I'm in the midst of reading the original version of Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski's Soccernomics, which let me tell ya, is an absolutely fascinating read 10 years later. Anyway, they dive into a chapter about whether it's good or bad that Manchester United win every year (remember, it's 2009). They remind us that back …
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Last week you couldn't look at any English publication without seeing headlines about Paul Pogba going to Real Madrid. The way the newspapers were speaking, it almost seemed inevitable (hyperbole is one of the English media's strong suits after all). Over the past five days there's been almost nothing written about Paul Pogba. That's weird. He's …
CONCACAF released the dates for the first round of Nations League fixtures on Tuesday. I guess that's cool? The USMNT will have the month of September off, before taking on Canada and Cuba in October and November. The US's group, as well as almost the entire rest of the Nations League isn't going to turn …
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There's been a lot made of Paul Pogba recently. I laid out my thoughts on the matter last week. Pogba is United's best player by far. If he left the team would objectively be worse. He's also being covered extremely unfairly by the media and the fans are seemingly trying to run him out of …
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Pep Guardiola has one job at Manchester City. Win the Champions League. The Premier League wins are nice, the cups are nice, but everyone and their mother knows the club's main ambition is to conquer Europe. Pep has now gone three years at City, and six years without Messi, without winning the Champions League. That's …
The Daily Mirror: Anthony Martial's Manchester United future is secure – because the forward is viewed as the club's "Pele" by co-chairman Joel Glazer. Martial's focus and commitment have been called into question by current United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his predecessor Jose Mourinho. Both expressed concerns about the France striker's attitude in training …
When the Paul Pogba to Real Madrid rumors first started my initial reaction was to just ignore them. Pogba was with France on international duty, France star Zinedine Zidane had just been named manager of Real Madrid. Of course Pogba was going to say it would be a dream to play for him. He's with …
On Monday The New York Times reported that UEFA investigators were seeking to ban Manchester City from the Champions League for a year for breaching Financial Fair Play laws. I'll skip the nitty gritty here. City are guilty of doing this. You don't need to read the documents. I know it, you know it, everyone …
Deadspin: Manchester City crowned champions of tightest Premier League title race ever: Considering that Deadspin is a website that has been around (and bankrupt) for several years I would think they know the definition of simple words like "tight." In case they, or you, don't, here's the definition. Tight: (when used as an adverb) very …
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United's dismal season finally came to a close with an embarrassing 2-0 loss at home to Cardiff on Sunday. In the coming days and weeks I hope to do a lot more in depth breakdowns regarding the players and the massive task ahead of the club this summer. But for now I just wanted to …
