AuthorJeffEyesRimmer It is looking more and more likely that Everton are going to resort to Sam Allardyce to turn their season around. With West Hams recent appointment of David Moyes and the appointment of Alan Pardew at West Brom, that would make it three for three for uninspired appointments recycling the same old Premier League “proper football men”. These three appointments are about as underwhelming and disappointing as you can get and we’ve said as much on the pod several times in recent weeks. Has there ever been so much reward for so much failure?
Back in January there was outrage from certain areas of the media over the appointment of Marco Silva at Hull City and then again when he was appointed manager at Watford. We discussed it in this article here, but the outrage was around how could this foreign manager come in and get the job over young British managers. However, it is not ‘foreigners’ that are the barrier to young managers getting more coveted jobs. It’s the older British managers that are constantly recycled through the leagues unfashionable lesser sides that are the barrier. AuthorJeffEyesRimmer That makes it twelve wins from thirteen games with a single draw thrown in there. Manchester City are showing they are the team to beat in this English Premier League title race so far this season.
On this form, can they repeat Arsenals achievement of an invincible season? AuthorJeffEyesRimmer We now know the teams that will be competing at the World Cup next year in Russia and while those teams will certainly be looking forward to it much of the talk this past week has been about the teams missing out on the tournament.
Traditional big sides like Italy and Netherlands have missed out, along with South American and Confederations Cup Champions Chile. Ivory Coast and Cameroon are big misses from Africa and another big shock was the USA not qualifying. However, a few days after the final teams were confirmed for Russia 2018 a suggestion was made on social media of a potential ‘Losers’ Cup. AuthorJeffEyesRimmer In keeping with our previous posts on Star Wars Football Kits (here) and also Game of Thrones Football Kits (here) another set of fantasy kits have been designed and this time for a slightly different set of fans.
The new Justice League movie comes out on the 15th November here in Australia and artist Vassilis Dimitros has come up with some truly beautiful football kits. However, not only has he designed the kits for the various super heroes in the movie but has named the teams, provided badges and gone into their history just a little bit. Its stellar work and deserves recognition! AuthorJeffEyesRimmer We will soon know the remainder of the teams that will be contesting the Russia FIFA World Cup in 2018, with the final games being played in the next week or so. Ever since the announcement of Russia being granted the right to host World Cup in 2018 there has been plenty of coverage of the problems it will face.
There have been many articles, radio calls, podcasts and general discussions about the appropriateness of Russia hosting the World Cup and the legality around the selection of them at FIFA headquarters. It seems that the majority of the football world considers it likely to be an awful World Cup. However, putting aside those (many) arguments for a minute, what are the reasons why the FIFA World Cup in 2018 in Russia will be a success? AuthorJeffEyesRimmer The FIFA World Cup Qualifiers are nearly over and we are now into the World Cup Playoff stage this week. Will the Socceroos make it to their fourth World Cup in a row? Will Northern Ireland upset the odds? Will we be missing the Italians in Russia next year? The full list of teams heading to Russia for the World Cup 2018 will soon be known.
The first leg of the play-off ties will be played over November 9-11, with the second legs promptly following on November 12-15. Below is our preview for each of the games: AuthorJeffEyesRimmer For most clubs and fans being third in their league and on course to qualify from their Champions’ League group would make for pretty good reading at this stage of the season. Not so for Real Madrid who are now officially going through a crisis.
That seems like hyperbole but Real Madrid always do everything bigger than every other club in the world and what many would call a minor blip in form at other clubs is a crisis in the Spanish capitol. |
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