Football in General Reviews

Ok I have just finished watching the France vs England match and I feel that I need to express a few things. For a start Kevin Keegan has done a wonderfull job as manager and has picked an excellent squad. I was impressed by only two of our players today namely Andy Cole and Kieron Dyer. Andy Cole had a difficult job from the ...

After the disasterous Euro 2000 and the long list of injuries (typical) English international football is at its lowest point for over a decade. Now, is perhaps not the best time to be taking on the first ever simultaneous World and European champions in their own back yard, is it? On a positive note, a good performance, ...

Steve McManaman showed that English players can be a hit over on the Continent, and people are saying it will raise the standard of the National team if more follow his lead, but I don't agree. Look at the National teams of Germany, and Spain, who have argguably the best leauges in the World. The core of their National teams play in their ...

Written off by the pundits, before the season has started, Ipswich Town will be the shock team of the season. You may knock this as a true supporter and life followers opinion of his favourite club, but... This is a side that is playing football as good as the greatest team of the late 70's, early 80's. It will be recognised soon ...

Why can’t Alex Ferguson start telling the truth ? During the Charity Shield, we all witnessed a terrible tackle by Roy Keane on Gus Poyet. I’m not a Chelsea fan so I’ve no axe to grind, but he just had to be sent off. However, what do we get from Ferguson after the game ? The unbelievable excuse that it was the referee’s ...

Thought I'd give you my top and bottom three in the Premier Laegue this year: TOP: 1)Man Utd No team comes close - too much strength in depth. If one player is injured/suspended another equally good player comes in. 2) Liverpool Improved last season near the end, bought more quality players and have Fowler ...

Ok i know this might not be the most popular observation but here goes.. Having watched numerous poor refing displays over the last few years i feel the time has come to stamp out backchatting and disent to the ref. All this intimidation from the players only hightens the pressure they are under and leads to more mistakes. I have ...

I am not a very big football fan, but i cannot understand all the hype about stars such as Paul Gascoine and David Beckham. George Best to me is one of the world's best ever footballers. His skills were second to none, and to hear people now days going on ablout how good Beckham is, really burns me up, as he is untalented and ...

The New Atlantic League will destroy Scottish Football because to be realistic Rangers and Celtic are keeping the rest of the smaller clubs afloat in the Scottish Premier League. Rangers and Celtic provide huge revenues for the other clubs though ticket sales which leads to huge revenues in match day programs and shirt sales. Also Rangers and ...

So who should host the 2006 World Cup Finals? With Euro 2000 still in full swing, some may argue this is not the time to contemplate such a decision, but I for one am sick of the persistent two-faced approach of the governing body, FIFA. In my view, there are only two real contenders who have the resources to hold such a prestigious ...

So which is more important to me as a football fan This is an argument I have had with many football fans - What means more - success at club level or success at a national level? And the opinions are very varied. I know exactly where I stand. I am English and proud (well sometimes anyway) to support England. I would be delighted if they won ...

Is this the end for football transfers as we know it? The european Govt are discussing a trial brought forward by peruggia that why should they have to pay for a player when under EU employment law you do not need to pay compensation. if the case is upheld it will be the end for big money transfers aswe know it. Was Figo bought a month too ...

BSKYB: Its Involvement In English Football We all remember the days when football was free for all to watch, well those days are gone and the market has now been monopolised by BSKYB. To start with they only bought the rights for the Premiership, showing live games on Sundays and Wednesdays and us people without SKY could still ...

I don't think other sports get enough televised coverage because of football. I would like to see other sport televised like Kick Boxing or Karate tornaments, not just because I like them, because it makes a change from football. I see lots of people who like football complaining about how there's not enough of football on TV, well ...

The world of football has been shaken in recent years by a spate of massive transfers on the continent. Followers and journalists alike are bemoaning the gap that is clearly opening between the large European clubs and those at home. This gap in financial standing is certainly a problem but it appears to have overshadowed what is already a ...

I'm sure after Euro 2000, no-one can now disagree with me on the subject of Dennis Wise. He is one of the worst players in the world, yet Kevin Keegan thought that it would be a good idea to put him in the starting eleven. I haven't in the past thought that much of Nick Barmby, but as he proved in the months leading to Euro 2000, he was on ...

I would just like to say that England should follow the example set by clubs such as Leeds, Liverpool and unfortunatly Man Utd by playing young players. Its the way forward. Why did Kevin Keegan insist on playing has been players such as Paul Ince, David Seaman and the injury prone Tony Adams. Liverpool got rid of Ince because he was to old and ...

One of the few things that Kevin Keegan seems to have gotten right before Euro 2000 was when he said he expects it to be full of attacking, open football. Unfortunately, England's wasn't included. The semi-finals were full of incident but the thing that stands out most about them, maybe because they were the semi-finals and the pressure ...

I have been watching the Premiership since it first began and in the last couple of seasons i think it has become increasingly boring. Teams are too defensive rather than attacking. There are lots of 0-0 games or 1-0 games. These games are extremely boring and after over 90 minutes of watching such a boring match you thik to yourself how ...

Sir Alex Ferguson fail to live up to his promise when he bring up again the details of their difference with David Becham, in his new seriliazation of his autoghaphy manage my life. Both of them agreed to put the matter into rest and promise never to bring it up again.I always have utmost respect for sir Alex ferguson but since he ...