English Premier League
The Premier League takes an all-too-familiar turn
By: Rob |
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One of the nice things about this season in the Premier League has been that there has been a bit of a shift at the top. Partly due to Liverpool having a really bad first half of the season, and partly due to the clubs slightly below catching up, it looked [...]
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Tags: Arsenal, Big Four, Chelsea, English Premier League, Liverppol, Man City, Portsmouth, Premier League, VillaThe Arshavin Files: “He Double Like Me.”
By: chris | 9 Comments
This man is a gift from the gods to an undeserving people. We as football fans do not deserve him. We do not deserve him in his native language, and we certainly do not deserve him stumbling through the learning stages of a new one.
But we have been chosen, and we must not take [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueFinancial Prudence the Phrase of the Premiership Day
By: chris | 2 Comments
Back, oh, 18 months ago or so the Premiership was ridiculed and pilloried for their obscene spending which had seen them assemble rosters full of big name players and even bigger paychecks. Then, as Gareth Southgate predicted, the cycle ended – Florentino Perez entered, too – and suddenly Premiership clubs were no longer shelling out [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueJust How Private Should a Footballers Private Life Be?
By: Rob | 6 Comments
John Terry. He’s going to be on the front AND back pages of the british newspapers tomorrow. The front pages because he lost a superinjunction in court meaning newspapers can go ahead and report his alleged affair with Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend. He has declined to comment on the hearsay, saying it [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueThe Power of the Headline
By: chris | 9 Comments
As you may have heard, Ciro Ferrara was finally sacked today after Juventus’ domestic tour on the art of collapsing, and replaced by “caretaker manager” Alberto Zaccheroni until the end of this campaign. (You may remember the last caretaker/interim manager they had was…Ciro Ferrara, who took over for Claudio Ranieri during the final weeks of [...]
Tags: Alberto Zaccheroni, Ciro Ferrara, English Premier League, Juventus, Liverpool, Rafa Benitez, Serie A, World FootballBig Sam: Not A Fan Of The Modern Player.
By: chris | 5 Comments
Modern footballers take a lot of guff for the money grab and swapping of teams not for the footy, but for an upgrade on wheels. Ashley cole is mostly to blame, but there are others. Take Benni McCarthy, for example. He’s playing for Blackburn, has been for a few years, and done so lovingly…save for [...]
Jay-Z Patronises Arsenal, Ever So Slightly
By: Daryl | 17 Comments
Apparently American rapper/businessman Jay-Z is a bit of an Arsenal fan. This is a good thing, because the more US celebrities we get endorsing soccer, the better. However, I can’t help thinking that Jay-Z’s support for The Gunners is verging on the patronising.
He’s apparently offered the Arsenal players an all-expenses paid trip to New York [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueCarlos Tevez Adds To The Sport’s Lexicon, You Sock-Sucker.
By: chris | 8 Comments
The art of translation is a wondrous thing. What’s complimentary in one language is a vicious insult to someone’s dead relatives in another. And “getting the point across” with a similar, but not quite exact, translation doesn’t always “get the point across”.
Gary Neville got the point across with his little gesture aimed at Carlos Tevez [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueThere Is No Justice In Football
By: chris | 21 Comments
Alan Wiley’s been having a tough year, what with being called out by Fergie as a Fatty McFatty and all. His year’s about to get tougher as the circumstances surrounding Arsenal’s second goal hammer tomorrow’s newspaper whilst Mark Davies’ ankle is stitched back together.
William Gallas went for the ball with all the precision of an [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueVIDEO: Rooney and Torres Doing Their Best Mission Impossible Impression.
By: Dave Martinez | No Comments
So what does it take to get two rivals to play nice? How about a pair of new kicks and a boatload of cash? Here are Wayne Rooney and Fernando Torres peddling the latest accuracy improving, comfort fitting, speed accelerating, fly me to the moon enabling Nike boots (call me when the damn [...]
Jozy Altidore On Haitian Disaster – How You Can Help
By: Dave Martinez | No Comments
Being of Haitian descent, this earthquake has hit home with young American striker Jozy Altidore. He has uncles and family in Haiti, and over the years has maintained a closeness with the country through charitable works and donations. He has used every medium possible to get the word out on disaster relief, even [...]
And the 18,000th Premiership Goal is Scored by…
By: Laurie | 9 Comments
NOTE: If the videos aren’t appearing on your screen, you might try a browser like Firefox. Unfortunately due to the every-vigilant video police, we have to take whatever videos we can find, especially in Premier League matches.
One would think that having a wife who was just voted “Most Photogenic Woman Ever” (yes, [...]
Who’s to Blame For Liverpool’s Troubles? Rafa Benitez or the Board?
By: Daryl | 16 Comments
Things aren’t going so well at Anfield. A lowly 7th in the Premier League, failure to make the Champions League knockouts, and now out of the FA Cup after losing 2-1 at home to Championship team Reading. I wouldn’t bet on things getting better any time soon either, with both Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueRoberto Mancini’s School of Calcio Culinary
By: chris | 1 Comment
When Roberto Mancini left Inter, it’s probably safe to say no one was happier than the Nerazzurri and its fandom. He wasn’t, and isn’t, exactly the most highly regarded coach in the peninsula. One could even say some think he has the tactical nous of week-old spaghetti. Whether this Man City surge is an indication [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueAre any leagues actually better than one another?
By: Rob | 16 Comments
As you might know, my weekday job here at the Offside is on the Premier League blog. Something that has come up from time to time has been the arguments as to which league is the best one. The Premier League has certainly had a strong last five or so years, and I know that [...]
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