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

By on November 19, 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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The Perfect Way To Celebrate Gianfranco Zola’s Birthday

By on July 5, 2013 in Analysis

Credit to Carefree Chris for this video from 2005, featuring 10 mins of magic - The Perfect Way To Celebrate the birthday of Gianfranco Zola.     Click here to download (54.05 Mb) Or watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzqhYxw5fcs You can also watch 25 minutes of the great man here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b25MZuCzK1U  

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The Regista And the Evolution Of The Playmaker

By on July 5, 2013 in Analysis

THE deep-lying playmaker. This position from which a player conducts his orchestra is known as the regista to Italians. From Spain where Xavi and Xabi Alonso weave their tactical magic from deep, to Germany where İlkay Gündoğan plies his trade, the regista is the modern day phenomenon that has taken football by storm. Perhaps the […]

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Newcastle United 2012/2013 – Analysis & Options for Pardew in the Summer

By on June 5, 2013 in Analysis

Picking apart the bones of the 2012/2013 season at Newcastle United is a complicated and messy process. On the one hand, one could choose to sympathize with Alan Pardew, noting the one table the Geordies did manage to lead almost the entire season was the Premier League injury table. One could point to the infamous Europa […]

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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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