The Return of the King Greeted With Mixed Emotions
I am writing this after witnessing the extraordinary come back from our leading goal scorer and legend Thierry Henry.
Month: January 2012
Is Sir Alex’s Decision To Bring Back Scholes A Backward Step?
The re-registration of Paul Scholes as a Premier League player with the Champions in mid-season raises a number of questions for fans of the club that started out the season as Barcelona’s closest challengers in Europe only to tumble out of the Champions League and the Carling Cup, ravaged by injuries and loss of form of key players.
Manchester City: The Season so far
Current Standings: 1st – Pts:48; GD: +40
Best XI (4-2-3-1): Joe Hart; Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Vincent Kompany, Aleksandar Kolarov; Gareth Barry, Yaya Toure; James Milner, Sergio Aguero, David Silva; Mario Balotelli.
MPs set to hold inquiry after racism cases
The media frenzy surrounding football race rows would give you the impression that racism in the game as spiralled out of control in recent months.
Manchester United: A die-hard Fan’s perspective
In continuing with my Mid-Season Reports, The Trequartista has decided to do a special report and interview, Emile: a life-long, die-hard Manchester United who’s watched every game of United for over 30 years now. I, dive in head first asking him his thoughts on how the season has panned out for United and what he expects to happen next year…
State of Football Pre and Post-Revolution
On December 17, 2010 in Tunisia, a man working as a street vendor who has been complaining about work abuse and harassment from his employers finally had enough.
Wrong to judge Dalglish over just the Suarez controversy
Last weekend marked the FA Cup third round, approaching exactly a year ago since Kenny Dalglish returned to be manager of Liverpool and it has been far more eventful than he could have wished for.
Pearson eyes another central-defender
As newly-taken over Leicester, now free from the comedic exploits of half-celebrity, part-football manager Sven Goran Eriksson, are linked with all and sundry throughout the football league, Nigel Pearson looks to arrest his problems at central defensive with a move for West Brom’s 21 year old protégé Craig Dawson.