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Finally Over and New Kits
By Cesar | May 16th, 2008So what do you think? These are supposedly the new kits we'll be wearing in next season's La Liga and UEFA Cup competitions ... not too bad, eh? I didn't get this season's kit and for good reasons ... why would I want a kit that'll remind me ...
2007/08 Tottenham Games of the Year
By Richard | May 14th, 2008#5 - October 10, 2007 - SPURS 4, VILLA 4 Our 125th Anniversary game became an instant classic. Down 4-1 after an hour of play Villa looked primed to ruin the celebration when Spurs suddenly started to work their way back. Pascal Chimbonda scored a ...
Relief
By Cesar | May 12th, 2008Ahh, sweet glorious relief ... how wonderful it is! The weight of the world has been lifted off our shoulders. The birds are chirping. The sun is shining. The flowers smell wonderful and the effervescent coffee in the next room beckons us to en ...
Safety
By Cesar | May 10th, 2008I'm keeping this one short as I battle a torrid head cold that just won't go away ... the players better not catch anything either, as evidenced by the picture above which shows Marchena and Villa enjoying the wet conditions at Paterna. They're n ...
Spurs Notes:
By Richard | May 8th, 2008*** Jonathan Woodgate has singlehandedly made our defense of corners go from poor to stout. Is it just me that sees this? I swear that 90% of corners taken against us since Woodgates arrival end up on his head. *** I love the Gennaro Gattuso rumor ...
Random Thoughts Before Today's 'Game of the Year'
By Cesar | May 7th, 2008Valencia v. Real Zaragoza. Game of the Year. How many times have I said that? (Look at that scrumptious paella. Since footie pics haven't been working, I figured I'd change it up and show you Valencia's 2nd best contribution to the world, ...
08/09 Kits Revealed
By Richard | May 6th, 2008There you have it Spurs fans, the 08/09 kits are here. The home kit has a similar cut to the 125th 07/08 shirt with the exception of a smaller Mansion logo and blue trim. The away will be light blue this year, with ...
Spain Euro 2008 and Awards Time
By Cesar | May 6th, 2008With Valencia's season winding down, I'm going to be concentrating more effort on Spain's Euro 2008 campaign. That's right, Euro 2008 is just around the corner! It begins June 7th with Spain's first game against Russia June 10th in Innsbruck. ...
The Abyss of Segunda
By Cesar | May 5th, 2008NADA ... that's what Valencia gave us yesterday. Nothing ... As today's front page of Foroche puts it, that's what Valencia gave us. And there's nothing more to say ... We're now staring into the abyss, two points from relegation with three games ...
More Bad News: Villa to Madrid
By Cesar | May 2nd, 2008You want more bad news? You know, besides being near relegation, being in massive debt, having to offload our talent, etc?? According to MARCA and Goal.com, David Villa turned down an offer to join England's Tottenham Hotspur to join ... Real ...
The End of an Era
By Cesar | May 1st, 2008So this is how it ends. Valencia CF fight their way through the last four matches of the season, clawing past relegation and into next season’s La Liga. They sell their top players, bring in a mediocre (aka cheap) coach who’s never really w ...
Younes Kaboul.... Stop Talking
By Richard | April 30th, 2008Is there even a shred of truth to what Younes Kaboul has said about his manager Juande Ramos over the past few days or does the entire thing just stink of 'player upset over not being good enough to get first team football'? Kaboul hasn't appe ...
The Worst News Valencia Fans Could Hear ...
By Cesar | April 30th, 2008There's a bevy of news out there regarding our beloved ahead of tonight's dull 2-1 Liverpool win over Chelsea in a competition we only dream of being in. I could talk about former Koeman assistant José Mari Bakero saying the Trio of Santi Caniza ...
Ramos reels in Luka Modric
By Richard | April 28th, 2008Nothing like swooping in and grabbing the player you want right off the bat. If you missed it, Tottenham Hotspur have signed Dinamo Zagrab and Croatian Attacking Midfielder Luka Modric for a fee reported to be around 15.8 million on a five year d ...
Stranger Than Fiction
By Cesar | April 28th, 2008Relief, at least for one week, came in the form of a 3-0 victory at the hands of 10-man Osasuna at a feisty Mestalla yesterday. With new coach Voro at the helm, Valencia returned to the old 4-4-2 system that's worked wonders before. It paid d ...
Koeman Has Job Offers? WHY?
By Cesar | April 25th, 2008I wrote earlier today about my hopes for this weekend. But this news item jumped out at me and I had to say something about it ... Supposedly, ex-coach Ronald Koeman has a multitude of job offers since being canned by Valencia earlier this week . ...
A New Hope
By Cesar | April 25th, 2008In the never-ending saga that is Valencia CF, we now turn our attention back onto the field of play. This weekend it's Osasuna, that plucky little team from Pamplona that often causes us trouble. I've long had a fondness for Los Rojillos (The ...
What a Week It's Been ...
By Cesar | April 23rd, 2008What a week, eh? From the jubilation of a Cup win last Wednesday to the depths of despair, 2 points from relegation and a drop into the abyss of the Segunda. First, let me say I stand beside many readers of the blog in saying I'm very happy t ...
Spurs Notes:
By Richard | April 23rd, 2008-Jamie O'Hara is definitely no left back. I read quite a few 'player rater' blogs that scored his performance from Saturday's draw at the JJB as rather decent. I thought he looked well out of place and every time Wigan tried to make a run down their ...
Update: The Trio MAY Return ...
By Cesar | April 21st, 2008According to Superdeporte, the ousted trio of Canizares, Albelda and Angulo WILL be available to new coach Voro should he choose to use them ... that means we could see the veteran Che legends as soon as this weekend against Osasuna ... What do y ...
The Trio Won't Return
By Cesar | April 21st, 2008On the heels of Ronald Koeman's dismissal as coach of Valencia CF, word that the Valencia board had conditions for the new coach ... The conditions were ... Angulo, Canizares and Albelda could NOT return to the club ... no matter what ... Tha ...
2 Points ...
By Cesar | April 21st, 2008I've been waiting for official word from either the Valencia club website or one of the Spanish rags about Ronald Koeman's sacking before I wrote a column. But it's not forthcoming so here's what I (and most of you) know: - Ronald Koeman is o ...
Two new United Players
By jon | April 17th, 2008This picture is funny, mostly because of the difference in attractiveness. Meet your two new defenders, Jeff Curtin and Mike Zaher, formerly of Chicago and Toronto, respectively. Here's some info from BTB... Curtin was drafted by the ...
Cup Tidbits and Relegation Battles
By Cesar | April 17th, 2008So I'm coming down from my high some, still reveling in last night's victory. But at the same time, I know we have lots of work to do ... for example, assuring our passage into next season's La Liga. Last night was great fun (so great that my hea ...
Cup Highlights
By Cesar | April 17th, 2008The idiots at GOL TV decided to cut away *RIGHT* when Valencia were to receive the Copa from King Juan Carlos ... What were they thinking?? They're in the soccer business, no? Aren't these the special moments we watch soccer for? Why do that to us ...
Valencia CAMPEONES!
By Cesar | April 16th, 2008So after all that, we did it ... 2007-08 Copa Del Rey champions and in impressive fashion, in what was a wonderful game to watch for Valencia fans. I admit it. I am a bit tipsy at the moment. But can you blame me?? What a season! What a c ...
El Corazon del Escudo ... Or, I'm Nervous
By Cesar | April 16th, 2008Here we are, Cup final day. And I'm nervous as can be ... I'm in New York City, 9am on a sunny spring day, awaiting the sight of my team playing in Spain's version of the Super Bowl. The King Juan Carlos will be there as will many dignitaries and ...
More Copa Del Rey News
By Cesar | April 15th, 2008Some more tidbits ahead of our 2-1 victory over Getafe in the Copa Del Rey final ... (I'm trying very, very hard to be optimistic here ...) - Is Koeman getting the sack win, lose or draw tomorrow night? According to this report, he is. Four win ...
Pattern of Disappointing Play Continues
By Richard | April 15th, 2008The season has been over for some time for the boys of N17. A UEFA Cup spot was secured back in February and there's really no where to go, up or down in league, so why bother? That's the attitude we've been seeing from just about every member of T ...
The Final
By Cesar | April 15th, 2008First off, some links and other stuff ahead of tomorrow's Copa Del Rey final against Getafe. - Valencia president Agustin Morera said winning the King's Cup will not make up for a "disastrous season" ... you said it, Mr. Morera. "It isn't po ...
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