Given that this board is meant to cover anything and everything within the world of football I thought it might be worthwhile to have a thread with links to some interesting articles or posts that you find. These can be threads on BigSoccer on another forum that people might not have found, articles that you have found elsewhere but wanted to share or anything else really. A few of interest today: Tim Vickey on Lionel Messi http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2011/05/messi_the_perfect_combination.html David Conn on FIFA's whitewash of the FA report on corruption http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/31/sepp-blatter-fifa-fa-report?CMP=twt_gu Dark Savante on understanding Paul Scholes https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=13803331#post13803331 Les Rosbifs on Alec Stock and his time in Italy http://lesrosbifs.net/2011/05/four-...ark-rangers-fulham-and-his-italian-adventure/ Please feel free to add more of your own.
Nice thread! Tim vikery is one of my favorite writers and here are some of his works: On Garrincha http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tim_vickery/01/22/garrincha/index.html On Riquelme http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2008/10/riquelme_one_of_a_dying_breed.html On Robinho http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2010/08/vickery_18.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2008/09/the_big_question_left_by.html Copa Libertadores vs Champions League http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2010/02/is_the_copa_libertadores_bette.html On Pele's legacy http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tim_vickery/10/21/pele/index.html Brasileiro vs Euro leagues http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tim_vickery/05/01/brazil/index.html On Martin Palermo http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/tim_vickery/04/28/martin.palermo/index.html
Cool. Thanks for those. Some more of some interest: Jack Lang previews the Campeonato Brasileiro http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2011/5/12/the-ibwm-guide-to-the-2011-campeonato-brasileiro.html The Guardian consider some potential Premier League transfers http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/jun/01/premier-league-prospects-2011-12 A look at the 101 greatest goals of 2010-11 http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/the-101-greatest-goals-20102011-9405168/ An old thread sees Gregoriak chronicle the first few seasons of the European Cup https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=463154
James Lawton on George Best and how the Brits overrate him. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...harlton-was-the-better-footballer-517380.html Here are some of Sid Lowe's articles: On how Sergio Busquets and his antics are actually good for Barca! http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/27/sergio-busquets-barcelona Sid on how Puyol and Pique are Perfect Duo http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/26/gerard-pique-carles-puyol-barcelona How Real Madrid are dependant and predictable with Ronaldo http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/apr/04/cristiano-ronaldo-real-madrid-tottenham On Pep Guardiola's importance to Barca http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/mar/06/barcelona-pep-guardiola Paul Hayward on Barcelona's tactics http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/may/28/barcelona-champions-league-tactics Interview with Franciso Varallo the only remaining survivor from World Cup final in 1930 http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/one-on-one/305/article.aspx Bobby Charlton's all time XI http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/perfectxi/37/article.aspx Interview with Sir Tom Finney http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/webexclusives/109/article.aspx I would like to request especially from brazilians translation of Tostao's articles/analysis as I didn't find any in english.
I can't give you much but here is something you might enjoy Tpmazembe translates (and explains) a Tostao article about attacking midfielders in Brazil https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5464468&postcount=36
Some more from today: Miguel Delaney looks at the 50 greatest European club teams ever http://footballpantheon.com/2011/05/the-50-greatest-european-club-sides/ Raphael Honigstein reviews the Bundesliga 2010-11 season http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/jun/01/bundesliga-season-review-borussia-dortmund Paolo Bandini reflects on the year in Serie A http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/31/serie-a-season-review-bandinis?intcmp=239 Jouracule remembers the career of Edwin Van Der Sar http://afootballreport.com/post/6080631946/edwin-van-der-sar-a-trendsetter-a-pioneer
Juca Kfouri on the limits of world cup http://futebolthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/the-limits-of-the-world-cup/ Interesting article on Ronaldinho and his mentality! http://futebolthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/why-i-dont-like-ronaldinho/
Alasdair Fotheringham on what English clubs could learn from La Masia http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...y-that-has-led-to-european-glory-2291414.html Sid Lowe on 2010-11 in Spain http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/jun/02/sid-lowe-la-liga-awards-2011 A new podcast focuses on the season just gone http://www.europeanfootballshow.eu/ ASF looks back at River Plate's La Maquina https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/blog.php?b=2880
Let's add something about the old timers when they were closer to retire and how they did in NASL in the mission to improve football on US land. http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/nasl/naslstar3.html
Can we restrict this to just the link and a brief description of what it contains to avoid cluttering the thread? Jonathan Wilson looks back at the season in tactics http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/jun/07/tactical-review-of-2010-11-season Hand of Pod look at some of the contenders in the Copa America http://handofpod.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/copa-america-preview-special-chile/ PeruFC gives us his run-down of the 50 greatest players by position (in Spanish) http://glavisted.blogspot.com/
A few more things worth a read WSC's hilarious review of Tim Lovejoy's book on football http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/145/29/ lanman profiles Ferenc Puskas https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=260183 Alan Hansen on how his Liverpool team compare to the current Barcelona side http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...my-Liverpool-would-have-tested-them-more.html
Seriously the man although he was a great player is actually drooling over Barcelona, I mean saying things like: "But there can surely be no debate over Barcelona’s standing as the best club side of all-time." and not putting Real Madrid in his top 5 teams ever shows that footballers don't make good critics.
Real 60's deserved in TOP5 obviously if not higher ... since he compared this Barca with his Liverpool ... LOL no wonder ....
Rory Smith previews the U21 European Championships http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...uropean-Under-21-Championship-team-guide.html Tim Vickey argues that Brazilian football is not dead http://www.sambafoot.com/en/news/20...l_is_not_dead__but_things_need_to_change.html The Guardian reconsider Italia 90 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/oct/14/on-second-thoughts-italia-90
Jonathan Wilson on the forgotten great Romanian coach Stefan Kovacs http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jan/08/europeanfootball.ajax
Youtube user Eckae's Top 30 Players Ever as of 2007: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naOhrmNaJE4"]YouTube - Top 30 Football Players Ever (Part One)‏[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuWwa2soHuI"]YouTube - Top 30 Football Players Ever (Part Two)‏[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvtE-ejyXwc"]YouTube - Top 30 Football Players Ever (Part Three)‏[/ame]
FourFourTwo on Faas Wilkes: http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/champi...08/the-criminally-underrated-faas-wilkes.aspx
Simon Kuper looks at the increased use of data within football http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9471db52-97bb-11e0-9c37-00144feab49a.html#axzz1Pd78IO00 Miguel Delaney sets out his top 30 international teams ever http://footballpantheon.com/2011/06/the-30-greatest-international-teams-of-all-time/ Craven Cottage Newsround consider some Liberos of the past http://cravencottagenewsround.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/chalkboarding-the-past-liberos/
An imaginary tournamnet of all time great club teams by Wilson http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jonathan_wilson/06/20/alltime.tournament/index.html
Planet World Cup: http://www.planetworldcup.com/ An All-Time World Cup on the Play4ateam website: http://www.play4ateam.com/ExtraTime/AllTimeWorldCup/tabid/131/language/en-GB/Default.aspx Nandor Hidegkuti obituary in the Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nandor-hidegkuti-729793.html Brian Clough obituary in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2004/sep/21/guardianobituaries.football
Very good article about the level of TV pundits in England http://www.thesportcollective.com/the-problem-with-football-punditry/2011/05/