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Fiorentina took the lead when Gomes scuffed a kick straight to Papa Waigo, and Alberto Gilardino headed in at the back post. King cut it very fine in trying to play him offside, but this image shows that he probably was just off: Pavlyuchenko equalised when Giovani robbed the centre back, and squared unselfishly. Fiorentina […]
- WindyCOYS
- 1 minute read
- 7th August 2010 at 15:41
- 9 comments
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The new Home Grown Players rule seems to be confusing a large number of people, including journalists (EDIT: here I am criticising them, and I’ve made a cock-up myself!). Let me start by saying that Spurs won’t be immediately affected by this rule. At the end of the transfer window (6pm on the 31st August), […]
- WindyCOYS
- 3 minute read
- 7th August 2010 at 06:48
- 28 comments
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England have a very tough task ahead of them this afternoon, with Germany (6th in the FIFA rankings) to get past if they want to make it to the quarter finals. How do we beat the Germans? “Score more goals than them” is the obvious answer, and I’d like to think that today is the […]
- WindyCOYS
- 3 minute read
- 27th June 2010 at 12:11
- 4 comments
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Rumours suggest that Capello will be abandoning his 4-4-2 in order to give Gerrard a free(r) role in a 4-3-2-1. The suggested personnel changes are Defoe, Upson and Milner for Heskey, Carragher and Lennon. Slovenia play an old fashioned 4-4-2, with two banks of four and two full-backs that don’t add much to the attack. […]
- WindyCOYS
- 2 minute read
- 23rd June 2010 at 09:14
- 2 comments
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It seems to me that in the eyes of most England fans and journalists, the players are to blame for the two performances so far. For me, Capello has to take a large share of the blame (especially considering that he’s on £6m a year). Selection and tactics He claimed to want to pick players […]
- WindyCOYS
- 4 minute read
- 20th June 2010 at 09:57
- 2 comments