Wednesday, August 23, 2006

The depressing reality.

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Leeds United: 4 points 4 games. 3 games in a row we concede in the last 7 minutes (2 of those in injury time) to salvage QPR a draw and hand...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

The Length of My World Cup Blog

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Was approximately 36 000, yes that's right, THIRTY SIX THOUSAND words! That's quite a marathon methinks! Something to look back on ...
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Italians Delight!

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Well it is just over a week since the World Cup ended, and so I will write my belated summary of the final. I am just about getting over the...
Sunday, July 09, 2006

WORLD CUP FINAL!

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France Vs Italy So after a month of action we are down to one game. After some spectacular goals, lots of yellow cards, a tournament that st...
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Hosts finish off in style

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Germany 3-1 Portugal An open and enterprising game that whilst goalless at half time burst into life in the second period. Both teams looked...
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Team of the Tournament

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As is customary among football critics/ pundits/ journalists/ commentators (yes I consider myself among this crowd!) I shall here and now ma...
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Saturday, July 08, 2006

Who will take 3rd?

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And more importantly who cares? Often deemed the most pointless match of the tournament it is still a match to savour, especially for someon...
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Frogs Final bound!

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France 1-0 Portugal. Not as good a game as the previous semi but still a fascinating affair. And for me personally, after seeing some disapp...
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Thursday, July 06, 2006

France - Portugal preview.

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So who will the other finalist be? France: Will Zizou finish his career in style? Can this aging squad find more fire in their belly's?...
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Auf Wiedersehn

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Italy 0-0 Germany, 2-0 aet A fantastic game of football that was open and exciting, as well as exhibiting magnificent defence. It was a game...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Semi-finals

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Germany - Italy Will the hosts reach the final or the Italians? Both teams have played well at the world cup, the Germans come off a much to...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Christiano Ronaldo

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Now lots of English fans don't like him: the perception - he tried to get Rooney sent off, he riled him up with a head rub at the start ...

England - the aftermath.

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Personally I was pretty gutted at the England loss, although their exit did not surprise me. I did feel they didn't really deserve to go...
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France stun Brazil.

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France 1-0 Brazil. Who actually expected this result? Admittedly France have suddenly come into some form in the last game against Spain, an...
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More Years of hurt.

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Portugal 0-0 England, 0-0 a.e.t, 3-1 PSO First - the lineups. Portugal welcomed back Christiano Ronaldo from injury, and what a telling fact...
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Final Quarter-final previews.

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This is a little bit weird writing this post. The last two quarterfinals are the first time I have not got round to writing a preview for an...
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Italians ease into last four.

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Italy 3-0 Ukraine. This was one of those quarter finals you sat there thinking this game was more appropriate for the second round or even t...
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Monday, July 03, 2006

Hosts Progress.

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Germany 1-1 Argentina, 1-1 aet, 4-2 PSO The first half saw the two sides negate each other, leaving both sides with few decent goalscoring o...
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Friday, June 30, 2006

Quarter-finals are here!

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FRIDAY 30 JUNE WILL SEE... GERMANY - ARGENTINA: A mammoth, massive, gigantic, huge, gargantuan, intriguing, exciting, fascinating, mouthwate...

Spain underachieve...AGAIN!

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France 3-1 Spain. Once more Spain enter the World Cup as one of the favourites, once more they fall at an early stage. Going into their seco...