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Everton fans will want to forget about their inconsistent 2015-16 campaign. Roberto Martinez was a nice guy but he simply couldn’t cut it at the top level and was rightfully sacked towards the end of the season. Despite his reasonable win percentage, the former Wigan Athletic boss’ downfall was his insistence on prioritising performance over
The European championship in France looks to have finally up picked momentum after a slow start in the opening round of group matches. Seven days into the tournament and teams have already started aligning themselves, with the usual suspects looking odds on to qualify into the round of 16. Albeit the scarcity of goals, we
Croatia entered the European championship with the title of “dark horses”. That title is debatable considering “dark horse” literally means “a competitor about whom little is known but who unexpectedly wins”. Considering so many expect the Croats to win, the title seems redundant and almost all of Croatia’s ideal XI is well known to people
Below is the fourth installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “The Russian Review” by Russian football expert and sports journalist, Shaun Nicolaides. Having taken a battling draw against England on Saturday, Russia came into their second Euro 2016 clash with Slovakia on a high. Head coach Leonid Slutsky knew that a victory would practically book
The current Euro 2016 tournament has been shaping up as one of the most exciting in recent memory, not only in terms of the clash of national teams but also in terms of the performances of individual players. Expanding the finals to include 24 teams rather than the former 16 means more matches and more
The article below is the fourth installment of a column related to everything Euro 2016 titled “Euro Vision” by respected South African sports journalist and ANN7 Prime Sports Anchor, Peter Stemmet. It has been an eventful start to the 2016 European Championships. Host nation France kicked it all off on Friday night with a tough
England vs Wales: ‘The Battle of Britain’. That’s what some pundits and fans are saying about this Group B fixture England and Wales. Two countries who share a dislike in one another. This is an international derby. England head into Thursday’s game deflated, as Russia snatched a very late equaliser. Despite England’s brilliant first-half display and
Sofiane Feghouli is undoubtedly one of the best free transfers in the Premier League for the upcoming season and the Algeria international needs no introduction. Previously being heavily linked by both Europa League finalists Liverpool and Sevilla, West Ham United have now confirmed that they have signed the former Valencia wide man on a three
Four years ago at the Olimpiyskyiy National Sports Complex in Kiev, Ukraine marked one of the most forgettable days for Italian football. Italy not only suffered a defeat, but endured the humiliation of a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Spain in the 2012 European Final: the heaviest defeat of any final in the competition.
Finally, the time has come. After a week of enthusiastic responses to our million dollar question (if the England jersey is worth that much — it ain’t), the time has arrived to announce the winner. The winner, the person who will receive and — we hope — will hold aloft and sport the most coveted
Below is the sixth installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. Euro 2016 has reached the end of its first round of games and so far it has been a cagey, yet curios start to the tournament. Unfortunately, events off the field have
Below is the third installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “The Russian Review” by Russian football expert and sports journalist, Shaun Nicolaides. Following the chaos of match-day one, Russia head into their vital Group B clash against Slovakia in Lille on the back of a hard earned draw against England. Vasily Berezutsky’s goal in that
I’m watching my share of football, and maybe I’ll have a beer. Sit down in front of the TV and give an almighty cheer. It doesn’t matter who is playing, it is the game I’ll watch. And sometimes on occasions, I’ll drink an orange and scotch! As the game goes on, I seem
Dani Alves will leave Barcelona this summer after a successful eight year stay at Camp Nou with Juventus looking to be his likely destination although the deal has yet to be completed. The Brazilian has won no less than 23 trophies during his time in Catalonia, but has clearly come to the decision that a
Germany kicked off their 2016 European campaign with a 2-0 razing over Ukraine in the second match of Group C on Sunday night. Overall the World Champions exhibited a dominant performance over the Eastern Europeans- but that’s not to say their display was the final article. Shades of a work in progress were highly evident,
Antonio Sanabria’s debut with Roma back in 2015 wasn’t quite as impressive as he would have hoped, but the subsequent season on loan at La Liga’s Sporting Gijon would be remembered fondly by him. After all, the 20-year-old has attracted interest from Spanish champions Barcelona as well as Premier League winners Leicester City. Sanabria struggled
Below is the second installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “The Russian Review” by Russian football expert and sports journalist, Shaun Nicolaides. First games are always nervy affairs, and Russia were thrown into the lions’ den in their Euro 2016 opener. An ageing, pedestrian Russian side were handed the challenge of taking on a youthful
Below is the fifth installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. The pressure may be on manager Vincent Del Bosque to deliver after Spain were eliminated from the 2014 World Cup at the group stage, but little could be derived from their friendly
The land of song are singing - they are the mighty Wales, They won their first Euro match, now their beer has booming sales! They played quite remarkably and so deserved their win. Now bring on their next game - they could win again. I also watched the mighty England - and they scored a
Liverpool could be set to lose one of their longest serving players this summer with Martin Skrtel said to be on the brink of ending his 8 year stay at Anfield. The Slovakian defender has fallen down the pecking order since the arrival of Jurgen Klopp and all signs point to him leaving over the
Below is the fourth installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. Before he leaves for Chelsea and hands the reigns over to Giampiero Ventura, Italy coach Antonio Conte will be aiming to sign off on a high after two years in charge. Conte
It seems like before every major tournament, Spain have a plethora of talent to pick from. Euro 2016 is no different. Spain is so spoilt with talent that they could afford to leave out players like Isco, Santi Cazorla, Javi Martinez and Saúl Ñíguez, who broke into prominence with Atletico Madrid. Even though they couldn’t
The Citizens are keen to add to their striking options, as a likely departure of Wilfried Bony would leave just Sergio Aguero and Kelechi Iheanacho. French-born Gabon International Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is thought to be valued at £60 million by the Bundesliga giants and was in fact the Bundesliga player of the season last term scoring
Tottenham Hotspur managed to shock everyone in their recent Premier League campaign of 2015/2016, as the club from London managed to finish a strong 3rd position in the league table. With all the efforts from hardworking manager Mauricio Pochettino, it finally paid off and now Spurs are seen as a team who are even willing