John Collins has been made Ronny Deila’s second in command at Celtic. It’s a move that surprised me at first and I’m still unsure how it will go, but the more I think about it the more it actually starts to make sense. Collins was a Celtic hero during his six years at the club […]

Posted on June 22nd, 2014 by scott
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Now I know what they all say ‘Don’t buy players on the back of a World Cup’. But let’s face it, I can’t write a blog about that, can I? Plus Liverpool along with many other European sides are in need of reinforcements, especially as they’re in the Champions League next season. So I’m going […]

Posted on June 21st, 2014 by scott
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So Arsenal have been heavily linked with renowned footballing bad-boy Mario Balotelli, but should Arsene Wenger take the gamble or would he be better off looking elsewhere? It’s a tough one. Against England during the World Cup, ‘Super Mario’ proved he has gifts that can turn important games. One main complaint levelled at the ‘Gunners’ […]

Posted on June 20th, 2014 by scott
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We should have all had money on it really, Luis Suarez was always going to bite England’s backside and score against them. Considering the Uruguayan had only just had keyhole knee surgery just twenty-eight days ago, the striker produced a phenomenal performance. In the build up to the game all focus was on Wayne Rooney […]

Posted on June 20th, 2014 by scott
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Unlike with Sven Goran Eriksson and Fabio Capello, Roy Hodgson isn’t surrounded with a media circus or much of a fanfare. The sixty-six year old has been England’s manager for two years now and has gone about his business without too much fuss and getting respectable results. His sides have impressed and he hasn’t been […]

Posted on June 19th, 2014 by scott
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I have always liked Fred. The Brazilian is a goalscorer and I love goalscorers. But the problem with players like Fred, is that if they aren’t on-form and scoring goals then they aren’t providing much else for the team. The expectations on Brazil as they host their first World Cup since that infamous tournament in […]

Posted on June 18th, 2014 by scott
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The Netherlands dismantled and humiliated current World and European champions Spain in their opening World Cup fixture on Friday the 13th. The 5-1 victory took the world by surprise, especially the Dutch press who were expecting a bit of a low key summer. Tactically veteran coach Louis van Gaal got it spot on and gave […]

Posted on June 18th, 2014 by scott
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So we’ve now had the first round of group matches at this years World Cup… And what can I say, it’s been fantastic so far. I’ve said for weeks, if not months, that I couldn’t wait for this competition to get started in Brazil and it hasn’t let me down! It all kicked off with […]

Posted on June 18th, 2014 by scott
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It took Pepe just thirty-seven minutes to make an impact at this years World Cup and yes obviously it was for all the wrong reasons, as is the way with this particularly volatile centre-back. He tangled with Germany’s star-man Thomas Muller inside Portugal’s half. As the German tried to close down the Portuguese defender from […]

Posted on June 17th, 2014 by scott
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  Joel Campbell has a bit of talent. After his explosive performance against Uruguay in Costa Rica’s opening World Cup tie, everyone could see that. Arsene Wenger spotted that talent back in 2011, when he signed the youngster up from Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa. But since then the forward was been sent out on […]

Posted on June 16th, 2014 by scott
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