Heavyweights bring Vintage back to Champions League
No contenders please, we’re English. James Dutton looks at a Champions League quarter-final lineup harking back to its halcyon days… The bell tolls. Last orders gents. There has been something of an...
View ArticleThe Football Tactics Paradigm
In defence of the Alan’s and their punditry, The False Nine debutant, Elko Born, tackles the myth of the football manager… These days, whoever is tired of hearing Alan Shearer and Alan Hansen repeat...
View ArticleChampions League Semi Finals: Grand Slam Final Four
As the Champions League returns, James Dutton draws parallels between the semi finalists, and the big four in tennis… It’s the Champions League semi final draw that UEFA wanted. It’s the Champions...
View ArticleGoing, Götze, Gone
It’s the football transfer that has shocked the world. Paddy Spicer Ward laments the departure of Mario Götze to FC Hollywood… I have become somewhat disillusioned by the world of modern football. I am...
View ArticleITV Preview Real Madrid v Borussia Dortmund
Greg Johnson and James Dutton imagine the scenes in the ITV studios as they discover Borussia Dortmund during tomorrow night’s Champions League semi final second leg against Real Madrid… Adrian Chiles:...
View ArticleDon’t call it a come back, the Bundesliga has been here for years
Germany’s top division is the league of the moment, hailed as an emerging power by the great and the good of the European game. While others lose themselves to the hype, Scott Jenkins takes a step back...
View ArticleChampions League Final: Who needs Mario Götze when you’ve got Marco Reus?
The news regarding Dortmund’s Bayern-bound wonderkid’s Champions League final lay-off has been overplayed in the pre-match media hype. With Marco Reus, Dortmund have the ideal man to fill the gap both...
View ArticleBorussia Dortmund: Life after Götze
Last season ended on a bitter-sweet note for Borussia Dortmund, with the near-glory of a memorable, all-German Champions League final and the loss of Mario Götze. Scott Jenkins takes a look at how...
View ArticleWhy Robert Lewandowski should have won the Ballon d’Or
Joe Hall argues the case for Robert Lewandowski as the winner of the Ballon d’Or 2013… He doesn’t have one tenth of the talent Lionel Messi does. He will never match the phenomenal force of Cristiano...
View ArticleJuventus vs Borussia Dortmund is set to be a tactical feast
View image | gettyimages.com TFN’s Simon Smith on why Juventus vs Dortmund runs deeper than Catenaccio versus Gegenpress… Of the various ties in this Champions League last 16 to savour this week and...
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