Monthly Archives: February 2010

Champions League Recap: Are Barcelona Beatable And How Good Are Bordeaux?

The games are still more open than most people expected but nobody is complaining. Barcelona got a 1-1 draw with Stuttgart who started off the game brightly and taking the lead before Barcelona took over the game with their possession

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Manchester United 3, West Ham United 0: Could Anderson Play On The Left?

Manchester United closed the gap at the top to one point with a 3-0 win over West Ham United. West Ham were coming off two league wins, while Manchester United were looking to respond after a 3-1 loss to Everton

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UEFA Champions League Round Of 16: Preview And Predictions

The Champions League came back with open and attacking soccer last week. Unfortunately, I don’t see that being repeated this week. This half of the round features some of the lesser known teams. However, that does not mean that they

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Daniel Williams: My First Impression

Daniel Williams is the latest hot name among the American soccer blogs. Similar to Jermaine Jones, he is eligible to play for the United States despite being born in Germany and representing them as part of their U-15 team. Just

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Manchester City 0, Liverpool 0: Can Anyone Complete A Pass?

I am a bit ashamed to have put that as the top game of the weekend to watch because it was a stinker. Both teams were understandably cautious in their positioning but were inept when it came to attacking. Both

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Everton 3, Manchester United 1: Inspired Everton Subs And Rooney Has An Off Day

It was bound to happen to Wayne Rooney. He had such a terrific run but he finally had a game where he was disappointing. He wasn’t awful, but he also failed to contribute to the game. He had a one-on-one

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Weekly Watch-List: Merseyside vs. Manchester

After an exciting run of games in European competition, the domestic schedule provides some exciting games for this weekend. Two of the better match-ups features a battle between the city of Manchester and the city of Liverpool. There are no

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Champions League Tactics And Gameweek 27 I Know The Score

The Champions League returned this week and I have to admit that the one thing I found strange in all of the games was the open and attacking styles employed in all of the games. Usually the home teams sit

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Europa League Round Of 32: Preview And Predictions

The Champions League is back and the Europa League provides some good match-ups. They may not have the biggest teams in Europe, but there are a lot of intriguing match-ups in the Europa League among some of the big name

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Bayern Munich 2, Fiorentina 1: The Return Of Ovrebo

He’s back. I had not seen Tom Henning Ovrebo since that terrible performance he gave when refereeing the Chelsea-Barcelona semifinal. He came back and gave another poor performance today in the Bayern Munich-Fiorentina match. It should be noted that the

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