If there is a holy grail of football, a dream of fans everywhere, it would be to see top level, fantasy-style football with all sides having a reasonable shot at glory in any given season. Victory is sweet, but it is all the sweeter when it is achieved when you’re not the wealthiest or obvious favourites.
A frustrating afternoon for Tottenham today confirmed one important piece missing from Harry Redknapp’s puzzle – a proven striker. Spurs had a total of 31 shots today (including ones blocked) with at least 14 of those on target yet couldn’t find the back of the net.
At Chelsea though, “El Nino” is merely one of three world-class front-men.
There are few managers today that truly understand how modern day footballers tick – extracting that extra winning 10% from multi millionaires, who already have a life that stretches beyond any of our wildest imaginations, is a talent that few possess.
Hanna Ljungberg – a familiar name to you? Nothing to do with Freddie other than a Swedish passport, but Hanna is a footballer credited with 196 goals in 227 games for Umeå IK in Sweden. In case you are unsure, Ljungberg is a female footballer who retired in 2009 due to injury.
Grassroots football is finally getting the help it deserves with the FA putting together a strategy for the grassroots game up to 2015.
Revenge. Chelsea have had plenty of opportunities to act out their revenge on Manchester United since the Champions League final defeat back in 2008, but nothing will be sweeter I’m sure for the fans than dumping Manchester United out of the competition, as the two teams have been drawn together for the quarter final in a few weeks time.
When Roberto Mancini spent £23m on Mario Balotelli, football fans in England particularly Manchester City fans didn’t know what to expect from the 20 year old.