Euro 2012: Players to Look Out For

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With the Euro 2012 in less than a day to go, in no particular order, we present you our list of players who will keep your football radar beeping throughout the entire tournament.

Weekend Sum-up: Championship, Play-offs and more…

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So the football season is coming to an end. Championship teams played their last games during the weekend, now all eyes are on the play-offs, wondering who will be the third team joining Premier League next season. Dramas seems to continue in the Premier League, Wigan looks set to earn themselves another season in the Premier League, pretty amazing huh? As for the Hong Kong league, title run is over for SCAA and Sun Hei after they lost the FA Cup games on Sunday. To top all these news? How about Hodgson will be the next England manager?

Feature: Eight Reasons Why Parker Should be England Captain

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Many different opinions appeared after Pearce appointed Scott Parker as England Captain for the friendly against Netherlands. Some said it was a joke, and some said Gerrard or Lampard or Hart deserves to be the captain more than him. I know in football people always disagree with each other, but hear me out before you disagree on this appointment. Below are 8 reasons why Parker SHOULD be England new captain:

Feature: Is England in Trouble?

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The departure of Capello had definitely put a lot of people in shock. No matter what the real reason is for him to come to such a decision, WHO should be the new manager is a more important question. With Euro 2012 in 4 months time, this is really a bad timing to get a new manager.

What Did We Miss?! Suspensions, New Twitter Account and more…

Yes yes, internet connection was downed for so long which kept us away from important football news!

1. Luis Suarez Suspensions

Apparently everyone was talking about Suarez’s suspensions lately and no, we are not too late. The racism incident has led to 8 matches suspension but Liverpool is appealing, so Suarez could still play in the previous game. However, the middle finger incident has given him an additional one match ban with immediate effect, so you will not see Suarez in the upcoming Liverpool game. If the appeal fails, there will be total of 9 matches suspension for Suarez, and I am sure this will give Dalglish some headaches.

Feature: Euro 2012 Predictions

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I have given some thoughts to the groups of Euro 2012 after the draw and feel like making some wild guesses. Feel free to disagree with my choices! ;)

Most Unpredictable Group: Group A

Group A consisting Poland, Greece, Russia, Czech. Personally, I think this group can be quite tricky, simply because they don’t have a team that stands out. Yes, Russia looks like the strongest among all but the gap isn’t that big after all. So any combinations is possible for this group. We may see some new faces in quarter-finals. My prediction? Russia and Poland. The host always has some advantages, no?

Player Thursday: A Real Fighter, Scott Parker

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There are many reasons for us, football fan, to like a player. It can be as simple as he scored the winning goal of an important game; or he has good skills; he plays beautiful football; he is nice; he doesn’t play aggressively, and so on. But it is very hard for me, to admire a player. Scott Parker, is one of the rare.

Portugal, Croatia, Czech Rep, Rep of Ireland: Welcome to Euro 2012

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Well well, too bad that we had to miss the play-offs. 6-2 is quite a shock to us when the two teams managed to have a nil nil draw just a few days ago. Portugal has scored some brilliant goals last night and they certainly deserve this victory. No surprises in other games, as everyone could have predicted. Croatia, Czech Republic and Republic of Ireland are qualified to Euro 2012, all of these three teams scored in the 1st leg.

England vs Spain: The Story of Poppy

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Why Poppy?Before I talk about the game, let’s talk about a little history here. England tried so hard just to get FIFA to allow the national team wears poppies in the friendly match against Spain. So what is so significant of this flower? It simply because the poppies was one of the only plants that grew on the battlefields, around the fallen soldiers, after World War One. Therefore, people nowadays wear the flower as memorial to those who died during World War One and many other conflicts after. Poppy day is also for people to raise money and help ex-soldiers and their families.

Films Review: Goal! Trilogy

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Film Title: Goal! ; Goal II & Goal III
Cast: Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel
Synopsis: Think this three films pretty much sum up what a footballer’s life is expected to be. Firstly, you try hard to get into a professional club, then you fight for a place in the first team. Secondly, you move on to a better club, one of the giants and plays in the European stage. Lastly, you play in the World Cup.

Jack Wilshere Answered Us on Twitter

Remember Jack Wilshere had an #AskJack session on Twitter last Thursday? Not sure if you have sent in your questions, but we did! And most importantly, Jack answered two of them!

Abolish Relegation and Promotion System?! Seriously?

 
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According to BBC Sports, League Managers Association (LMA) chief Richard Bevan said that several foreign owners of Premier League clubs wants to abolish relegation and promotion system, which means no more relegation or promotion in England Leagues! The first word we can think of after reading the news is, Ridiculous! We can’t begin to imagine a league without relegation and promotion, at the same time we don’t share these owners’ concern on how much money they may lose due to relegation, because:

Rooney Father Taken into Custody

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Wayne Rooney senior, Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney's father, was arrested with two other family members, for an investigation into suspicious betting activity, reported by ESPN.

Guess this will more or less affect Rooney's performance, the footballer will have to face Montenegro tomorrow, representing England in the Euro qualifying. Probably journalists have already prepared plenty of questions for Rooney to answer.


Hope we can hear more news about dad Rooney very soon.

Picture of The Day: Breaking the Ice and more..

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Still worrying about EL Clasico may destroy the harmony in Spain national team? Captain Casillas said, 'No worries, I have it under control.' Spain team went out and about during international week and Greek god Llorente posted this to his Facebook.