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The Monday Pick Me Up: Liverpool or Bagh...

The Monday Pick Me Up: Liverpool or Baghdad?
Posted by Trevor Cassidy on Feb 8th, 2010
Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez, flies to  Baghdad to watch a young Iraqi play football, and is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over to Anfield. Two weeks later Liverpool are 4-0 down to Manchester Utd with only 20 minutes left...

Capello’s Next Move: Drop Wayne Br...

Capello’s Next Move: Drop Wayne Bridge
Posted by Trevor Cassidy on Feb 6th, 2010
Frankly, we were surprised that Fabio Capello stripped John Terry of the England captaincy. We’re not saying it’s not deserved or justified – but we just don’t see the point. By making an example of Terry, Capello reminded everyone that...

Capello v Terry: Let’s Try Somethi...

Capello v Terry: Let’s Try Something New
Posted by Trevor Cassidy on Feb 5th, 2010
Fabio Capello’s showdown with John Terry – the most anticipated summit since Reagan and Gorbachev – is expected today. Hopefully it will bring to a close what has been a week of rumour, muckraking, and feverish debate over whether Terry should...

Justice or a Joke? Lens absolve Kakuta a...

Justice or a Joke? Lens absolve Kakuta and Chelsea
Posted by Stan Hughes on Feb 4th, 2010
The latest news from Chelsea will knock the John Terry story off the back pages for about 10 minutes. Any other time and this would be the biggest story in football for years. This afternoon the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that they...

Everton’s Last Minute Heroics...

Everton’s Last Minute Heroics
Posted by Trevor Cassidy on Feb 4th, 2010
The best teams have a knack for rescuing points from the dying minutes of a game. Heck, Sir Alex Ferguson has built a career out of it. So what can you say about Everton who, despite the fact that they’re languishing in ninth place, have looked...
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