WHY IS THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH REFEREEING SO FAR BEHIND EUROPE?
It seems increasingly as though we spend a large number of weekends discussing the referee rather than the football. So many times we are witnessing glaring mistakes by the men in charge that influence matches and change the results of key English League clashes. In contrast, when we watch Champions League football, more often [...]
January 18, 2013 | |
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Arsenal, Howard Webb, Manchester City, Mike Dean |
NOT EMBARRASSED ROBERTO? YOU SHOULD BE
Defeat to an under strength Dortmund team was the final bitter blow in another dismal Champions League campaign for Manchester City. The Premier League Champions finished their group without a single win, taking just three points, the worst ever total from an English side in the Champions League. Yet when asked, Roberto Mancini claimed [...]
December 5, 2012 | |
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JUST HOW LONG DOES WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BUY YOU?
Roberto Di Matteo has been sacked by Chelsea. Five months and two days after lifting the Champions League in Munich, Roman Abramovich has succumbed to his itchy trigger finger and given the manager the sack. Di Matteo took over the helm at Chelsea at a time when the club were in turmoil. Following the [...]
November 21, 2012 | |
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Chelsea, Pep Gurdiola, Rafael Benitez, Roberto Di Matteo |