The Fifa Balloon D’Or went to the wrong player, sort of
This year the Balloon D’Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year awards merged and, as with everything FIFA awards, the winner was undeserving (although at least Qatari forward, Yusef Ahmed, didn’t win). The new award broke the conventions of its predecessors and was actually awarded to the best player in the world. This [...]
By Patrick Rennie | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Friday, 14 January 2011 at 5:30 pm
‘Second Season Syndrome’ is inevitable for Hartless Birmingham
“Second Season Syndrome” is one of football’s oddest quirks: a newly promoted team defies the odds and excels in their first season in the Premier League only to fall apart in year two. In the past Bradford, Ipswich and Reading have all suffered from this alliterative ailment and, after finishing ninth last year in their [...]
By Patrick Rennie | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Tuesday, 17 August 2010 at 2:51 pm
Can Stephen Ireland save Villa’s season?
These are dark days at Villa Park: the wage bill accounts for over 80 per cent of the club’s turnover, Martin O’Neill has quit, and it seems certain that James Milner will be moving to Middle Eastlands, apparently to fulfil his dream of becoming the next Scott Parker. There is, however, potentially some good news [...]
By Patrick Rennie | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Friday, 13 August 2010 at 10:10 am
Mancini’s bloated squad will doom City to fifth
Jose Mourinho once compared a Premier League squad to a barrel of tomatoes: it only takes one to turn the whole lot rotten. His point, of course, was that a single disillusioned player could unsettle an entire squad – and that a smaller, happier group of players is preferable.
By Patrick Rennie | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Monday, 9 August 2010 at 12:10 pm
Jose Mourinho’s trend of poor signings continues with Khedira
Jose “the Special One” Mourinho’s achievements are marked by one strange, serious deficiency: his inability to identify decent central midfielders.
By Patrick Rennie | Sport - Latest analysis on the Sporting world - | Monday, 2 August 2010 at 4:01 pm
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