Tony Pulis has worked miracles at the Britannia Stadium over the last three years guiding the Potters to the FA Cup final and into Europe during the last campaign. They’ve only managed to bring in the injury prone Jonathan Woodgate in from Tottenham this summer though. Whilst they have enough quality to stay up and hit mid-table comfortably they need to strengthen for Europe. Their squad isn’t exactly big enough to cope with the rigours of domestic and European completion and a few injuries or suspensions could see them hurtle down the table at an alarming rate. An opener against Chelsea isn’t the kind of way to start a season but they’ve already been in Europa League action so should be prepared.
Chelsea haven’t been very busy in the transfer market with last season’s squad seemingly impressing new boss Andre Villas-Boas. Big things are expected of the 33-year-old brought in from Porto at a cost of £13 million. He’ll need to stamp his authority on the squad from the get go and build up the confidence that was lacking at times last season. Getting Fernando Torres back on the goal trail is another problem facing the new coach with the Spaniard a pale imitation of his former self. If Villas-Boas can get off to a good start and make a play for the top spot early on then Chelsea could have a new Special One on their hands at Stamford Bridge.
Stoke will prove to be tough customers on the opening day but I believe Chelsea will want to start the season at a hundred miles an hour. They want the title back and no one is going to stand in their way.
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Premier League pair Blackburn and Birmingham, who are both looking to strengthen their squads in January, have put Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam at the top of their winter wish list.
Blackpool have arguably been the surprise package this season, and it has been Adam who has been the driving force behind much of the Tangerines’ good form. The talented Scot has weighed in with three goals and four assists so far this season, but it is his general contribution and man of the match performances that have really caught the eye.
It is thought that Birmingham are hoping to beat Blackburn to the midfielder’s signature by making an offer of £2 million later this month and while Ian Holloway will do all he can to avoid losing Adam, the cash-strapped seaside club could find the offer difficult to turn down.
Earlier this season it was reported that Adam got into a row with the club and threatened to take them to court over unpaid bonuses, a case which he later won.
Adam signed for Blackpool from Rangers in 2009 for a club record fee of £500,000. He repaid the fee by scoring 19 goals in 49 appearances, including a goal in the play-off final at Wembley, as Blackpool won promotion to the Premier League in 2010.
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The draw for the League Cup was held last week to decide every league club’s starting fixture.
Ipswich haven’t ever had much luck in the competition and in recent years they have used the cup as a chance to give reserve players some game time.
A lot of other sides have chosen to do the same and as a consequence the credibility of the League Cup has been in decline since it was founded over 50 years ago.
The prize money for winning the league cup is only £100,000 which is significantly smaller than the £2 million prize given to the FA Cup winners. The other incentive for winning the League Cup is Europa League qualification but neither that nor the cash prize is enough to make it worth the time of a top 4/5 clubs.
However, for a Championship club like Ipswich, Europa League qualification would be a massive prize. The only question Ipswich would need to ask is whether it is worth risking the teams fitness levels for a shot at the cup?
It is safe to say that most Premier League clubs won’t be too bothered about the cup this year and they will probably use a lot of reserve or youth players in the earlier rounds. This could well give a Championship side a good chance to steal the trophy and cause an upset. After all, Cardiff managed to get all the way to the final last season and a few other Championship sides have got far in the competition recently.
Club’s like Ipswich will be weighing up their chances and deciding whether it is worth potentially tiring out a few first team players for a shot at the League Cup trophy. Cardiff certainly suffered last season because of their run in the competition. They invested a lot of energy into the cup by fielding their strongest team every game which could have cost them promotion.
The only consolation prize for Cardiff was the £50,000 runners up prize which is pretty insignificant even for a Championship side. In hindsight Cardiff’s cup run probably wasn’t worth it as the extra games hindered their chances of succeeding in the play-offs or even pushing for automatic promotion.
When Roy Keane was in charge of Ipswich he made it clear that he did not care for the League Cup as he played mostly youth and reserve players. Although Keane made a lot of mistakes at Portman Road this wasn’t one of them. Any team hoping to gain a play-off place should refrain from using first team players in the League Cup because the potential risk of damaging league form isn’t worth it.
Personally, the only sides I can see the newly named Capital One Cup appealing to are Premier League clubs that know they have no chance of qualifying for Europe via their league position and know they have no chance of being relegated, sop very few.
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It could possibly appeal to Championship sides who have no chance of going up or down but the division is always so open that this rarely happens. There isn’t much appeal for League One and League Two teams either as they don’t have the strength in depth to stand a chance of winning the cup, even against weaker higher level clubs.
In conclusion, for Ipswich I don’t think the League Cup is good for anything apart from maybe giving some youth and reserve players some game time. Looking on a much bigger scale I don’t think the cup is good for anyone apart from a few Premier League teams. In total 92 clubs enter and it is only good for 4 or 5 of those clubs. I think we should consider scrapping the cup altogether.
Manchester City are ready to hand bumper new contracts to key duo Vincent Kompany and Nigel de Jong.City officials have already begun negotiations with Kompany over an improved five-year deal and will then turn their attention to de Jong.
It is understood the pair, who are regarded by manager Roberto Mancini as two of the most important members of his side, will rocket up the City pay league.
Kompany, 25, who has three years to run on his current deal, will more than double his wages to around 120,000 pounds a week, while De Jong, 26, can expect a similar agreement when he sits down to discuss terms with the club.
“Kompany’s new contract should be sorted out soon and de Jong is also due for a renewal and will be offered a new deal, although he is considered less of a priority,” a City source told Goal.com.
It is expected that Kompany will be named as new club captain in place of wantaway leader Carlos Tevez on the club’s current US tour to seal his position as one of the most influential players at Eastlands.
The Belgium centre-back, who was named in the PFA Premier League team of the year, was outstanding for City last season as they won the FA Cup and claimed a place in the Champions League for the first time.
De Jong, who has two years to go on the contract he signed in January 2009 when he joined the club, was barely less influential in the midfield anchorman role.
However, the pair’s pay will still be dwarfed by that of City’s top earners Tevez and Yaya Toure, who are both on more than 200,000 pounds a week including bonuses.
I really hate this time of year. No, not because it marks the start of the transfer window, and an inevitable sense of anti-climax when a series of hyped moves fail to materialise, or because January is quickly becoming known as sacking season, with clubs releasing and appointing managers quicker than Ryan Babel says something stupid on Twitter.
No, the reason that I dislike this stage of the season so much is the award of the Ballon d’Or, what it represents in the modern game, and the way in which we as fans and pundits interpret its meaning.
Football is a team sport. To identify one player as being the finest exponent of the game over the course of a year should be incredibly difficult, yet the selections for this award are always boringly predictable.
I will preface what I am about to say by stating that I do not for a moment dispute that any of the previous winners of the Ballon d’Or are anything but sensational footballers, but what exactly is the award meant to reflect?
Over recent years, the honour appears to have been given to the; “best, most marketable, flair player playing for a major European side given licence to roam between midfield and attack of the year.” Without doubt, a small field.
Inevitably, goals are what win football matches, and the players that score them are given high credit for doing so. This has always been the way the football world works, and is why prolific strikers can earn three or four times the amount of a solid defender.
However, how can you quantify the contribution of a goalkeeper or a defender and weigh it up against the goals of a striker?
The only defender to win the award since 1996 was former Italian skipper Fabio Cannavaro, a direct appreciation of the fact that Italy had won the World Cup without scoring many goals, and the fact that it would have been impossible to give preferred choice, Zinedine Zidane, the award considering his behaviour in the final.
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This year’s edition perfectly encapsulated the problem. There are football fans that believe all of Lionel Messi’s major contributions to football games are solely the result of individual moments of genius, that if there had been no other players around to help him, he would still have made that jinking run or driven straight through the heart of an otherwise solid defensive unit.
However, last season went to show just why this theory is so flawed. Despite putting in, according to many observers, the performances of a “generation” as Barcelona romped to another La Liga title, at the World Cup in in South Africa, Messi was utterly powerless to prevent his nation progressing beyond the round of 16. This was despite his own moments of quality, as there was little around him to provide the space and supply that the Argentine thrives on and is accustomed to.
At the same time, the Spanish midfield and defence gave a lesson to the other sides in the tournament about the importance of ball retention and distribution, and whilst importing Messi into that line-up, would have made their triumph more exciting, Spain showed the importance of the collective over an individual.
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Why then, did Messi win this year’s award? Some may argue that the destination for the award does not matter. All three are remarkably talented footballers who have achieved much in another sensationally successful year, so why spilt hairs?
The problem is that the Ballon d’Or award mentality creates a culture that can be seen everywhere. From Wayne Rooney’s proclamation that he would leave Manchester United to Carlos Tevez’s bizarre transfer request saga, top players are being told on the one hand that they must fit as part of a team, yet in the same breath that if their team is successful, they alone will take the acclaim, for team success will contribute to their coronation as the best player in the world.
Across a football landscape where there are widespread complaints about the selfish, greedy and egotistical nature of top footballers, it may be time to re-evaluate how we define individual achievement on a football pitch.
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Liverpool’s exploits in front of goal this season have been much criticised, and understandably so, with Kenny Dalglish’s men struggling on a weekly basis to covert chances into goals. As we all know goals-win-games, and as a result of their failings, the Reds have dropped points at home to the likes of Swansea, Norwich and Wigan, denting their early season ambitions for a spot in the top four.
Despite boasting a strike-line with a combined value of almost £60 million, chances have gone unconverted all season, leaving the Mersey men with a goal tally of just 43 after 36 games. To put this into perspective 19th placed Blackburn Rovers have netted on 47 occasions, whilst table topping Manchester City have managed over double the Reds tally, with 88. This consistent failure to turn chances into goals has led to calls from fans and pundits alike for Kenny Dalglish to enter the transfer market and secure a new centre forward for next season. Liverpool fan group Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) believe that the club need a lethal finisher to move up to the next level:
“We are lacking in the final third of the pitch. We haven’t created enough shots on target and have hit the woodwork more than 30 times. We need some one who can simply ‘pop the ball in the net’, someone who can just finish.”
Whilst this sentiment remains true, Liverpool arguably possess such a player already in Luis Suarez. The Uruguayan has been a real hit since his arrival on Merseyside in January 2010, instantly winning over the fans with his all action displays and breath-taking ability on the ball. Suarez made an instant impact at Anfield, netting on his debut during the club’s 2-0 home victory over Stoke City, before going on to notch a further three goals as Liverpool surged from 12th place to a sixth, narrowly missing out on Europa League football.
However, this season has been far more difficult for the striker, who has had to contend with off-field issues, and a failing Reds unit. Despite this he has taken his tally to 11 in the league, as well as producing some important strikes in the club’s domestic cup successes, including the cooly finished equaliser in the FA Cup semi-final against Everton.
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Despite this the Uruguayan’s finishing has been called into question during his first full season in the Premier League, with many believing the striker is not the answer to the club troubles in front of goal. However, last weekend’s hat-trick against Norwich displayed Suarez’s full range of ability in front of goal, as the 25-year-old produced three stunning finishes, including a wonderful 45-yard chip over John Ruddy.
The majority of his efforts this season have failed to find the back of the net, but when you consider the quality of service he has been receiving it’s little wonder. Andy Carroll is showing signs of improvement, but for the majority of the campaign he has been poor, whilst Stewart Downing, Charlie Adam and Jordan Henderson have all disappointed throughout the season. Steven Gerrard’s return has clearly aided the club’s front-line, yet due to injury problems in the squad, the skipper has been deployed in a deeper role, and as a result has been unable to link up with Suarez. Due to these factors, the number seven has had to create openings for himself, which is undoubtedly a difficult job. Although his technique and low centre of gravity allow him to beat his marker frequently, the chances of both making the opening and finding the net are fairly slim.
As his goal record of 81 in 110 for former club Ajax displays, Suarez is extremely able in front of goal, hinting that if he receives the right kind of service, he more often than not, will finish the job. As a result Liverpool may benefit from adding more creativity this summer, in a bid to get the best out of their talented South American. The club have already been linked with his fellow countryman Gaston Ramirez as well as AZ Alkmaar midfielder Rasmus Elm, both of whom are potent in terms of creating chances, hinting at a desire on the part of the Anfield club to aid their struggling front-men.
It’s likely that Liverpool will enter the market for a vast array of players this term, as the Fenway Sports Group look to fund an improvement in the squad. The club need to alter their fortunes in front of goal for next season, but the answer to the issues may be closer to home than they realise.
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Alexandre Pato was thrilled to play a part in Brazil’s 4-2 win over Ecuador that secured their place in the Copa America quarter-finals.Needing a win or draw from their final Group B match on Wednesday to avoid elimination, Brazil ran out 4-2 winners thanks to an excellent second half display.
Pato and Santos’ starlet Neymar both scored a brace each to assure Brazil’s passage to the quarter-finals.
Speaking after the game, the AC Milan striker praised the attitude of his team-mates after their difficult start to the tournament, and admitted that a win was the most important thing.
“It was the match that we were all hoping for. It was crucial for us, we had to win no matter what. We went looking for a good result and we found it,” Pato said.
“We qualified and in first place, it was what we wanted. Now it is time to work and forget all that happened. A new Copa America begins.”
Pato also highlighted the team spirit inside the Brazil camp, which he said was decisive.
“Here when you win, everybody wins and when you lose, everyone loses. It was an excellent game by the whole team, they all gave something extra and this enabled the 4-2 victory and a great game,” he said.
Brazil now play Paraguay in the quarter-finals, after drawing 2-2 with Gerardo Martino’s men in the group stage.
Meanwhile, Ecuador forward Felipe Caicedo was disappointed following his side’s defeat, a loss that confirmed his team’s exit at the group stage for the fifth Copa America in succession.
“We played well, we could at least have drawn the match,” Caicedo said.
“We lacked concentration at the end and gave Brazil too much space. We could not keep the same rhythm, and that hurt us in the rest of the game.”
The Sun report that Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will do all he can to tempt Robbie Keane back to Molineux, in a desperate bid to save the club’s Premier League status. Tottenham announced last week that Keane was free to leave the London club and it seems that Wolves are the early favourites for his signature.
Robbie Keane has expressed his desire to stay in the Premier League, and Wolves may be his only option. He has an affinity with Wolves, only last year stating how ‘overwhelmed’ he was by the welcome he received when Tottenham travelled there.
”No matter what you’ve done at a club, a lot of the time people just boo you, but with Wolves it’s different. Even to this day I go back and it’s great.”
Wolves need something to save their season and Robbie Keane’s return could change the whole atmosphere around the club. Mick McCarthy knows he needs to do something quick to change Wolves’ season and the signing of Keane may just do this.
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With Euro 2012 rapidly approaching, England fans are hoping to avoid another scathing post-mortem come the end of the summer: why are we not as technically good as Holland? Why can’t we beat the Germans? Why can’t we pass it like Spain? The very same questions appear year after year, tournament after tournament.
As a footballing nation, England prides itself upon its colossal tradition and the gratification of being football’s founding institution. Yet for all the legends and myths attached to the English psyche, as a collective footballing entity England is in danger of slipping into the realms of mediocrity, as failure to evolve in the same manner as our contemporaries leaves English football susceptible to deterioration.
For some time now, nations in Europe and beyond have been developing new systems, innovative training regimes and unique tactical philosophies which though not entirely revolutionising the game, have notably reshaped and reinvigorated the way in which we think about football. On the other hand, England in contemporary times have brought Kevin Davies and Michael Ricketts into the international fold.
As well as the national team struggling to adapt to modern football’s progressive ways, our club sides have also thrown a stubborn fist in the face of transformation. Despite the rapid spread of globalized forces into the English game, domestic clubs still remain largely antiquated institutions as traditional hierarchical structures persist. There is an owner; he owns. There is a manager; he manages.
Only on very rare occasions has this arrangement been compromised, with generally blundering consequences. A list of various Directors of Football at English clubs reads like a Crimewatch episode for those wanted for crimes against the customary norms of English football. Damien Comolli at Spurs and Liverpool, Avram Grant’s ill-fated time in the job at Chelsea and Sir Clive Woodward’s groundbreaking appointment at Southampton all ended in prevailing misery for those involved. The idea of a manager having anything less that total control over his playing squad is an alien one to English football – time to change?
One Englishman leading the charge for greater evolvement is Lee Congerton at Hamburg in the Bundesliga. Formerly Chief Scout at Chelsea, Congerton moved with Frank Arnesen to the German club last summer and has excelled in his new role as Technical Director. In a recent interview with the Guardian, Congerton outlines his desires for the role to be more widely recognised in England: “I would love to see this role grow in England because I think it can offer so much to clubs. Here in Germany every club has it and it’s very much about the medium to long-term development. And that’s maybe a problem with the English game – the coach goes, big pay out and off we go again.”
Congerton’s words strike a resonating chord in regards to the psychological oversight which is adversely affecting football in England. The English disposition does not allow for this kind of progressive, enterprising form of football governance. The manager is in charge and he must get it right; if he does not, simply sack him and get another in. It’s a cyclical disaster and one which much change if English football on whole wants to achieve growth and betterment.
The introduction of such a role for English club would no doubt aid the development of the academies, as well as laying the foundations for a more expansive way of thinking in the English game. Young players find exceeding benefit with the presence of similar positions at German clubs – outlined by the striking rise in prominence of Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira and Thomas Muller. Germany are widely insisted to be great favourites for Euro 2012 playing a enviously attractive brand of football, and with club and international football inextricably linked, this has been aided to no end by the developmental structure of the German game.
Why can’t the English do this? Because we’re too resistant to change. Too stubborn, too proud. Congerton states that his “dream in years to come would be to help a manager be successful at a big Premier League club and put some footprints in the sand for the role to grow for others.” Unless the English attitude alters significantly in order to accommodate this change, we may find ourselves languishing further behind our counterparts for many years to come.
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Talk of building a new stadium in Liverpool has been around since the time a Texan cowboy owner and co-owner infamously stated: ‘The first spade will start going into the ground on that [stadium] project by March’ back in February 2007. Thankfully the dastardly duo were (eventually) shown the door, however the issue of a new stadium remains (the above statement never coming to fruition).
Increased revenue through an increased capacity is a must for Liverpool Football Club if they are to compete in the upper-echelons of the Premier League. The club’s new American owners, FSG concur. They made it clear upon arriving, that boosting gate receipts through an increased capacity is paramount if club is to go forward and reclaim its position as the most successful side in English football. But just how should the club achieve this?
Should Liverpool and its new owners follow the Arsenal model?
The Gunners also foresaw the need to generate extra income through ticket sales and chose to leave their historic home, Highbury, way back in 1999 when it was ruled the stadium could not be suitably renovated. They chose to build a brand new stadium, moving there in 2006. However, their brand new home also came with a brand new name – a brand; Emirates. The middle-eastern airline paid £100m in 2004 to secure naming rights on the stadium in a deal will run for 15 years. This is the route Liverpool’s new Managing Director; Ian Ayre has stated the club will go down if the Red’s choose to leave Anfield, much to the ire of many Liverpool fans.
Even though the extra revenue is now pouring in for Arsenal, building a new stadium has had some negative impact. The cost of the project has been felt, not least on the pitch. Gunner’s fans have lamented the fact that over the last few years, they’ve been unable to compete at the very top when it comes to signing new players – most available cash being swallowed up by the ground investment. With the purse-strings tightened Arsene Wenger has had to rely more and more on his youth ranks, whilst any shopping (with the odd exception) has been done in the bargain basement. It has been commendable that the Gunner’s have still managed to remain competitive, always finishing in the top four of the Premier League. However, the bottom line is they haven’t won a trophy since 2005. This barren spell is finally starting to take its toll on some of the more ‘senior’ players who have had their heads turned with the lure of more money, or trophies, being offered elsewhere (though no player will admit to the former!)
With this in mind, should Liverpool follow suit? They themselves are without a trophy since 2006 and with Manchester United finally overhauling the clubs record 18 league titles, challenging sooner rather than later is paramount. However, most Liverpool fans are looking forward to this immediate future with a degree of sense and optimism. They recognise the club is in the midst of a massive restructure, but appear to be moving in the right direction. If the club were to go ahead and vacate Anfield, youth, like at Arsenal, would certainly be the key. At the forefront of this, Liverpool could not ask for a better man to be in charge, especially when it comes to putting the club first; step forward Kenny Dalglish. The manager and club legend has already fast-tracked some of the squads youth players through to the first team with success. Youngsters like Flanagan and Robinson joining Spearing and Kelly, who have benefitted from more playing time, as well as the canny man-management skills the Scot possesses. It is also worth noting that at this present moment in time Liverpool’s youth academy is widely recognised as one of Europe’s finest: ‘the only one that can compete with La Masia’ as Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola put it. Names such as Sterling, Suso and Coady are already tipped for stardom. With such apparent strength here, would now be the perfect time for Liverpool to move to a new stadium, tighten the purse-strings, and rely on youth?
As of yet, no decision has been made on whether the extra capacity will be found through redeveloping one of football’s most historic grounds, Anfield, or by building an entirely new stadium for the club. The former is something FSG (Liverpool’s owners) already have a track record in. Upon purchasing the Boston Redsox in 2002 FSG were placed in a similar situation. They chose to redevelop the baseball outfits historic home, Fenway Park with much success – the baseball team has enjoyed consecutive home sell-outs from 2003-2011 and remained competitive throughout.
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So the question remains: should Liverpool follow the Arsenal or Boston method? Doing nothing is not an option.