Peter Smith
Football fanatic. Love the odd side of football. Like to mix fantasy and reality when writing about football.
Football quotes, humour and opinions - dangerhere.com — Latest football (soccer) goals, videos, clips, & highlights – 101 Great Goals. The Swiss Ramble. The andersred blog. In Bed With Maradona - The Home Of World Football - FRONT. Spirit of Mirko - Statistics, World Football, Trivia, Curiosities. World Soccer Blog: Dirty Tackle - Yahoo! Sports Blog. Football tactics, formations, diagrams, chalkboards and graphs. The Football Pantheon. 2Footed. Football Comic Strip. Matthew craven. The Run of Play - Attacking Football. The Footy Blog. To be fair to United's defence, Robben took them by surprise there with that new move where he cut in with his left and shot.— Baha (@LifeOfBaha) April 9, 2014 This was the joke making the rounds on Twitter last night after Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben sealed his team’s Champions League progress against Man United with a third goal in their 3-1 second leg win.
This, of course, is the move that defines Robben as a player (outside the diving). At the same time, a quiet voice in the back objected, that of the excellent Michiel Jongsma, who pointed out a 2010 study which claimed Robben’s movement is “…slightly faster than conscious knowledge” (translated from this Dutch news item). So which is it? Football in the GULag. Twisted Blood. The Wisdom of Tache. Two Footed Challenge. As the new season comes near, the excitement of the United fans can be seen growing as well.
After the successful capture of the Japanese Shinji Kagawa and the untested yet highly talented Nick Powell, and with some more possible additions on the way, United, as usual, stay serious title contenders. Only Manchester City,who recently tasted Premier League success and Chelsea, who had reinforcements coming in the form Hazard, Marin,etc. stay serious challengers to United domestically. But do United have enough firepower to be serious challengers in Europe? The Blindsman's Flag. A Football Report. Lesrosbifs.