And so it begins. These agonizing thoughts of how this young group of players, preferred by Klinsmann way before the roster submission deadline of June 2nd, might perform in a few weeks time. These thoughts will eventually be torturous in coming days. While fans praised the selection of…
This season is going to be very interesting in the sense that there has been a complete overhaul in the decision makers or the key “manager” positions of the game. Sir Alex Ferguson retired after 27 years, and no body really knows what to expect from the new…
The last few years have seen the explosion of clubs with sugar daddy money. Yes, owners with deep lying pockets full of compressed cotton candy. The inflation involved in football makes any sort of investment in it a risky one. Success is being brought over to the table…
The FIFA U20 World Cup being held in Turkey more or less stuck to the patterns represented in the senior football. All of the South American teams qualified to the knock out stage being group winners or a runner up. Six out of seven teams of Europe also…
When friends ask me of my status, the modern human necessity to know of the personal intricate details of another human, and then to observe as though lives were a work of art (and it certainly might be indeed except mine might then be a post modern abstract…
The trend of professional clubs moving for young players has increased over the years. The transfer season has not even got to full swing, yet we have seen the change of colors of Wilfried Zaha, Mario Gotze, Neymar, Luis Alberto along with the impending transfers of Thiago Alacantra…
Though, the 1997 friendly tournament (Tournoi de France) held in France was a preparation for the World Cup going to be held in the nation the following year, and the Confederations Cup (or the Intercontinental Cup) existed in a different avatar, there was an idea that was born;…
When Blackpool got promoted in 2010 I did not know I was in for a treat. The fact that they beat Liverpool twice was meant to have really hurt, but when I stood a detached platform, me the ever long supporter of David (Of the Goliath tale) could…