Friday, September 20, 2024

The Latest Football News and Opinions From 90 Minutes Online

Like father, not quite like son

Watching Enzo Zidane pirouette his way through the Barcelona youth team, it’s difficult not to draw comparisons with his old man. And 5-year-old Daniel Maldini is clearly a chip off the old block as he demonstrates a perfectly timed sliding tackle on Clarence Seedorf.

 

However, not everyone is so lucky in the hereditary stakes. Some of the fruit of the greatest footballers’ loins have every right to feel somewhat shortchanged.

 

 

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The curious case of… Ramon Vega

White Hart Lane has long been a source of humour to the impartial observer, but the late 90s was a high watermark.

 

There was Christian Gross and his London underground ‘ticket to the dreams’, a pre-‘Sir’ Alan Sugar struggling to juggle a failing club with a crumbling Amstrad empire, all coupled with the fans’ customary hubris. A heady mixture of farce.   

 

Much like today, the club was characterised by a succession of over-priced, over-paid signings failing to deliver anything resembling ‘the goods’. But amongst names such as Chris Armstrong, Jose Dominguez, Ruel Fox and Paolo Tramezzani, there was one whose poor performances stood out above the rest. That man was Ramon Vega. 

 

 

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Wada-ya think about that?!

The spectre of England is on the horizon again! Firstly, this Saturday the national team face Slovakia at Wembley in a warm-up to the more important business of a home World Cup qualifier with the Ukraine next Wednesday. After a successful first year in charge, Fabio Capello has risen England to its current air of expectancy.

There has always been a high amount of pressure on England to deliver results together with good performances. Other than Brazil it is probably the international equivalent of Real Madrid - at least when it comes to expectancy. Unfortunately, we know only too well how meagre England's rewards have been over its history, and there is no need to listen to Skinner and Baddiel's 'Three Lions' for us to remember.

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Not exactly The Theatre of Dreams

Following various financial goings-on Wigan’s chairman Dave Whelan has decided to rename his side’s stadium ‘The DW Stadium’.

Now I think it’s fair to say that this must be the dullest and least intimidating name for any football stadium anywhere in the world. I mean, a ground named after a balding, grey-haired, toothless old man is hardly going to get fans excited or opponents quivering, is it?

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Wouldn't you like to be in Capello's shoes?

No you don’t get the lap dance, but we are inviting you to pick your England team! 

 

With perhaps the exception of Sepp Blatter and Phil Brown, the great thing about football is that everyone has their opinion. For us at 90minutesonline an article without your comments and opinions is like a transfer window without a new signing - or a World Cup without England. So on that note. 

 

This week the 90minutesonline team got together to share our ideas on who and how we think Capello should send the boys out next week. We're inviting you to slate and debate them, or even better send in your own lineup for us to do likewise. 

 

Let us know your thoughts on our selections and if you send a .jpeg file of your England team using the BBC Squad Selector we’ll post it up on the site (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 

 

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