Buzzin Football

As the pre-tournament optimism fades into the mist after Saturday’s laboured and uninspiring 1-1 draw with the United States one can see it replaced by similarly enthusiastic criticisms. This tendency to view England as either the best or worst team in the world is born out of a nation’s unwillingness to accept that our team [...]

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England beat a good passing Mexico team tonight at Wembley.  The 3-1 result looks convincing but the performance was less so.
I forgave England their nervous start and put that down to it being the last home game in front of a large, expecting crowd, and that some of the players were obviously attempting to play [...]

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The race for the fourth place in the Premier League ended last night with Tottenham Hotspur beating rivals Manchester City at Eastlands 1-0 and securing that coveted Champions League spot.
Harry Redknapp said that the achievement is a massive step forward for Spurs, who could yet usurp North London rivals Arsenal for third place in the [...]

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Last night I had the dubious pleasure of watching two of the teams who are among the favourites to win the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, both had already qualified and both through injuries or manager choice started their respective games without some of their best players. Both were facing lesser opposition and [...]

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England will start the game against Belarus with the unusual strike partnership of Peter Crouch and Gabriel Agbonlahor as Fabio Capello switches to ‘plan b’ following the injuries to England regulars Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard.
Spurs’ Crouch has appeared for England on 34 occasions scoring 16 goals for the team, while Aston Villa’s Agbonlahor has [...]

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