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/ 4981 days agoA Defining Season for the Fenway Sports Group at Liverpool FC
To many followers of the game, this one included, it is doubtful whether Kenny Dalglish was ever really the man that Fenway Sports Group (FSG) wanted in the first instance given their penchant, and the sounds that came out of the club even before the departure of Hodgson, for appointing a younger coach. Theo Epstein, […]
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/ 5003 days agoLiverpool's Dilemma Of Whether to Keep, Trade Or Sell Andy Carroll
That he has found himself sailing too close to the wind is something Andy Carroll has been accused of before but Brendan Rodgers recent comments has left the towering striker closer than walking the green mile to the precipice of the Anfield cliff. Carroll, a striker seemingly reborn once the credits rolled on last season, […]
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/ 5009 days agoMichael Owen: In Danger of Becoming Soccer’s Forgotten Man
As the players that participated in the latter stages of Euro 2012 lie on a beach in an exotic location somewhere and perhaps reflect upon a long, grueling campaign, many of their club colleagues have already returned to pre-season training ahead of a new season. The first week of pre-season training is year zero for […]
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/ 5014 days agoLions to Lambs? A Critique of Roy Hodgson’s England During Euro 2012
You didn’t really believe it was going to happen, did you? Following yet another tournament exit at the very first stage of the knock-outs, this England team achieved its standard, more historically accurate aim of a somewhat awkward glorious exit. Backs to the wall, fighting to the last man, it appeared and indeed sounded an […]