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Don’t Let City and Chelsea Make You Forget About Real Madrid’s Historic Season
With all the drama of the Premier League’s closing weekend, and Chelsea’s “tense” and stoic win in Munich to capture the Champions League title, it’s no wonder that most of the talk in the past two weeks has been about English football. Add in the timely exit of Kenny Dalglish from Liverpool, and it would [...]
TweetIn Tense Final Chelsea are Crowned Champions of Europe
It is the morning after an uproariously heavy night before, but the shafts of sunlight punch no holes in the dream: Chelsea are the Champions of Europe. It was a performance of stoic riposte. Playing two left-backs in Ashley Cole –who was outstanding in blocking cross after cross –and Ryan Bertrand, Roberto Di Matteo set [...]
TweetTrans-Atlantic Debate Part 6: Who Should Manage Liverpool, Steven Gerrard or Roberto Di Matteo?
Eric Imhof: Just make Gerrard player-coach and promote the cat to press secretary I’m supposed to be deciding who I think would be the best coach for Liverpool following the dismissal of Kenny Dalglish this week by the Fenway Sports Group, but honestly it’s getting very hard to give a shit about which stand-in will [...]
TweetDalglish Example Shows That, Once Again, Money Trumps Anything At All Meaningful
“As a Liverpool supporter of a vintage that fondly remembers Kenny Dalglish the player and not just the manager, I’d love to have seen the man being given more time to realise his plans,” writes Football365’s Paul Little, adding the qualifier: “but in the cold light of day, the reality is that Fenway Sports Group [...]
TweetChampions League Hinges on Chelsea Stopping Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben
The pinnacle of European club soccer will play out for all to see as Chelsea and Bayern Munich battle through the Champions League final this Saturday. The English Premier League outfit have climbed through a terrible patch to get there and have overcome a big deficit against Napoli and shackled Barcelona. They are weary and [...]
TweetDon’t Fool Yourself: The Champions League is Everything
On the week of the Champions League final it is no coincidence that owners across several leagues have gotten a little agitated and shown their managers the door. Kenny Dalglish parted ways with Liverpool FC and many suggested that it was because his side had cost a lot of money and only delivered a minor [...]
TweetKenny Dalglish Sacked by Fenway Sports Group
So it looks like the talks were showdown after all and, unfortunately for the Glaswegian manager, Kenny Dalglish has been shown the door by John W. Henry and Tom Werner. The official line is ‘parted company’ but many believe there was no other option but termination. Dalglish had flown out to Boston to review Liverpool [...]
TweetBecks and L.A. Galaxy Visit White House to Promote “Let’s Move” Initiative
Today the Obamas hosted the L.A. Galaxy at the White House to congratulate the team on its recent championship and to promote Michelle Obama’s national fitness initiative, “Let’s Move.” President Obama, who called the Galaxy the “Miami Heat of soccer,” touted their three MLS Cups and their resulting celebrity status, saying that unlike other professional [...]
TweetKenny Dalglish to Have Talks with John Henry and the Fenway Sports Group
There are mixed reports coming out of Liverpool FC today, but no matter how you shake this one down Kenny Dalglish has a lot of selling to do to convince John Henry and the rest of the Fenway Sports Group that he is the right man to continue his mission at Anfield Road. According to [...]
Tweet“I Remember Swearing a Lot”—Reactions to City’s Premier League Title
There were few people at the pub on Sunday watching the Swansea-Liverpool match, and even fewer rooting for Swansea. There was some beautiful passing on both sides, and if Andy Carroll had found the back of the net with his bicycle kick, it would have been the goal of the season in my mind. However, [...]
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