February 2012
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Reading Rec: Milan v Napoli Post-Match Thoughts →
If you missed the Milan-Napoli game today, catch up with @MilanPete’s piece for @themilanguy for in-depth dissection of the tactics, the mistakes, and the occasional positive moment in the match.
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For me, Urby Emanuelson still hasn’t found his “role” as a player yet. Not to say being a utility player isn’t a role, but what is it exactly that Urby does? He’s become more timid...
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Reading Rec: Why SCAF Is To Blame →
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“Since its founding in 1907, Al Ahly S.C. has been known as ‘the people’s club,’ representing resistance against the many forms of colonialism that have long plagued the African continent. Initially the first sporting club to allow Egyptians to join, Al Ahly remains the most popular of Egyptian teams, wearing to this day the red kits that honour the pre-colonial Egyptian flag.
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“Oh! la la! I was about ten years. With my brother and some friends, we strolled...”
– Yoann Gourcuff, when asked what is the dumbest thing you remember most from your childhood?
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“I can do without flares very easily, I don’t even find them particularly...”
– Uli Hesse, ESPN Soccernet. From a very fair piece on the pragmatism needed to deal with ultras’ flares/pyro based on the Bundesliga, give it a read. (via pitchinvasion)
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Reading Rec: The Only Play →
A great article by Pete Acquaviva (@MilanPete) for The Milan Guy (@TheMilanGuy) on a winning formation for Milan.
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This year, Milan’s combative midfield consistently manages to boss around the smaller teams in the league but not the bigger teams in the league this year or even the clubs in the Champions League over the last two years under Allegri. The “Milan default” was successful...
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Superb Insight Into Yesterday's Tragedy In Egypt... →
Podcast (as described by Beyond the Pitch)
Anto is joined by Middle East football expert currently at the Rajaratnam School of International Studies and is the author of the Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer to discuss the stadium tragedy at Port Said this evening which resulted in at least 73 killed and up to 1,000 injuries in the hours after bloody confrontations. James provides us some...
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Reading Rec: Pride, pig-headedness and glee -... →
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‘Demontage. It’s a word that’s so good Germans had to nick it from the French. It refers to the taking apart of something (or someone) but there are extra layers of meaning. A Demontage is conspicuous, a very public destruction of an important person’s image and status, and it implies an element of glee, lust even. Roping in a fremdwort (foreign word) to name an...
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Reading Rec: The African Cup of Nations - ... →
‘The African Cup of Nations is one of those rare, joyous windows into Africa with the potential to show another side of a dynamic continent. Perhaps that is because many of its players are now global personalities. Perhaps it is because we have more access than ever to the people who have been covering African soccer for years. Regardless of the reason, that window into the soul of the...
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January 2012
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Reading Rec: Back to Anfield South
afootballreport:
By Amy Eustace
There came a point at the beginning of last year when you simply knew it was coming. Perhaps it was the infamous Roy Hodgson face rub – a sure sign that man had reached his last bastion of pure desperation – the previous December, or the penalty that Steven Gerrard sent soaring uncharacteristically over the bar against Blackburn the same month. We all sensed...
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Reading Rec: TNC’s Deadline Day Exclusive... →
Interesting interview on pursing career in journalism, #Euro2012, titles races across Europe,fielding ‘B’ sides in Championship, and more…
Read the full interview at Transfer News Central.
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Reading Rec: Real Madrid need a hard-man, but Pepe... →
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‘Yet, at the same time, it’s an oversimplification. To use the aforementioned four examples, Vidic, Terry, Baresi and Desailly – the more aggressive of their pairings – might be able to both take it and dish it out, but they are not merely lunatics. The Venn diagram of imposing centre-backs and violent madmen might have a significant overlap, but it’s not an exact correlation....
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Reading Rec: THE SAVIOUR OF CALCIO →
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“When Italian national team coach Cesare Prandelli reveals his next squad list there will be at least one name you haven’t heard of. He’s not a player tearing up the Champions League or catching the eye with an astonishing strike-rate in the lower leagues. His team Gubbio currently sit fourth from bottom in Serie B and he is part of a defence which has conceded...
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Reading Rec: As El Clásico divides and negativity...
afootballreport:
By Eric Beard
Doesn’t vehement hatred get kind of boring after a while? I mean, sure, if you want to let a little schadenfreude and anger out a couple of times a year, that’s fine. Everyone’s entitled to their fair share of irrational fandom. Maybe I’m not as creative as the Spanish press and [insert name of your Superclub]’s fans, but hatred gets kind of circular after a...