To What Extent Should Malicious Tackles Be Accepted As Part Of The Game.

By Rich Ade-Alao    If I may answer the question in the headline, they are not acceptable. A malicious tackle is crude, classless, and an untrue reflection of the game the fans or neutral fans would wish to watch. If real football with true talents and full passion is going to be salvaged from the imminent …

How far are we behind our rival clubs?

by Andrew Crawshaw I have come across a couple of interesting pieces of analysis recently from the Swiss CIES Observatory.  This is an organisation which publishes weekly articles covering one or another aspect of the European (predominantly) football scene. Their report 227 has their take on the top 100 players in the top 5 European …