool, the Great Unraveling Must Now Begin
Somewhere deep in the bowels of Anfield there is a timer ticking down. That timer shows about 100 days on it now, and tomorrow it will show about 99, and sometime this July the timer will hit zero. At that point, a bell will ring and Liverpool Football Club will have to begin a massive...
Dempsey’s Wondergoal
I don’t know how much longer this will stay up on Youtube, but Clint Dempsey’s goal to send Fulham into the final eight of the UEFA competition is just a thing of beauty.
Update - I found this version of the video which includes the commentary from US’s Gol TV. For our friends in the UK...
