The Dug Out

[...] Jose Mourinho once said that the UEFA Champions League is bigger a competition than the World Cup. Now I love Jose, and I’d run through a brick wall for him. Okay, that’s just a big fat lie, the [...]

[...] . Group B Here was another African hope, South Africa who were making their second successive World Cup appearance, perennial underachievers (at the time) Spain, Paraguay and Slovenia. Paraguay v [...]

[...] process he has been the most consistent right back in the world for an awful long time now. This World Cup has been rather mixed for Philipp. He started off in midfield (which he seems to prefer) then [...]

[...] With the World Cup just a few months away, I sought to get in on the build up by doing pieces about my past [...]

[...] last ditch tackle, or throw up my flailing arms just as we are about to concede. I am a Manchester United fan, and that is but just a failed attempt at describing what happens within me when I watch [...]

[...] as we move along. Now this argument above really stems from the fact that Sylli is a Manchester United fan while I’m of the Arsenal persuasion. If you are looking for the best depiction of the [...]

[...] the methods of Pep. But really, I’m consigned to the fact that most probably I’m an Andre Villas-Boas, in terms of how I’d dress (minus the jacket), how I’d be eager to take on the big [...]

[...] , I prefer that his team lose to Man United. That while I have an unhealthy following of Andre Villas-Boas, I prefer he not win against Man United. That I recognise, even in that most salient of [...]

[...] (two spells), Avram Grant, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Guus Hiddink, Carlo Ancelotti, Andre Villas-Boas, Roberto Di Matteo, Rafael Benitez etc and still challenged and won domestic titles as [...]

[...] a one-team league. Yes, a league of one team, if that even exists. You’ll be surprised by football fans if you took time to engage them and their thoughts (and lack of). Last season, the Bavarian [...]