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Royal Architect ready for EPL
Posted on 28 Apr 2012 by thesportingmouth.
Ask any Reading fan if they can believe what has happened to their team in the last 7 months and overwhelmingly the answer will be “no chance”. To put this into perspective, Reading travelled to Doncaster on September 17 on the back of 5 straight losses and needed to win to avoid going bottom of the championship, they got 3 points and started a run of 39 games that yielded 86 poin...
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Just Play the Game!
Posted on 20 Feb 2012 by Stephen Gonzalez.
Though stories have been presented in the past, it seems recently there are names that have emerged as problems, cancer's to the team, racists, and simply babies. We know the players I am talking about, and unfortunately they are players that are superstars for their respective teams; rather than just another face on the team that can be replaced by anybody else. I am talking about the likes of...
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FA reach tipping point?
Posted on 10 Feb 2012 by thesportingmouth.
In years to come this might be the week that we look back upon as the tipping point. For reference “The Tipping Point” was a book written by a guy called Malcolm Gladwell at the start of this century in which he tries to pinpoint causes of change. Sound boring? Well mainly it is but one interesting insight in the book is that he describes the tipping point as “the moment of ...
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Things get Heated in EPL
Posted on 3 Feb 2012 by Stephen Gonzalez.
After this past weeks midweek league games, the race for the league title, Champion's League spots, and Europa League have blown wide open. U.S.A's Landon Donovan was a huge part in the shock 1-0 victory over Manchester City, as he provided the assist to newly transferred Darron Gibson. The other surprise's this week was The Gunners tie to bottom of the table Bolton Wanderers, and Chelsea's ti...
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FA fails to lead (again)
Posted on 23 Dec 2011 by thesportingmouth.
And so it continues. The FA have yet again failed to provide any sensible moral leadership after the announcement by the CPS on Wednesday that they will be pressing charges against John Terry for racial abuse. This blog has made it's position clear on John Terry and his inadequacies as England captain so we'll turn our attention instead to this latest abdication of responsibility by the FA. Le...
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Blatter blathers
Posted on 18 Nov 2011 by thesportingmouth.
Leader? Sepp Blatter has been a pompous , self serving, ethically shallow administrator of the world’s only global sport for many years, but his latest comments regarding racism in football travel beyond incompetent buffoonery into the murkier waters of moral bankruptcy. Under Blatter’s stewardship FIFA has sailed a fine line between right & wrong on numerous occasions, but his comm...
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Unfit for purpose
Posted on 4 Nov 2011 by thesportingmouth.
Captain Disaster The phrase “John Terry, England captain” sticks in my throat. Now let me be clear, I’m no Johnny come lately to the” how can this man be England captain” bandwagon – I’ve been a fully paid up member for years but it does seem to me that the allegations against his suitability for the role are so over-whelming that it beggars belief that he’s clung onto the a...
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City Slackers
Posted on 22 Oct 2011 by thesportingmouth.
Manchester City beware. The European signs are that complacency on the pitch has already drifted into the stands and Wednesday night’s Champions league fixture against Villarreal was a case in point. Take other teams enjoying their first foray into the CL & and their fans are at bursting point with excitement, Blackburn A lacklustre night at Etihad stadium in the nineties, Tottenham last ...
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Rooney ban raises English anxiety levels
Posted on 14 Oct 2011 by thesportingmouth.
Normally the anxiety of supporting England in a major soccer tournament starts a few weeks before the action kicks off. Rooney sees Red in Montenegro In 1996 we had the distraction of some pre season high jinks in the infamous dentist’s chair in Hong Kong whereas 2 years later it was Teddy Sheringham sharing a smoke with a mystery blonde in a Portuguese nightclub. Ahead of the World Cup ...
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Still Waiting for the Rise
Posted on 5 Oct 2011 by Stephen Gonzalez.
Jurgen Klinsmann's recent arrival here in the states has revamped viewers and fans to believe that the U.S national team is just on the brink of glory. Despite his record, I myself have been generally pleased with the style he has tried to establish on the team. The idea of trying to generate a lot shots and becoming a more attacking team by bringing more creative players to the pitch. Though t...
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A Weekend for Youngsters
Posted on 3 Oct 2011 by Stephen Gonzalez.
This weekend appeared to be a weekend for classic rivalries and a hoard of goals from young players. In the EPL, there were 31 goals scored this week and out of those 31, 12 of those goals were scored by someone 23 or under. Players such as Tottenham defender Kyle Walker, 22, scored a goal for the ages as he handed Wenger and company a crushing rivalry loss. Daniel Sturridge, 22, struck twice b...
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Soccer Goes Flat For Joe 6-Pack
Posted on 30 May 2011 by Steven Keys.
You’d have thought we were part of the British Commonwealth or lived on the Continent, eating paella, drinking Mahou (beer) while we watched our futbol contests. But in the States we eat burgers, fries & burritos and wash it all down with Miller High Life, while we watch weekend baseball on FOX. Not since hosting the World Cup (‘94) had the US market been so saturated with Euro soccer i...
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Sean Eckhardt said: Thankfully in the last two games he has done just that, step up.
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Sean Eckhardt said: I guess the real question is who will they add?
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Christopher Rowe said: Get ready for Houston vs. Texas Rangers in 2013... what other mistakes will be made?
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Christopher Rowe said: Chicks dig the longball
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Christopher Rowe said: What about the concept that Interleague play record determines home field advantag...
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