Buzzin Football Blog

Already in his short reign as England football coach, Fabio Capello has achieved  a record breaking four wins from four games in the World Cup qualifying round.
Last nights 3-1 win away to Belarus leaves England with maximum points in their group, an achievement only matched by 2008 Euro Cup winners Spain. An enviable position for [...]

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For anyone simply reading the result, 5-1 may sound better than another less than convincing England performance.
Once again England didn’t play with confidence or conviction.  Fabio Capello has still not been able to get the best out of certain players.  Until Rio Ferdinand scored in the 55 minute, neither Lampard, Gerrard or Rooney were playing [...]

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Now everyone can see highlights of yesterday’s Croatia-England match as itv have stumped up “a low six-figure sum” for the highlights. itv had previously offered half a million pounds for highlights, but were rejected by Setanta. (source: Guardian)
This week has been an utter farce for international football coverage, with German stations showing both [...]

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No one predicted an England victory last night in Zagreb against Croatia, one of the best football nations in the world, let alone an emphatic one.
It was all going according to plan when Croatia started strongly with Tottenham’s Luka Modric dictating things as the Midfield General, and Croatia looking dangerous every time they pushed forward.  [...]

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The time for international friendlies and experimenting has passed!
Yesterday, Fabio Capello named his first England squad for competitive matches. As always eyebrows were raised and much discussions was had in pubs and radio phone-ins as to agreement or disapproval over certain selections.  So here is my player by player critic.
Goalkeepers
I don’t think anyone can seriously [...]

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