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EPL: Nine Steps to Revolutionise English Football

The recent European Championships were a terrific spectacle. England’s absence from the tournament may have detracted from the enjoyment of it for some but the failure to qualify should, ...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 355 reads 3 comments
Tottenham: If I Had £30m to Splurge on Spurs

July 1, 2008 and the transfer window slides invitingly open. The majority of the column inches in recent weeks—whilst interspersed with speculation, deliberation and down right fibs—are ...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 667 reads 4 comments
A Football Fan Who Feels All Grown Up

Bill Shankly, the Liverpool manager from the late sixties and seventies, once said that football was not a matter of life and death; it was more important than that...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 629 reads 7 comments
Chelsea: A Bridge too Far for Luiz Felipe Scolari

After less than one month of searching and deliberating, Chelsea has found themselves a new boss. Former Brazilian World Cup winning manager and current Portuguese coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, has accepted the role vacated by Avram Grant...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 429 reads 3 comments
EPL: Ramos steering Tottenham towards a vintage season

Like a freshly sealed bottle of wine, another season in the EPL has been consigned to a dusty cellar for future appraisal...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 285 reads 0 comments
Is The Six-plus-Five Rule FIFA’s Equation for Equality?

It seems strangely fitting that FIFA have met Down Under to vote on a convention that could turn the game of football upside down...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 988 reads 4 comments
England vs. USA at Wembley Stadium, Part 1—This Time, It's Pointless

Wednesday night sees England’s Euro 2008 starved squad take on a plucky USA side who are unbeaten in 2008. After the national side’s dismal failure to reach the final tournament ...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 3,191 reads 7 comments
Manchester United's Golden Season Leaves Chelsea Second Best

To paraphrase a line from Crocodile Dundee - “Call that a final?”….”Now THAT’S a final!”...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 1,049 reads 3 comments
The Cup of Plenty: The FA Cup Final has more to offer than just 'The Big Four'

This weekend, the oldest club competition in the world of football will crown its 127th winner. While the familiar faces of Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea fell in earlier rounds ...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 430 reads 0 comments
Berbatov's Off: Where Will Tottenham's Dimi Go?

With just one game remaining in the English Premier League, the rumour mill is already fully operational with players from all corners of the globe, on their way to god knows where...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 1,480 reads 6 comments
Spanish and Italian Free for All Eclipses EPL's Flat Finale

With three of the four teams in the Champions League semi finals coming from the Premier League for the second year in succession, it would be easy to nail the lid shut on England’s claim to the best and most exciting league in Europe...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 941 reads 3 comments
EPL: On Their Way to Spurs? It Makes You Juande

With just a handful of games remaining until the Premier League season comes to an end, managers will already have an idea of who they want to bring in for their next campaign...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 912 reads 8 comments
Gun with the Wind: Arsenal's Season Falls Apart

Arsenal are becoming a very hard team to fathom. After a roaring start to the season, going 15 games unbeaten and top of the league, it could turn out to be another dud...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 529 reads 4 comments
Spring has Sprung for Tottenham's Ram

With the blooming of daffodils, the clocks going forward, and dustbins up and down the country overflowing with Easter egg boxes, the end of the premiership season is in sight once more...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 603 reads 1 comments
EPL: Lack of Respect is a Reffing Disgrace!

As a youngster, players rarely take to the football field as themselves. When a child worships their footballing hero, it transcends the posters and figurines that adorn their bedrooms and inevitably finds its way onto the pitch...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 575 reads 3 comments
Lordy Geordie!: Tough Days ahead for Newcastle United

Easter is just around the corner, and the Christian calendar designates this time of year to celebrate the return of a Messiah. At Newcastle United, the return came just a little earlier. Just five weeks ago, Kevin Keegan walked back through the St...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 823 reads 5 comments
Football Fitness: A Waist of Talent?

After the astonishing revelations that Tottenham’s players were carrying 16 stone in excess flabby baggage when Juande Ramos and his team took charge, it immediately begged the question, ...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 580 reads 0 comments
The Butcher of Seville: Juande Ramos Wields the Axe on Tottenham Squad

In any good horror film, as the story progresses you invariably know who’s not going to make it through until the final credits...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 1,100 reads 8 comments
One Out, Juan In: Tottenham's Season to Date

Given Tottenham’s preseason ambitions, their current league position is a shining example of how unpredictable football can be.Many called Spurs a team to watch this season—and even went so far as to predict a drive into the top three...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 617 reads 7 comments
The Cap Fits—Why Fabio Capello is Not Over the Hill

If you're in your sixties, life has probably begun to roll gently downhill. Retirement is around the corner, your hair is thinner than ever, and any kids you have spawned have long since flown the nest...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 695 reads 1 comments
Making Sense of the EPL Coaching Carousel

If one thing is ever for certain in football, it’s that nothing is certain. On the eve of England’s crucial “must not lose” Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia, lanky ...

Written by Adam Michie about about 1 year ago 709 reads 0 comments
First Past the Posts: Why Goalkeepers are Like Racehorses

The life of a racehorse can be glorious. A win at the Grand National or the Gold Cup can raise a horse to somewhere close to equine God, and has made names like Red Rum synonymous with triumph and success...

Written by Adam Michie about over 2 years ago 817 reads 3 comments
The New Galacticos?: Alex Ferguson's Plan for Manchester United

After three years without a Premiership title, Manchester United returned to the summit of English Football in style last season, trumping defending champ Chelsea by six points...

Written by Adam Michie about over 2 years ago 2,109 reads 5 comments
Gareth Bale Hits the Ground Running at Spurs

The turnover at Spurs in the last four years must have worn out the hinges on the training ground’s door.34 players, youthful and talented, experienced and hardy, have put pen to paper ...

Written by Adam Michie about over 2 years ago 1,192 reads 0 comments

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Adam Michie Article Archive

EPL: Nine Steps to Revolutionise English Football

Tottenham: If I Had £30m to Splurge on Spurs

A Football Fan Who Feels All Grown Up

Chelsea: A Bridge too Far for Luiz Felipe Scolari

EPL: Ramos steering Tottenham towards a vintage season

Is The Six-plus-Five Rule FIFA’s Equation for Equality?

England vs. USA at Wembley Stadium, Part 1—This Time, It's Pointless

Manchester United's Golden Season Leaves Chelsea Second Best

The Cup of Plenty: The FA Cup Final has more to offer than just 'The Big Four'

Berbatov's Off: Where Will Tottenham's Dimi Go?

Spanish and Italian Free for All Eclipses EPL's Flat Finale

EPL: On Their Way to Spurs? It Makes You Juande

Gun with the Wind: Arsenal's Season Falls Apart

Spring has Sprung for Tottenham's Ram

EPL: Lack of Respect is a Reffing Disgrace!

Lordy Geordie!: Tough Days ahead for Newcastle United

Football Fitness: A Waist of Talent?

The Butcher of Seville: Juande Ramos Wields the Axe on Tottenham Squad

One Out, Juan In: Tottenham's Season to Date

The Cap Fits—Why Fabio Capello is Not Over the Hill

Making Sense of the EPL Coaching Carousel

First Past the Posts: Why Goalkeepers are Like Racehorses

The New Galacticos?: Alex Ferguson's Plan for Manchester United

Gareth Bale Hits the Ground Running at Spurs

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