Why The Next Chelsea Manager Has Plenty To Work With

By on May 13, 2013 in Analysis

WHOEVER is appointed Chelsea manager in the summer, will hold some major cards. Firstly, he won’t be Rafa Benítez. That is a huge advantage in a host of ways. In all likelihood, he will not have a fracturous history with the Chelsea fanbase, will not have been unemployed for 22 of the 24 months before [...]

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Massimiliano Allegri: A Look At The Milan Manager’s Tactics This Season

By on April 15, 2013 in Analysis

MASSIMILIANO Allegri was heavily criticised at the beginning of the current campaign as AC Milan had one of their worst starts to a season in the entire Silvio Berlusconi era. Milan struggled in accumulating only seven points in their opening seven games including four league defeats. Director, Adriano Galliani, was forced to publicly voice his support for [...]

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World Football Academy: Dutch Conditioning Trainer Raymond Verheijen To Run More Courses In South Africa

By on March 25, 2013 in Analysis, SA Football

THE World Football Academy are happy to announce that Raymond Verheijen will be returning to South Africa to run a number of courses in July. Let’s take a look at Verheijen’s background and all the details of the upcoming courses.   Verheijen has previously worked with Guus Hiddink, Frank Rijkaard, Louis van Gaal and Dick [...]

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Itumeleng Khune: New Bafana Captain Is Ready For Overseas Move

By on March 15, 2013 in Analysis, SA Football

WITH this week’s news that South African head coach, Gordon Igesund had dropped Bongani Khumalo from the Bafana Bafana squad for the upcoming World Cup Qualifier against Central African Republic, a new captain was chosen in the form of goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune. The 25 year old has 54 caps for his country already. After several [...]

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Liverpool 3-2 Tottenham: Review & Reds’ Player Ratings

By on March 12, 2013 in Analysis

IT was billed as The Battle for the Player of the Season Award: Luis Suárez, current top goalscorer in the league, versus Gareth Bale, Welsh wizard who has been scoring spectacular goals for fun. Remarkably, both had scored 14 goals in their last 14 games before this fixture; both would make their mark in a [...]

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Ryan Bertrand: Whirlwind Year For The Chelsea Left Back

By on March 5, 2013 in Analysis

ONE year ago almost to the day, Chelsea sacked André Villas-Boas after just a few months in charge. As with any managerial change, the new man will have different players that he rates. One of the major beneficiaries of the young Portuguese manager’s sacking was English fullback Ryan Bertrand. The last 12 months must be scarcely [...]

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Sander Westerveld Interview: Dutch Goalkeeper Talks Liverpool, Houllier & SA Football

By on January 18, 2013 in Analysis, Interviews, SA Football

DUTCH goalkeeping legend Sander Westerveld sat down with us to discuss his career, his silverware-laden time at Liverpool, South African football and goalkeeping in general.

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AFCON Preview: Bafana Bafana Squad Assessment & Tactical Options

By on January 7, 2013 in Analysis, SA Football

As the South African National football team (also known as Bafana Bafana for international visitors) begin their final preparations for the 2013 African Cup of Nations with friendlies against Norway (Cape Town Stadium, tomorrow night) and Algeria (Saturday 12th Jan, Orlando Stadium), we offer a few thoughts on the squad selected for the coach’s first [...]

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Daniel Sturridge: Talented & Hungry, Opportunity Awaits Alongside Suárez at Liverpool

By on January 4, 2013 in Analysis

ARROGANT, selfish and an inflated sense of self-worth. All these things have been leveled at Daniel Sturridge in recent times, but even more so after reports started that his 3 and a half year spell at Chelsea was to come to an end, with a £12m move to Liverpool. Are these tags fair? And just [...]

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