Managers Who Make A Lot Of Money & Google Teaches Us Portuguese.
By: chris |
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Futebol Finance, Portuguese providers of shit you’re interested in, have released the yearly list of managerial salaries, which were actually release by a Spanish publication a few weeks back.
This year, much like last year, one name is far, far ahead of the rest. No, it’s not Fergie or Mourinho, but Luiz Felipe Chelsea Bust [...]
Category: World Football
Tags: Alex Ferguson, Bunyodkor, Carlo Ancelotti, Chelsea, England, Fabio Capello, Inter, Jose Mourinho, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Manchester United, World FootballThe Ins & Outs & Ins of Champions League Knockouts Qualification
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Isn’t it nice to see a compilation/trailer with a soundtrack which isn’t a thumping pop song which leaves one wanting for a wounded cow in labor? Or any song by Fort Minor?
This is the game of the day for Tuesday, and arguably the game of the week. Until this weekend, at least, when that quasi-friendly [...]
Tags: APOEL, Arsenal, Atletico, AZ Alkmaar, Barcelona, Bayern, Besiktas, Bordeaux, Champions League, Chelsea, CSKA Moscow, Debrecen, Dynami Kyiv, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Lyon, Maccabi Haifa, Manchester United, Marseille, Milan, Olympiacos, Porto, Rangers, Real Madrid, Rubin Kazan, Sevilla, Stadard Liege, Stuttgart, Unirea Urziceni, Wolfsburg, World Football, ZurichDaily Dose: November 17th, 2009.
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This is what an allergy to water would look like, I presume.
This is how years of therapy start. (Water Cooler Offside)
The mathematics of a statistic. (Uli Hesse)
The truthiness behind Lampard’s plane injury. (Studs Up)
Samuel Eto’o dishes out some expensive watches for his Cameroonian teammates. (The Spoiler)
FIFA wages war against Iraq. (Avoiding The Drop)
The oldest clubs [...]
Category: Daily DoseDaily Dose: November 9th, 2009.
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Cameron Jerome adds his submission for Premiership Goal of the Year.
[101GG]
Girls’ soccer is the new WWE. (Unprofessional Foul)
A kind word heals all wounds. (Studs Up)
Everybody likes it with style. (EPL Offside)
Wembley to gain McDonald sponsorship and a new M arch. (The DA)
Gilberto Silva is the man behind the man of the new man. (Tim Vickery)
Chelsea [...]
Six Possible Reasons Why Didier Drogba Was Booked After Jonny Evans Kicked Him in the Chest
By: Daryl | 55 Comments
First thing’s first, I’m not sure Jonny Evans did this intentionally. So I don’t want this post to be all about him. But there’s no doubt that his studs connected with Didier Drogba’s chest during Man Utd’s 1-0 defeat to Chelsea yesterday, and there’s no doubt that said connection caused a great deal of pain. [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueThe Offside 100: 2000-09, THE RESULTS!
By: Rob | 25 Comments
Last week, I asked you to vote for you favourite 20 players of the decade, here in this very post, are the Top 100 players of the last 10 years, voted for by you, the readers and bloggers of the offside.
First thing I want to say is thank you, everyone for the absolutely amazing response [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Anelka, Ballack, Barcelona, Beckham, Buffon, C-Ron, Cafu, Champions League, Chelsea, Del Piero, Fabregas, Forlan, Gattuso, Giggs, Gourcuff, Iniesta, Inzaghi, Juventus, Kaka, Keane, LA Gaaxy, Lampard, Legends, List Offside 100, Makelele, Man United, Marta, Messi, Milan, Mutu, Nesta, Owen, Real Madrid, Ribery, Robben, Roma, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Rooney, Scholes, Seedorf, Shevchenko, Top 100, Totti, World Football, Xavi, zidane, ZolaDaily Dose: November 5th, 2009.
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Bulgaria’s greatest, Georgi Asparuhov, life tragically cut at 28.
Rooney misses a sitter. (Studs Up)
The incredible new lows of Mike Ashley. (Three Match Ban)
Stamford Bridge name TBA; football’s name also TBA. (Futfanatico)
John Barnes: Savior of Rwanda, not Don Cheadle. (Fisted Away)
Adriano: The face of crack. (Dirty Tackle)
Football for movie buffs. (Podcast Offside)
Living in the dungeons of [...]
Category: Daily DoseThe Haves, Have-Nots & Never-Hads of the Champions League
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They must fall.
And so four games in, the Champions League contenders and pretenders have been separated fallen into place for the group stage which, a few spots aside, could’ve been drawn up in August by a blind chimp and his serf, a man who tans.
Breaking down the likelies, unlikelies, and those who are already [...]
Tags: APOEL, Arsenal, Atletico, AZ Alkmaar, Barcelona, Bayern, Besiktas, Bordeaux, Champions League, Chelsea, CSKA Moscow, Debrecen, Dynami Kyiv, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Lyon, Maccabi Haifa, Manchester United, Marseille, Milan, Olympiacos, Porto, Rangers, Real Madrid, Rubin Kazan, Sevilla, Stadard Liege, Stuttgart, Unirea Urziceni, Wolfsburg, World Football, ZurichDaily Dose: November 2nd, 2009.
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Zico takes Japan in vintage early 90’s style.
Roman spends enough on lunch to feed someone for life. (Bild)
Reason #8 billion social networking was a bad idea. (The Spoiler)
The American foul roundup. (Climbing The Ladder)
Don’t set your sheep suit on fire. (The Beautiful Game)
Bulgarian football is the new awesome. (Unprofessional Foul)
Tony Kroos, ladies & gent. Tony [...]
Category: Daily DoseFootball Clubs Need to Think About Prenups for Managers
By: Daryl | 8 Comments
Is it just me, or are football clubs digging deep deep holes for themselves every time they sign a manager to a big money multi-year contract? News broke over the weekend that former Inter coach Roberto Mancini had finally reached a settlement with his old club. A settlement that apparently made him €8m richer.
The headliney [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Chelsea, Inter, Liverpool, Rafa Benitez, Roberto Mancini, Serie A, Wolrd Soccer, World Football, World SoccerThe FFT100 – Agree? Disagree?
By: Rob | 50 Comments
Esteemed Football magazine FourFourTwo has released its latest issue, for me the most exciting one of the year, the one that contains the countdown of the 100 Best Players in The World, according to them.
This is the third year that they’ve run the list, Kaká and C-Ron being the previous winners. Below I’ve give [...]
Category: World Football Tags: Akinfeev, Arsenal, Arshavin, Barca, Barcelona, Casillas, Chelsea, De Rossi, Drogba, Eto'o, Gerrard, Giggs, Gomez, Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, Inter, Juventus, Kaka, Lampard, Liverpool, Man City, Man United, Messi, Milan, Pepe, Pique, Puyol, Real Madrid, Rio Ferdinabd, Robben, Roma, Ronaldo, Sevilla, Tevez, Totti, Valenica, Van Nisto, Villa, World Football, XaviDaily Dose: October 7th, 2009.
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Stuff to read while you relive some Davor Suker at France ‘98…..
Michel Platini sat cheerfully ignorant as his press conference was crashed. (Reuters)
A minority of Chelsea fans unleash an awful, awful chant. (101GG)
The economics of Adriano. (Flamengo Offside)
Taking the cyber plunge. (Three Match Ban)
Diego threatens his resignation; Argentina rejoices. (Futbolita)
Sevilla prez has curious quality assessment [...]
Category: Daily DoseDaily Dose: October 2nd, 2009.
By: chris | 4 Comments
Stuff to read while you enjoy some goals from the Allsvenskan in 2003…..
Germany is decent place to forget where you put your CV. (Deutsche Welle)
Italy’s perceived youth-phobia may be unfair. (Inside Futbol)
John Terry should be taking Chelsea’s corners. Really. (Footy Factor)
There’s an unlikely scapegoat in Berlin. (Hertha Offside)
Kev Keegan admits a certain Argentine winger was [...]
Category: Daily DoseDaily Dose: September 28th, 2009
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
Something to read after you watch Nantes defender Remy Mareval score this insane goal from kickoff vs Nimes:
Originally spotted on Off the Post, but then the internet baddies took down the vid. Luckily Unprofessional Foul had a different version up. (update: Then that was removed too. Thanks to M for finding us a third alternative.)
Mario [...]
Category: Daily DoseDaily Dose: September 25th, 2009.
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Stuff to read while you enjoy a casual own-half goal from Ron Vlaar…..
Getting bilignual simultaneously with the Spanglish. (Futfanatico)
Who loves a good tattoo? Footballs, that’s who. (Three Match Ban)
The 5 ref rule should migrate to the MLS. (SoccerLens)
Gary Neville tells it how it is. (Football365)
JT & Deco get doppelgangers. (WDKF)
Things not entirely kosher down at [...]
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