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Consider the Gaffer
"I'm thinking of a player between 1 and 10..." The half-truths, the innuendo, the egos… I can’t wait. Mad Men’s season premiere is tonight. But there is also this nebulous time in the football world —...
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The Kids Are Alright
Macheda has a habit of scoring big goals for United Twenty-four seconds. That’s all it took for Manchester United’s Federico Macheda to score against the best that the MLS had to offer. The creme of...
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No more donkeys, please
Down the Lane these days, our ’Arry has apparently used up all his goodwill saving Russian donkeys (not named Pavlyuchenko) from parasailing pratfalls, and is lambasting the powers the be for...
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Fergie’s Fantasy: Safe Bets for Big Four (Five?)
Flashback all the way to last Saturday morning. The Ferguson household was quiet. Manchester United was playing the early game, so I snuck downstairs with my Rooney jersey on, eager to see the Red...
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Fergie’s Fantasy – Et Tu Rooney?
We're bloody sick of him, anyway... First, as a fellow Ferguson, I’d like to declare my bias towards football’s greatest manager Sir Alex Ferguson (Ed. Note: For the love of Pete, give it a rest!)...
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World Cup 2014 Preview: Groups A & B
It’s finally here: the high holiday for soccer geeks, er, fans like myself. The World Cup is one event that lives up to its hype, and the world is really watching. You look at the field and you see...
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Brazilian Relief, Mexican Rain Dance
And so it begins… the hype, the glory, the parade of flags tied to foot-long plastic flag posts, perched on the partially-open windows of cars going by. Brazil vs. Croatia Neymar’s team mates help him...
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