I have a crystal ball which has been simply magical for years. Just a faint glance, I knew Manchester United will beat Chelsea at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome and after an uncomfortable 5 minute stare last year, Barcelona 3, United 1 popped up. Okay the Moscow match ended 2 – 0 in favour of the Catalonia football team. This season I had trusted it, but silently convinced it was becoming faulty. Madrid over Lyon was going to be a walk in the park it said,… Continue

A lot of lads would give a lot to be called the special one, but for Jose Mourinho that tag comes naturally, which is easily linked to his achievements on the pitch. The maverick of rare and distinctive hue is too often portrayed as cagey in his tactics and in some quarters, just blatantly negative. Interestingly, it is quite easy to accept these conclusions whenever you watch a football team guided by Jose Mourinho, because the singular trait that shines… Continue

Yea, they no longer wear black, but you can tell that to my bigoted memory of what they use to look like when I was a child. I just can't see a different color and that is not even my grudge. The men in black are by a galactic distance the new show in town. With the likes of Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney reaching into their huge hats of tricks and pure soccer artistry weekly, we, I mean everyone of you out there, could be forgiven for assuming for so long, almost an… Continue

Chelsea’s 7 – 0 thrashing of miserable Stoke City has added to the juicy cliff hanger that has been in prospect for weeks. The blues’ virtuoso performance dimed any hint of nerves just 24 hours after Manchester United climbed to the top of the English premier league for the eighth time. They were clinical in style and mechanically efficient. Kalou’s hat trick, a brace from the Lampard (twentieth of the season!) and singletons from both Sturridge and Malouda ensured a comprehensive victory that… Continue

The intrigue surrounding transfers in modern football is sensational to say the least. It now has the feel of Hollywood script writing. There is a bleep that sends the signal, then the media blitz, subdued at times and finally the response. The affirmation and denial cycling between Nou camp and the Emirates regarding Cesc Fabregas illustrates the evolution of 21st century pouching. As the fabulous drama endures, the theatrics around Jose Mourinho's potential move to Real Madrid is… Continue

As Arsenal FC file out from the dugout at White Hart lane on Wednesday, the terse stroll across the short stretch of rug leading onto the soccer pitch must surely harbor the aura of a season about to be added onto the record books as another trophy-less endeavor. Worse still, Arsene Wenger, nick-named the Professor, not for his frame and mien but for this tactical astuteness, must be living in a rarefied edge of discomfort that encircles a soccer intellect who finds his knowledge cruelly…

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The appalling rate of relationship dissatisfaction is negating myths previously untouched by suggestions of fallibility, particularly the saying that human bonding ages like wine or at least it gets better with as time passes. This measurable and large problem with traditional mating skills, attraction and romance is best illustrated by the resurgence of internet dating sites. In a useful context, nature abhors a vacuum and so these smart guys appear to have created intelligent scales to assess… Continue