The Footie Fool

It looks close to being a done deal that “Big Phil” Luis Felipe Scolari, currently the manager of the Portuguese national team, is going to leave Lisbon for London and head the English national team after this years world cup.
If this transpires, the English FA will have done well. Scolari is an impressive manager [...]

Oh my goodness, the Villa/Arsenal Champions semi today took 10 years off my life. It was one ugly game for the Gunners and the polar opposite of the way Arsenal usually play, but who cares? They got the job done and Arsenal is off to Paris.
Easy to pick a star for Arsenal – Jens Lehmann, [...]

I must be missing something about Emmanuel Adebayor. Does he have blackmail photos of Arsene Wenger tucked away into his long socks?
Despite the nice work setting up Henry’s goal to salvage a 1-1 draw with Spurs, his performance today was anything but inspired. He wandered around the field, gave up possession virtually every time he [...]

Yesterday during the Arsenal – Villareal game a couple of us got into a discussion about what exactly constitutes offside, so the timing of Sportsnet Soccer columnist Ben Knight’s article about offside is bang on and gave me some context as to why the offside ruling is so confusing.
In the column, Knight talks about Blackburn [...]

I’m going to miss Highbury.
Not that I have ever been there. The closest I’ve ever been to the grounds has been via the 52 inch big screen TV at the pub down the street. But watching a televised game from Highbury evokes a certain feeling that I don’t get when watching a televised [...]

Could things get much worse for Sol Campbell? After being out for a good majority of the season with injuries (both physical and mental), he manages to get bashed in the face in his first game back against Portsmouth and breaks his nose. The verdict? He might be out for 3 weeks, if he needs [...]

What a brilliant idea. David Beckham wants to end career in US.
I’ve been a firm believer that it will take someone like Beckham to break domestic soccer wide open in the US. It absolutely makes sense. He is perhaps the most famous soccer player on the planet and would be able to sell the game [...]

I sure hope Zinedine Zidane can fufill his wish and bow out at the top with victory in Germany this year.
Like Luis Figo and Pavel Nedved, the 33 year old had moved aside after Euro 2002, saying he would quit international competition. However, it quickly became apparent that France needed ZiZo when they teetered [...]