La Liga not so limited
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Results in La Liga continued to raise a few eyebrows this last weekend, as the season took another surprising turn, much to the enjoyment of most non-Barca and Real fans...
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Is Van der Vaart the new Dennis Bergkamp?
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- Written by Jack Kitson
Rafael Van der Vaart’s bright start to the season has sparked huge debate over whether the new Spurs signing can replicate his Dutch counterpart Dennis Bergkamp, and light up the Premier League in style.
Since his last gasp summer move from Real Madrid, Van der Vaart has gained many plaudits for his excellent start to the season, where he has reinvigorated Tottenham’s offensive firepower, with a number of adept displays. To date he has two goals, one assist, and has played a pivotal role in many of his team’s surges forward. His deft touch, carefully timed runs, and ability to pick out a perfectly weighted pass, have raised considerable comparisons with the Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp.
Forget the Premier League's Big Four: Are the Giants of Italy killing Serie A?
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- Written by Jack Beresford
Italian Football faces a difficult future if recent figures regarding youth team developed players are to be believed.
In the wake of England’s exit from this summer’s world cup, numerous answers were posed by pundits as to why things had gone so horribly wrong from Capello’s men.
France looks across La Mer for football inspiration
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It’s a cliché, but football thrives on them, so why not start with one? If you can’t beat them, join them. Like most clichés, it doesn’t stand up to close scrutiny. What happens if the best way of joining them is by beating them? I don’t know, but Saint-Etienne certainly do after the weekend closed with them perched on top of Ligue 1 for the second week in a row.
Last week, Saint-Etienne coach Christophe Galtier was quick to dampen any chances of his side getting carried away with their stellar start, preferring instead to put his side’s 3-0 romp over Montpellier down as nothing more than three points towards safety. But he has no such chance this week, not after his side pulled off their first away victory at Lyon in seventeen years to dump their bitterest rivals into the relegation quicksand and retake top spot from Rennes.
Mystic Dan's Premier League Predictions
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The season may only be just one sixth the way through but I'm rubbing my crystal ball and like a butch mystic Meg, am proclaiming Chelsea to be champions come next May.
I know it's early, too early many would say to make a prediction, 'wait until Christmas' they'd cry but I think I've seen enough to convince me my vision is fated.
Though they lost at Eastlands courtesy of a tremendous solo Tevez goal, I stand firm. Ferguson and others may grumble at Chelsea’s relative easy opening set of fixtures but the fact is they still had to win them, which they did, and some. They breezed through those first five games, out muscling and out playing their opponents with consummate easy. They were a gang of heavyweights delivering pounding blows to their opponents’ chins and winning by resounding knockouts.