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England v. Holland Called Off
Following the riots in London over the past few days, the powers that be have called off England v. Holland for safety reasons. It would've been not only a dangerous stretch of the police force for the game to go ahead, but also rather inappropriate. This means that Gary Cahill should be on his way...
Cahill to Get the Start, Finally
Bolton have had a great season. Aside from several bumps around Christmas, we've looked like a better than good team, and the whole country has noticed. Part of this improvement has been our defense and the fact that it no longer allows the opposing team to stroll through our box like it's their...
Wanderers at Wembley
It's quite clearly meant to be, just see how nice that alliteration sounds. It is apparent that Bolton is an unfashionable club. England managers would rather pick from Everton or Fulham if they leave the pantheon of the Big Four. Now this is at least partially my Northern-smaller-club paranoia,...
News Round Up: Internationals, Friendlies, Almost Football
Hello all, sorry about my absence this weekend, I was in the technology-free zone of West Texas. They haven't even got the telegram out there yet. At any rate, not much happened while I was gone but I'll tell you about it anyway. I suppose the biggest bit of news is that Fabrice Muamba has...
Glory For Cahill?
As you will know if you read my other blog England WCB (or if you take residence in some place other than under a rock), England did not do well this World Cup. And that's putting it very lightly, but I'm still too emotional about the whole affair to put it any other way. Moving on, one thing that...
Why This Team Is So Frustrating
When I was growing up, I was a pretty easy child to handle. I read a lot of books, would watch the nightly news with my grandparents every night, and followed the rules. And in school, I always worked to be near the top of my class. The way I saw it, I didn't have much choice. I wanted to go to...
Making The Case For Creativity...
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A little story of SAFC in Europe...
Hands up if you remember Sunderland’s last foray into Europe? Ok, well I’m not counting the Amsterdam Tournament, so I really should have said, who remembers our European run in 1973/4? Of course we do, it’s etched in every SAFC fans minds. Trips to Vasas Budapest and Sporting Lisbon, were the last...
Aston Villa And England: Fabio Capello Names Squad, Not As Young As They Could Be
Fabio Capello insisted that young players would have a run out in the friendly against France. So what's with this squad?: Ben Foster (Birmingham), age 27, 4 caps Joe Hart (Man City), age 23, 7 caps Rob Green (West Ham), age 30, 11 caps (this seems low) Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), age 21, 1...
Chelsea 0-0 Aston Villa: Analysis
Note: The game chart will be after the jump, just so those who don't want to see it don't have to load it on the front page. Also, Zonal Marking covered this game as well. As Gerard Houllier said, this was a high-quality match that was missing just one thing: Goals. It's probably best to divide the...
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