“Before it was Real Madrid, now it’s England that is in fashion,” said the Brazil playmaker. “The market is like that, just as Milan make offers, other clubs make offers to Milan. But I will never ask to leave.
“I have always been treated well by [the club] executives and my rapport is excellent. Perhaps one [...]
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Kaka says no sir, to England
Capello: The Challenges Ahead
Liked the review of Capello’s challenge in ‘Sport’ today, and I especially liked number 4:
4. GET PLAYERS TO RECREATE THEIR CLUB FORM
“When playing with their clubs, there is no losing mentality – there is a winning mentality,” says Capello of his players. “We have to transfer the same mentality to the national team, to play [...]
Start of the season with LCFC
Good to see Leicester City second from the top. Apart from Leicester vs Hartlepool on the 27th looking forward to Leeds vs Leicester on Boxing Day, should be fun (though hopefully I’ll be in Poland then enjoying the skiing in Zakopane;-)
Relegated
Leicester is relegated..but the good news that means they now get to play Hartlepool next season.
Leicester 1 Sheffield Wednesday 3
Had a great pitch side seat to watch the game last Saturday so was a real shame Leicester lost. Just to rub it in a poorly looking kid in a wheelchair right next to me punched the air at the final whistle — a Wednesday fan! Fortunately I caught sight of him as I left the [...]
Ronaldinho goes to City, Chelsea?
I don’t know if Ronaldinho wants to play in the Intertoto Cup next season..
Congratulations to Kaka & Marta
Brazil midfielder Kaka completed a virtual sweep of annual awards Monday by winning FIFA’s World Player of the Year.
The Milan playmaker received 1,047 points, ahead of with Messi with 504 and Cristiano Ronaldo with 426 in a vote by national team captains and managers. The three were picked as finalists from a list of 30 [...]
Famous football connections
On the day the BBC announced ‘Capello to become England manager‘ I wondered past Ray Stubbs in Hi-St-Ken. Hmm, as I’m meeting up with a Brazlian footie coach at Xmas I’ll ask his opinion of the appt.
PS: Nice Capello trivia quiz from BBC. I got 3 out of 10 (sorry, more trivia).
If Kaka ain’t going to Real, he certainly ain’t going to Chelsea!
July 21 Update
Well blow me, there’s a silly report that the Russian billionaire wants to offer silly money to get Kaka to Chelsea. Surely not!
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Look sorry, but back in May I reported rumours (which turned out to be true — see below — in the sense Real made an approach) that Kaka was going [...]
England 1 Brazil 1 - where’s the ‘field sense’?
Yeah, it was a draw. Yawn.
Ah weel, something intelligent for you anyhow on why learning to play footie in the streets makes sporting sense (from current Wired Magazine, Wayne Gretzky-Style ‘Field Sense’ May Be Teachable):
“Learning these skills [field sense] is difficult, however — particularly for older players with established habits. So Farrow is also thinking [...]