FA Sets Bar High for Capello

The English FA have a firm goal for Capello's England squad: reach the semifinals of the next World Cup, or the next European Championships. After failing to qualify for Euro 2008, the FA has announced new targets for English football. Steve McC ...

Capello is Told that England WILL Make WC 2010 Semis. Or Else.

A quick check of my favorite fact source Wikipedia confirms the awful truth: When it comes to the World Cup, England is a quarterfinal team. Of the fifteen World Cups between 1950 and 2006, they've been champions once (1966) and made it to th ...

The Offside Rewind: Hold on Tight

Some stories you might have missed on The Offside this week... Some mysterious missing underwear in Japan Big money equals fast cars Marcello Lippi has bad news for Fabio Capello Ronaldo gets a lot more than he bargained for A talented you ...

Daily Dose 04.17.08

Something to read while you strike a pose from your youth... A trip to the San Siro (BnA ItalyLogue) Why everyone is against Zaragoza (La Liga Review) Who was the first team to play soccer in the US? (The Global Game) Fabio fires a warning (Soc ...

Cabbage Conundrum

England coach, Fabio Capello, liked what he saw of Theo Walcott in the Arsenal v Liverpool Champions League 2nd leg at Anfield. "To go past so many players with such speed and balance is one thing, but to have the composure and awareness to pick a ...

Tracey Ullman Channels Beckham, and some European Thoughts

Thought you might enjoy this video of Tracey Ullman channeling David Beckham. (Hat tip to Showtime Fan. And if the video doesn't work on your computer, as it isn't working on mine, click on that link.) HUGE thanks to Jen for holding the fo ...

Episode 16: International Friendly Day

It sounds like a rather ridiculous holiday, like Love Day from the Simpsons, but no, Wednesday is going to be jam-packed with international football, and this week on the pod, we take a little break from the club football scene to take a look at some ...

Torres Finds Form and The Godfather Says, "Watch Your Back"

While waiting for the NASCAR race to restart, I remembered that my first duty is to write about Liverpool, so here we go... Torres seems to have found his pristine form again, thus regaining man crushes from millions of adoring fans. What makes him ev

Capello's English Better, Still Can't Understand Geordies and Scousers

England Boss, Fabio Capello, has recently said in an interview that he's happy with the progress he's made in mastering the English language, but has a terrible time understanding people when he goes to matches because of the different accents. I guess i

Steven Gerrard Named England Captain

It's nice to see that the rumor mill gets one right now and then. Fabio Capello has stated that Steven Gerrard will lead England out as captain for the match against Switzerland. On behalf of all Reds fans I'd just like to say, "SUCK IT RIO! UP YOURS

Give Beckham his 100th Cap Already!

A month or so ago, the English papers were reporting that David Beckham would get his 100th cap next week in the Switzerland friendly. And they weren't just saying he'd play. They were saying he'd wear the captain's band yet again. It made sense.

If Capello is appointed as the next England manager, what will it mean to Liverpool?

Well, for one, I believe that the Liverpool captain will become the England captain. Steven Gerrard should always have been the England captain over John Terry. I, like most of the rest of the world, had no idea why John Terry was appointed captain by sec

Lippi and Capello Fighting it Out in England?

Now that Jose Mourinho has worked them into a frenzy just to turn them down (allegedly for the Milan job, but we'll try to ignore that madness), the English press have become convinced that the two men now at the top of the FA's list for the England gig a

Harry Redknapp Will Not Be Allowed To Talk To The FA

Portsmouth Chief Executive Peter Storrie has come out against the idea of Harry Redknapp taking the England job. "Hopefully they'll look completely the other way because we won't let them talk to him at all. As far as we're concerned, we wouldn't give

Thursday Bullets

Hala Madrid! I should start every post with that. Yeah baby, just like that... Just a little something to start us off on the right foot... Fabio Capello reams Calderon and Mijatovic. as I've already made clear, I despise Goal.com for a

CORRECTION: Wednesday Bullets

Real Madrid news from today's football headlines... (Day of the week corrected in the title above) Former manager Fabio Capello has finally vented against Real Madrid directors. Claiming that they lied about retaining him and his assistants befo

Jornada 0.875 results and a Small Club's Manager is Out

7/8ths of the first Jornada are complete, but apparently it's never too early to start the coaching carousel a-turnin'. The first boss out for the 07/08 BWINLiga season is... Fernando Santos! Come on down, Fernando and we'll tell you what you've won!

Addition through subtraction?

Luckily for Real Madrid fans, players don't usually leave because they have ambitions for Champions League play or they're being scooped out by another big European club. We're the ones doing the scooping as our latest signing of Dutch winger Royston Dre

Fabio Capello fired, Bent is better than Thierry

The big news coming from the Spanish capital today is that Fabio Capello, who just led Real Madrid to the title, has been dismissed. This is wonderful news for everyone in La Liga and, I believe, opens the door to either Sevilla or Valencia winning the

Crapello Likes Abidal

This is what Capello thinks of you

Isn't it beautiful? (from El Pais)

Deschamps Out! (We Think.)

Though nothing has been confirmed by the club, Italian TV is reporting Juve coach Didier Deschamps tendered his resignation this morning after a meeting with general manager Jean Claude Blanc. Alrighty then. I guess we can stop trying to guess whether he'

Diego Milito, Bernd Schuster, and the Great Closing of the Gap

Ronaldinho's Jimmy MacElroy impression against Zaragoza... There's never a dull moment this year in La Liga. Miss a couple of games because you're eating chocolate rabbits and you're suddenly lost as to how a league that was "getting out of hand" jus

Beckham to Capello: Neener, Neener, Fabio!

How to you get back at a coach who's done nothing but criticize you while keeping you on the bench? How about equalizing the score with one of your gorgeous free kicks when you're finally allowed to play. That's a good start. Real Madrid coach Fabi