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St Patrick’s Athletic Champions Through Bolger’s Great Goal
The League of Ireland Premier Division doesn’t usually offer moments that are worth talking about on a more than regional, possible national level, but Greg Bolger scoring a beautiful goal to kick off St Patrick’s Athletic championship winning game against Sligo Rovers provides a wonderful exception.
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Manchester United – Moyes to Blame for Garay Not Signing
Considering how disappointing Manchester United have looked this season, all fingers are usually pointed at David Moyes and the club’s transfer market dealings in the offseason. As the defense still looks like a dysfunctional unit that needs sorting out, the failure to bring in Ezequiel Garay from Benfica looks like another opportunity missed and handled badly.
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Real Madrid – Iker Casillas Shouldn’t Stay Anymore
It doesn’t seem like Iker Casillas is important these days to Real Madrid and those leading the club, be it the head coach or those that are above him. Despite being a club legend and a Spanish national hero, looking to end his career elsewhere isn’t going to be the first time someone of his stature was run out of the club and enjoyed a happier ending somewhere else.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Makes Everyone Better
The Zlatan Ibrahimovic autobiography keeps creating shock waves, including taking obvious personal shots at Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi. While the manager has his Bayern Munich bosses to defend him, it seems the Barcelona star has Xavi doing his protection services.
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Fernando Torres Will Be Remembered For More Than Chelsea
Even though for the last three years Fernando Torres has mostly been that player who made a very expensive move to Chelsea where he has been mostly a pretty big failure, there’s a lot more from his career that will help him be remembered a bit more fondly as a footballer once it’s all over and he hangs up his boots.
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Saër Sène Has Horrific Ankle Breaking Injury
Luck just doesn’t seem to follow Saër Sène of the New England Revolution, who broke his ankle in their most recent MLS clash against the Montreal Impact, making it a second serious injury for the French striker in less than two years.
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World Cup Qualification Scenarios
The final match days for the UEFA, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL teams is approaching, and we take a look at all the possible qualification scenarios for the remaining teams in contention for the final ticket in Brazil. In Europe, it’s mostly about getting into second place, as five teams have already clinched first place. In South […]
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Liverpool FC – Iago Aspas Isn’t Going to Last Much Longer
Out of all the signings Liverpool made before this season, right now it seems that Iago Aspas has been the most needless of all, finding it hard to find success in the Premier League. Right now, it’s quite hard even finding some playing time, starting or not.
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Robin van Persie, Greatest Netherlands Scorer in History
It’s quite unlikely that Robin van Persie will be remembered as the greatest Dutch player in history, but he does have one historic mark to his name, making it to 41 goals for the Netherlands national team, becoming the all-time leading scorer for the Oranje.
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Manchester United – Everyone Wants Adnan Januzaj
Even though October isn’t the time for transfer rumors, the surprising rise of Adnan Januzaj into borderline Manchester United star has highlighted his contract situation, running out at the end of the season, bringing in Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus as the main teams interested in signing him before he signs an extension.