Author Archive: Zachary Hamden
Manchester City before it was cool. Football is my passion. And yes I live in the US.
Time For Jose Mourinho To Move On From Real Madrid
If you follow world football in any sort of fashion, you know who Jose Mourinho is. One of the managers who transcends just coaching, Mourinho has been one of the most successful managers of this era. One look at a list of Mourinho’s accomplishments and one can’t help but admire the manager. Mourinho has seven [...]
Is Thomas Vermaelen Needed At Arsenal?
Arsenal have had their fair share of terrific players over the years. Patrick Vieira, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, the list goes on and on. Current players like Bacary Sagna and Jack Wilshere look like they will be included on this list before their time at Arsenal is done. Thomas Vermaelen looked surefire to be an [...]
Manchester United Comment: Robin Van Persie Signing The Reason For Title Triumph
All is normal once again in the Barclays Premier League. Manchester United has finished top of the table quite convincingly and hoisted the trophy. The craziness of the final day last year (still one of the best days of my life) will not repeat itself. The noisy neighbors have been silenced (for now) and Manchester [...]
Gareth Bale Deserves EPL Player of the Year Award
Is there truly any adjective to describe Gareth Bale’s season? Extraordinary, legendary, unbelievable, all these words just don’t seem to do Bale justice. Even his tally of 18 goals in 29 Premier League games does not tell the whole story. The Welshman has been instrumental to almost every Tottenham victory. In last weekend’s key fixture [...]
Will Marouane Fellaini Leave Everton?
Everton is currently enjoying a terrific season with the club playing at an extremely high level and in the race for European football. Manager David Moyes has done an absolutely marvelous job. Without the resources of the top clubs, Moyes has still managed to make impact signings in his tenure (signing Kevin Mirallas over the [...]
Everton News: Is It Time For David Moyes To Leave?
Everton have improved immensely ever since David Moyes took over as manager. He inherited a team that was in a relegation battle and over the years has crafted it into a perennial top eight team. With little spending power, Moyes has managed to buy players at bargain fees and utilize them to benefit the team. [...]
Does Manchester City “Need” To Win A Trophy Every Year?
Manchester City has been rising up the football pecking order in ferocious fashion. From a middle-level side to Premier League champions, the Citizens are trying to become an elite football club. With world-class players such as David Silva, Yaya Toure, and Vincent Kompany, City’s talent can compete with any team in the world. They just [...]
Liverpool Analysis: Does On-Loan Andy Carroll Still Have a Place at Anfield?
Brendan Rodgers’ first season at Liverpool has been a mixed bag. The side have been in and out of form all season. They have been eliminated from all cup competitions and don’t look to be a true contender for European football. That being said, Rodgers has begun to implement his beautiful style of football at [...]
What Malaga’s Improbable Champions League Run means to smaller clubs
Malaga lost to Dortmund yesterday in one of the most thrilling Champions League matches in history. Up 2-1 going into stoppage time, Malaga were certainly through. Then the impossible happened. Dortmund pulled back two goals, and somehow Malaga were eliminated. The result shouldn’t take away from the Spanish club’s accomplishment. With so much upheaval at [...]
Andre Villa-Boas Could Succeed Mourinho At Real Madrid
Andre Villas-Boas has had an interesting start to his managerial career. His first big break came with FC Porto, and did he take advantage of it. Villas-Boas became one of the most successful managers to ever manage in the league. In his first season he won the Portuguese Supercup and completed a historic treble with [...]
Gervinho Proving Worth At Arsenal
Arsenal has had some players severely disappoint in recent times. For someone who usually has a keen eye for talent, manager Arsene Wenger has had some really horrific signings. Arsenal fans might want to skip to the next paragraph at this point. These horrific signings range everywhere from centre backs to strikers. Andre Santos was [...]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Wants Manchester United star Wayne Rooney At Paris Saint-Germain
Paris Saint-Germain have shot up the world footballing ranks rather quickly in the last couple of years. Since the Qatar Investment Authority got involved (and eventually bought) the club in 2011, PSG have been on a spending spree. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Ezequiel Lavezzi, are all massive signings for any club. Add signings of young [...]
Tottenham In The Midst Of A Striker Crisis
It is nearing the end of the season in the English Premier League. Some teams are vying to secure European football and some teams are fighting to avoid relegation. Tottenham Hotspur is in a position to possibly finish in the top four. Gareth Bale has been possibly the best player in England this year. Scoring [...]
Will Malaga Cash In On Isco?
Malaga is going through a difficult time as a football club. Bought by Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani in 2010. Much in the vein of Manchester City and Paris Saint-German, Malaga now had the cash to really improve their squad. The results were immediate. During the 2011-2012 season Malaga qualified for European football for the [...]
Seattle Sounders Suffering from Horror Start to the MLS Season
The Seattle Sounders have had an unprecedented amount of success since joining Major League Soccer in 2009. They have made the MLS playoffs every season and won the U.S. Open Cup three times. Not a bad start for an organization in any sport. The Sounders also have one of the biggest fan bases in the [...]
Abou Diaby Once Again out with Injury for Arsenal
When Abou Diaby has been on the field for Arsenal the past six years, he has truly been a revelation. A marauding box-to-box central midfielder Diaby is a powerful figure in the middle of the pitch for the Gunners. Sadly, however, Diaby hasn’t been able to be much of a fixture in the first team. [...]
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