Monthly Archives: February 2010

To Attack Or Not Attack And Gamewwek 25 I Know The Score

Heading into the late stages of a tied game, teams are faced with a decision. They can push on for a win or just hold on for a tie. This is especially relevant when one of the teams is better

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Bradley Calls Up 23 For El Salvador Friendly

Bob Bradley named a 23 man training camp for the upcoming friendly against El Salvador on February 24th in Tampa Bay. The squad is composed of only MLS players as the Scandinavian players in the January camp have returned for

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John Terry Captaincy and Big US Secret Of 1998

One of the big stories in the past week has been the John Terry affair with Wayne Bridge’s former fiancee Vanessa Perroncel. This has led to a wave of criticism for Terry and questioning of his position as captain of

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Daily Round-up: Chelsea Are Held By Hull City, FA Cup Replays, and Keane’s Debut

Chelsea could not capitalize on their game in hand and have now had two unimpressive performances against Hull and Burnley in the past week. I can’t help but think that maybe they were looking ahead to the Arsenal game this

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Transfer Period Ends With A Couple Surprises

This was a bit of a slow transfer period but one of the more shocking moves came at the end of the window with Robbie Keane heading to Celtic on loan. The move makes sense for both of the clubs

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Best XI and Recap

I enjoyed my first time watching this tournament and with it finally over to take a look back and give some remarks on the tournament as a whole. The obvious sour points to this tournament was the Togo team shooting

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Weekend Recap: Man United put Arsenal to shame

The big story from this weekend was Manchester United putting Arsenal to the sword on Sunday. United did not even need to play overly physical to stop Arsenal instead they beat them at their own game. They simply were more

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