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Doesn’t this man have enough to deal with?
Ronaldo has another man-crush. This time he’s REALLY crushing on Wayne Rooney. You know, Wayne Rooney…Manchester United. Yeah, totally different league. Totally different team. In fact, the team Ronaldo USED to play for. Here we go again. There’s something afoot when you have a superstar that you mortgaged your future to get talking about reuniting with a guy on another team who you know WILL NOT leave that team. Read more... (340 words, 4 images, estimated 1:22 mins reading time)
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The Pick: Jose Luis Chilavert, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways: (1) I love that you – the greatest Paraguayan player ever and one of the best GKs the game has ever seen – valiantly tried to keep your squad’s sheets clean in over 500 pro matches; (2) I love that you were never afraid to unleash your eccentric (and sometimes extremely volatile) personality on the pitch; and (3) I love you most of all because you were a great goal scorer. Read more... (226 words, 4 images, estimated 54 secs reading time)
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When you commit the “handball heard round the world” in World Cup Qualifiers that usually means that the media will be following you around for the next 12 months. Well, Thierry Henry has returned to action for Barcelona by scoring a goal in a 4-0 beatdown of Racing.
Henry is one those “big name” players that gets endorsement deals for razor companies and the like, but lately he’s been pretty quiet. Like I said, he committed the “handball heard around the world”, but after he apologized for it that was pretty much it. I would have thought that he would stay in the news all the way into the World Cup, but a stint on the bench put him on the “back page” as it were. Read more... (309 words, 2 images, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)
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At least Barca doesn’t see this man as a piece of meat…
While Real Madrid runs around trying to sign every Soccer player on Earth and create their own league that features only them and their “million man roster” Barcelona has proven why I believe they are a better overall organization than Real.
Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal is a HOT commodity for this summer when teams go running after free talent. Plus, everyone starts talking LONG in advance about who they want to sign. Well, Barca could easily have thrown their name in the hat…I mean, who doesn’t want to play the European Champion and WITH the best player in the world (Leo Messi)? Read more... (382 words, 4 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)
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The Pick: If you are wondering why Mr. Frank “The Tank” de Boer is the only man to get his initial before his last name in the heading of a post in this illustrious and legendary series (and who isn’t), it is not because he is better than the other honorees. It’s just that he’s the only one with a twin brother (Ronald “The McDonald” de Boer). Now, both were great, but Frank was better. He has the second most caps ever for Clockwork Orange, and he’s an Ajax legend. Read more... (228 words, 4 images, estimated 55 secs reading time)
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He likes fame more than he likes Soccer apparently.
So now Cristiano Ronaldo says something that secures my beliefs about him. He says he sees his career taking him back to Manchester United eventually. Huh?
If I’m Real Madrid I want two things:
1. An explanation
2. All my money back
Jim Mora got fired from the Atlanta Falcons for doing basically the same thing as what Ronaldo just did. He romanticized another job in a radio interview and then the Falcons had a couple bad games and he got fired. He got fired because he wanted to be somewhere else. Read more... (323 words, 4 images, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
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The Pick: I know what you are thinking: “is that really a picture of a bib with Messi’s face on it?” Well sports fans, I am not an expert on the subject, but – yes – that is exactly what it appears to be. It is fitting too because Messi – more than any other player of his generation so far (and that it includes Ronaldo and Kaka) – makes opposing teams cry like babies. Although he is only 22, he’s won the Ballon d’Or and 3 La Liga titles. Plus, he’s appeared for ARG over 40 times. Read more... (240 words, 4 images, estimated 58 secs reading time)
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The Pick: I love Kaka. I know he will be way higher on this list by the time his career is over, and I only put him down this low because my formula probably puts too much emphasis on one’s career stats, and Kaka’s career is far from over. But, even in the short time that he has been plying his trade as one of the world’s elite male soccer players, he has already won the 2007 Ballon d’Or, a Serie A title, and a World Cup. So, why isn’t he higher up on this list? Read more... (251 words, 4 images, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)
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The Pick: Fitting that the picture above shows Ronaldo running away while wearing a Man U jersey. After all, that is the last view Man U fans had of Ronaldo after he ran to Real Madrid for a bigger check. But, I am not so sure La Liga poses Ronnie a bigger challenge than the EPL did (and would have kept doing). I am putting him at #100 because (in spite of the 2008 Ballon D’Or), he still has much to prove to me. Like, for example, that he can help Portugal win. Read more... (252 words, 4 images, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)
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Ahhhhhh, when my predictions just look like they aren’t going to come true here comes some bad news out of Madrid. It appears that Real Madrid’s star defenseman Pepe will be out up to six months because he needs surgery on his knee. Well, that makes it kinda hard to play soccer so I guess they have to choice but to shelve him.
With Real Madrid 5 points back in the Premier Division AND just getting Cristiano Ronaldo back they now have to deal with the fact that Pepe is gone from their backfield and they STILL have to catch up with Barca. This cannot bode well for the boys from Madrid. Read more... (371 words, 2 images, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)
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