Ballz, Beerz & Bratwurstz (?)

BLOG FIRST FEATURED ON ‘THE MISERABLE TWO’ Love it or hate it, football is a global language.  It’s ubiquitous presence around the globe means it is always likely to be a point of… Continue reading →

El Futuro de la Roja

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 22/08/12) With the country’s economic situation hanging in the balance and unemployment recently rising to a record 24.6%, the exploits of Spain’s national team has… Continue reading →

Aston Villa’s Potential Summer Targets

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 02/07/12) The great British summer wouldn’t be the same without a few things; burnt right forearms, strawberries and cream at Wimbledon and of course the… Continue reading →

A Season to Forget: an Aston Villa 2011/12 review

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 04/06/12) To put it bluntly, last season for Aston Villa was an absolute clusterfuck.  Villa ended the season in 16th place with a mere 38 points… Continue reading →

NextGen Series: The Stars of Tomorrow

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 02/04/12) The inaugural NextGen Series tournament finished last week with Inter beating Ajax on penalties in the final after a gripping 1-1 game couldn’t separate… Continue reading →

Barcelona’s left back problem

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 20/01/12) Éric Abidal, whose contract with Barcelona expires this summer, has been subject to interest from a host of clubs recently, namely injury-hit and perennial… Continue reading →

Belgium: A Golden Generation or all a load of waffle?

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 05/01/12) Golden generations ey! Remember those? But where England’s destined crop failed to realise their potential, can a talented crop of youngsters coming out of… Continue reading →

Palermo: The South American football finishing school

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 04/12/11) Aside from having one of the finest kits in football, the side from Siciliy is rapidly becoming one of the finest finishing schools of… Continue reading →

2011 Under-20 World Cup Team of the Tournament

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 05/09/11) Having watched a fair amount of this summer’s U20 World Cup in Colombia, I thought I’d offer up my team of the tournament.   Without… Continue reading →