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Liverpool Formation Possibilities: A Return to Normalcy
There was a certain high wire act that came to be associated with Liverpool Football Club, a team that at times played as if they were football’s equivalent of “The Greatest Show on Turf”. Defense was an afterthought to Liverpool, as the team treated fans to a product that had team pressing of the highest degree,…
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Ligue 1 Round Up: Week 1
Ligue 1 started on Friday with PSG starting their title defense against Reims. Zlatan stole the show in more ways than one. He scored twice, hit the post on an open chance, and dove for a penalty which he then proceeded to miss. PSG was without two World Cup stars in David Luiz and policeman…
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Champions League Play-Off Round Haikus
Maribor-Celtic No Fraser Forster/And Agim Ibraimi’s good/Scots win regardless Red Bull Salzburg-Malmö The Austrian champs/Shall not stand in the Swedes’ way/They’re Zlatan’s first team AaB-APOEL Aalborg must watch out/De Vincenti is in form/For the Cypriots Steaua București-Ludogorets Marcelinho’s brace/Gave rise to dreams of group stage/They’ll be realized Slovan Bratislava-BATE The Belarus club/From playoff round wilderness/Shall advance further Beşiktaş-Arsenal…
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The Versatile, Drugged Out Defense of the Future
Football tactics can be very cyclical in nature. The fall and rise of the passing midfielder in the 2000s is a great example of not only this nature, but the speed it can happen. Pep Guardiola was an unwanted player by the age of 33 in 2004 because clubs only were interested in holding midfielders…
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The FA Won’t Get Out Of The Premier League’s Way
If you read this blog, you probably follow the English Premier League, also known as the greatest football league in the world. It is sooooo exciting and awesome and there are a lot of good teams and a lot of interesting story lines and OH MY GOD THE NARRATIVE which gives us stuff like this:…
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Is This Man Good Or Just Lucky?
Alan Pardew is a vile creature. He’s not the most liked manager in the PL. Heck, he’s not the most liked person in the PL… and Joey Barton’s back. Pardew’s so despised, Wenger tried to throw a punch at him in 2006. OK, maybe it was just a touchline bust-up between the two. But still,…
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A Fan’s Logic
Sports fandom is a very tricky. You can worship a player one day, and call him a cunt the next. You can pledge your allegiance to a racist, an adulterer or hell even a guy who hangs out with Lil Wayne and you can do it with no problems – all because that guy happens to…
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A Champions League Qualifying Phase Update
Lost in the various transfer rumors published in sources of varying quality, lost in preseason friendlies played in mock tournaments, and lost even in “Sharknado” hysteria is the beginning of the most prestigious club competition in Europe. Many tune in to Champions League football once the group stage rolls around in autumn, but the competition…
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Liverpool F.C. 2013-14: The Season That Never Was
The start of the 2014-15 Premier League season is less than a month away, but the memories of the previous season are still very much embedded in the minds of football fans who follow the English Premier League consistently. A title race for the ages occurred, with three teams (and Arsenal) at times looking like genuine contenders for…
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