Buzzin Football

Tottenham and Arsenal both played exceptionally well in two great second leg Champions League games this week but Barcelona were too good for Arsenal, while Spurs go through to the quarter-finals with Schalke 04 & Shakhtar Donetsk.
Even though Arsenal took a 2-1 lead to the Nou Camp on Tuesday, they knew Barcelona would be difficult [...]

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Since Jose Mourinho was appointed manager, Chelsea’s success has been achieved by playing a 4-3-3 formation.  Both Carlo Ancelotti and Felippe Scolari flirted with a 4-4-2 with Frank Lampard as the figurehead of a diamond-shaped midfield.  The formation left Chelsea playing very narrow, and stifled Frank Lampard as a playmaker and top goal scoring attacking [...]

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The inaugural FIFA Ballon d’Or Award, a merger of the FIFA Player Of The Year and Ballon d’Or, was won last night by Argentina and Barcelona midfield wizard Lionel Messi.
The three shortlisted players for the award, all deserving for their performances during 2010 were made up of the current Barcelona midfield, Messi, Andres Iniesta and [...]

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So Roy Hodgson finally got the sack.  I wonder what “mutual agreement” actually means when someone is desperately clinging to their job and their boss cannot stomach any further disappointments.  “Roy, I think I should sack you” “Boss, I think you are right!” “That’s mutually agreed then.”
It was no coincidence that King Kenny Dalglish was [...]

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After their amazing victory over reigning Champions of Europe Inter Milan, Tottenham Hotspur and Gareth Bale have officially arrived on the Champions League barometer but I don’t expect to see Harry Redknapp’s Spurs team lifting the Champions League trophy next May.  Tottenham lack consistency in the Premier League and whether the Inter Milan game was [...]

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