So Steven Gerrard has signalled his intent on playing on for at least one more season beyond this one. He’s even suggested that he may have to move on somewhere else to satisfy his desire to continue as a player. His statements are all geared to get Liverpool around the table and offer him a […]
Posted on October 31st, 2014 by scott
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Today the Scottish FA announced that Celtic’s Aleksander Tonev had been found guilty of racially abusing Aberdeen’s Shay Logan and have punished the Bulgarian winger with a seven game immediate suspension. Like in most situations like these, a lot of debate has been created as things are far from clear. Especially since Celtic have come […]
Posted on October 30th, 2014 by scott
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Heart of Midlothian Football Club have announced that they will become Scotland’s first club to offer all staff at least the living wage. That means the least a Hearts employee can get an hour is £7.65, that’s a full £1.15 more than the current minimum wage. The announcement has been well received from the clubs […]
Posted on October 29th, 2014 by scott
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Never has a hug between two men meant so much too me, than the embrace between Jose Mourinho and Louis van Gaal last weekend. The pair are old colleagues from years back and showed on Sunday, when their two sides faced each other in the English Premier League, that they clearly had respect and affection […]
Posted on October 29th, 2014 by scott
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So once again FIFA have announced a group of candidates that they feel worthy of the prestigious FIFA Ballon d’Or award. Here are the nominees… Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Diego Costa (Spain/Chelsea), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Chelsea), Angel Di Maria (Argentina/Manchester United), Mario Gotze (Germany/Bayern Munich), Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/PSG), Andres Iniesta (Spain/Barcelona) Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid), Philipp Lahm (Germany/Bayern […]
Posted on October 28th, 2014 by scott
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So today Rangers confirmed to the London stock exchange that they had accepted a loan from Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley. The offer was seen as more favourable than Brian Kennedy’s last minute offer and it remains to be seen if anything will happen with Dave King’s long term offer of investment, which King says […]
Posted on October 27th, 2014 by scott
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So after a fine start to the season, West Bromwich Albion’s (WBA) scoring sensation Saido Berahino has been linked with moves to both Liverpool and Tottenham. According to the press West Brom’s valuation of their player is a whopping £25m! Is Berahino really worth that much? Well firstly a player is only worth what the […]
Posted on October 26th, 2014 by scott
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I surely wasn’t the only one that predicted that West Ham United would get something from their encounter with champions Manchester City, although I din’t see them getting all three points. Part of it was down to City, who have struggled to dominate in the league as they have done in the past. Plus they […]
Posted on October 25th, 2014 by scott
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So I watched Arsene Wenger being interviewed by the BBC’s Jacqui Oatley after his Arsenal side were held at home by Hull City in a 2-2 draw. Wenger was obviously not in the best of moods, his side had failed to win after all. Yet after watching the post match chat I didn’t think much […]
Posted on October 24th, 2014 by scott
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So it seems like Mario Balotelli can do nothing right, again! The Italian international striker has hit the headlines for swapping shirts with Pepe at half-time as Liverpool were losing 3-0 to Real Madrid in the Champions League. Now don’t get me wrong, I am not a fan of the phenomena of swapping shirts during […]
Posted on October 23rd, 2014 by scott
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