Swansea Greatest Club Today

Swansea will prosper for 16 years and more in the Premiere league.

When Swansea City got promoted to the Barclays Premiere league via the play-offs, many critics ,pundits and so called football gurus said Swansea City will fall back to the Champions division faster than what they got promoted.

Now into their second season Swansea City has proved these critics wrong and have gained thousands of fans from around the world with their slick passing style and their Philosophy, and it's their belief, courage, spirit that will ensure Swansea to compete with the best of the Premiere League for many more years to come

Swansea had an impressive run last year under Brendon Rodgers. ending 11th on the table and taking a few Big scalps, the likes of Arsenal, Man City and Liverpool all fell to Swansea City at the Liberty.

There are many reasons behind Swansea City's success. It's their belief, spirit, philosophy and most important of all THE FANS are the keys to their success. Swansea is a close knit club, it's a Unit where fans and footballers alike are part of one big family. Week in and week out whenever Swansea plays at the Liberty there is always a sell out crowd and regardless the size of the fans whether we are 20,000 or 2000, the fans will out shout, out chant and out sing 90,000 fans in any given stadium any day. Swansea is the perfect example that one does not need BIG money and BIG names to be able to perform. Swansea are 8th on the log one behind Arsenal and are competing for a place for Europe and League cup success after making it for the first time in their history to the semi-finals.

Compared to the other teams like Sunderland, Wigan, Reading and QPR. its evident that Swansea are a better club not because of the position on the table but because Swansea plays with structure, confidence, character and hart, regardless the score whether they are 3-0 down or 1-0 up Swansea will stick to their style and their beliefs that makes them who they are, and they will continue to fight and push forward. Swansea is a perfect example of a club that has risen from the ashes after all the hardships and bad run of forms, after all the bad luck and struggle its Swansea City's time to shine to show the world what they are made of and one day they will compete with the likes of the top teams in Europe.

Swansea Fans

FOR TEAMS, MANAGERS AND PLAYERS WILL COME AND GO BUT SWANSEA WILL STAY ETERNAL IN THE LIVES OF THE FANS WHO MAKE IT ONE OF THE BEST CLUBS IN THE WORLD

FOOTBALL DIVE MASTERS

We all would agree that spring board diving in swimming has its perks and we are mainly attracted to it when it's the time of the Olympics. But now it seems that there is a new form of diving looking to become a professional sport

Diving in Football as become a custom to many teams and many players alike. Leading this new trend would be Luis Saurez and Gareth Bale. The past weekend we saw to of the best dive,masters in their trade on top form but the best comes from one you would least expect Gareth Bale. Saurez looks like he has some competition

LETS FLY: Gareth Bale takes a tumble despite no contact from Brad Guzan

Now Bales dive does not come as a surprise, what does come as a surprise is that he beat the master himself at his own game. However these are not the only players as Man United Ashley Young is also a key contender for the Dive Master crown

Now to put all jokes and Mickies aside. Diving in football is a serious issue. We see more and more top players going down in particular fashion, throwing hands and arm in the air trying to get the Refs attention, the show that is put up that these players are injured but once the decision is made they get up as if nothing is wrong.

We all agree that players need to be booked more harshly as this is an issue that needs to be stooped in its roots because the results of this issue is causing bigger issues

We all know that image is important. So what images are diving in the game causing. The result is that youngsters that idolize these players in your top leagues want to be the like these players and they start mimicking these players. Now the issue is that these young players will see the diving as a norm and start doing it at a young age meaning that one day diving will be as part of the game as scoring would be.

This is why the diving needs to stop especially in the BPL. They need to put a stop to this as fans now see diving as a norm and they start to loose interest in the game as players that constantly dive for nothing is taking the enjoyment out of the game. The BPL is a Big name and it thrives to keep that name so a stop to diving is needed to ensure that they keep their standards and class as a top league in the world. Other wise we will look at a drop in class and quality to the name of the BPL

EL LASSER CLASSICO

Lasers have been around for many years and have been used in many ways from eye surgery to em plating brass and metal plates, each laser never less has its purpose. However a different kind of laser made an appearance at the Camp Nou

The EL Classico arguably one of the biggest anticipated games of the football calender, no matter where you are or what team you support, if the EL Classico is on you will know about it. Red and green lasers where seen on the players of Real Madrid.lasers where seen on the players of Real Madrid.

This comes to no surprise as Real were visiting Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Now some would say that these laser affected the game of some of the players of Real Madrid. But Christiano Renaldo did not seem to be affected even though he seemed to have complained here and their but never less he showed why he is one of the best footballers in the world. Other players like Cassilas also seemed to complain about lasers in his face

Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid has a laser pointed in his face during the EL Classico between Barcelona and Real Madrid at Nou Camp

The game certainly entertained as it ended 2 all. The matter however is the issue of the lasers. As a Real Fan or any fan in general how would this make you feel that efforts are being made to hinder you teams performance, yes they are professional players they should not be affected by thing like this but lasers are not part of the game and having said this many fans feel that the lasers is equivalent to have an extra opposition.

Other questions are that do the Barca fans not have any faith in their team that they need to use artificial means of getting their team to win. So many questions that do not have awnsers

Never-less the EL Classico one of the biggest games of the calendar. The publicity the revenue the media attention created is certainly in the top five next to the World Cup and the Champions League Final. So essentially it is a must win. But at what cost. Will acts like these have an effect on any of the PR involved or is the event just so big that it does not seem to be a factor. 

One would definitely agree that any acts like these anywhere in the world would distere any top sponsorship but due to the magnitude of the game and the event, sponsors simply would just ignore it as they will get back what ever they invest. This is the real issue as it only matters if you have the power the money and numbers that will allow you to get away with things in this life, the bigger you are the better you are protected

Flying Swans or Falling Swans

What appeared to be a dream start for the Swans now seems to have turned to be a start of a long nightmare

Swansea city face their one of their biggest task ahead trying to stay a second season in the top flights of English soccer. They are the first team from Wales to ever play in the Barclays Premier league and last season they managed to stay in the top flights against all odds and pundits against them, however they managed to stay up due to their FANCY FOOTBALL, PASSING ABILITY, BELIEVES, SPIRIT and most important TEAMWORk

Flying Swans
Swansea started their campaign of to a dream start scoring 8 goals in 2 games and not conceding, and for the first two weeks they were the highest they have ever been in the BPL. with new signings Michu, De Guzman and Florez, the Swans seemed to be in charge and ready to fight

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However this dream start came to an end when they drew 2 all against the mighty Sunderland then losing to Villa the following week that resulted in a stint of three consecutive losses including a shocking home performance against Everton and an away game to Peter Crouch and Stoke.

Bitter taste: Swansea City losing their 3 game in a row Striker Danny Graham  dissapointed

The question can the Swans return to winning ways or was the dream start a fluke, one thing is for certain that the Swans are not gelling like a team and that is one of the KEY ingredients that Martinez, Sousa and Rodgers  managed not to lose

Now from a PR point of view. What are the implications for a team if they do manage to fall out of the Top flights. We have seen many teams fall out and return soon after and others once they have fallin they struggle to get back up and thus taking many years to get back into the BPL or never get there again. The reality is that life not in the BPL you do not have the publicity as you not in the most watched league in the world, you lose fans, lose sponsors and more thus causing a loss in revinue and causing you to lose your key players as you cant afford them.

From a fans point of view what do you think are the implications of life not in the top flights and how many years should it take you to get back

The tales of Flying Dyer

Is it a Bird is, is it a Plane . NO. it's Flying Dyer

Definitely one of the rising stars of English football. He gives fullback uphill week in and week out when he graces the pith. He is quick, Nimble, and agile. He does not lose the ball and is willing to take on any one double his size, and he knows where the back of the net is.

Flying HIgh: Nathan Dyer, Arsenal v Swansea City,Premier League 

Nathan Dyer is definitely one of the best young wings in English football with the potential to become a great player. When looking at his stats last year he was by far one of the promising wings in the Barclays Premier League. So the question is what must this high flyer do to get called up to the England squad.

Any football fan would agree that Sterling being called up ahead of Dyer is abit of a shock. Not saying that Sterling is not good but we all know that Dyer is a far better player with alot more potential. So what must Dyer do to get his call

It is evident that England managers call players only due to the clubs they play for and not the aspect of choosing certain players that can play with one another. It seems that they over look players ability and stats and only look at the BIG clubs they play for .

Dyer has certainly proved that he deserves his call for the England. However Fans would feel that due to Dyers double yellow and Red this weekend he is unfit for England duty. This is the Question. However one cannot penalize a player of his class because of one bad weekend of football, we all know all players have their bad games and thats what makes them human, they are not just machines that can perform week in and week out even machines have bad days.

From a football fans point of view what do you think, does Dyer deserve his call ,does he deserve his chance. And what do you think, Do players get picked due to their clubs they play for or because of their class and skill and the ability to play with one another. let us hear your views 

Opening Weekend Debuts, Shocks and Wonders

The Barclays Premier League (BPL) opening weekend had finally arrived. With some new Debuts. Shocks and Wonders the opening weekend has already seen

• 9 matches played
• 26 goals scored
• 7 clean sheets
• 27 yellow cards
• 2 red

Debuts

With the transfer market still open and booming we have seen some familiar faces at new team and new faces all together. One of those was Miguel Michu that helped his side Swansea City to a very comfortable win over QPR with the first goal for the 2012/2013 season coming just 8 min into the game. Micheal Laudrup from Swansea also made his very first BPL as a manager whilst Former assistant manager at Liverpool Steve Clarke saw his side Wes Brom take down his former club down 3-0

Shocks

Some of  the shocks would have to be Wes Brom beating Liverpool 3-0. Swansea recorded their first ever victory against QPR away in 92 years when they outplayed QPR 5-0. New Comers Southampton gave current Champions Man City a Scare when they narrowly lost 3-2 after leading 1-2. and lastly Arsenal failed to score to Sunderland as they surely missed Robin Van Percy (RVP)

Wonders

The Wonders of the opening weekend we saw an amazing goal from Wes Brom's Zoltan Gera that opened the Scoring for their 3-0 win over Liverpool. http://QiHohqOGQcg

With one game left Man U vs Everton. The opening weekend surely set of to a great start and did not fail to entertain Fans. Nobody knows what lies ahead but one thing remains clear that this looks like to be the best    season yet. 

Same League, New Season, Different Challenges

The new Barclays Premier league is upon us. With the new boys wanting to show their strut while some of the Old and familiars want to put last season behind them and redeem themselves. What does this new season hold in store for us 

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With the transfer season is about to end, some managers have been very busy signing new names to strengthen their squads while other focused their attention to another aspects. Chelsea where amongst the busiest clubs in the transfer window spending over 70 million pounds, one of their signings is Belgium star  Eden Hazzard.

With six new managers in the league to start, these managers will definitely want to show that they deserve to be their. Swansea city and Wesbrom both have managers that are fairly new to the premier league. These managers have so much more to prove.

While there will be many battles to be won and many different objectives to be achieved the BIGGEST will and must be the battle of Manchester. The two Manchester clubs will be having a league of their own as Man U will want to redo their narrow loss to the title while Man City will want to retain that title and prove every one that last season was not just a one time show. But the likes of Chelsea seem to want in on that race while Arsenal, well that will be something we all would have to wait and see

With so much to play for and the losses so high the Barclays Premier Season will not fail to entertain us, New players wanting to prove them selves. It is clear that this is going to be one of the best seasons ever

As A fan are you excited and what are you expecting from this Season

Black Sheep of English Football

Players make mistakes, they apologize for it. They pay for it and then spend some time rebuilding their reputation and soon afterwards all is forgotten about the bad deeds they have done.

Now it seems that if a player does anything wrong that can damage his career the Barclays Premier league would be the worst place for any player to do so. Football being the biggest sport in the UK, fans are married to their teams till death do them par one would say. Now when a player makes a mistake that would cost his team to lose an important game or makes a remark, fans seem to be very unforgiving.

However these players soon apologizes and recognizes there mistakes and then spend some time rebuilding their careers and some time after all is forgotten. David Beckham was able to do so after his red card in the 1998 FIFA world cup against Argentina. He soon after apologized and then worked to rebuild his career.

Fury: Patrice Evra (right) pushes Luis Suarez away at Anfield

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2049658/Luis-Suarez-aimed-racist-abuse-claims-Patrice-Evra.html#ixzz23ANylBiP

However Luis Suarez made racial remarks to Patrice Evra during a Fixture between Man U and Liverpool. This an act that seemed to damage his already brittle reputation. To make things worst is when the two teams met each other later in the season Suarez refused to shake Evra's hand. THis seemed to be the final straw for Suarez as every fan in football history cannot stand the sight of the Liverpool player and that his actions truly has cost his reputation. The thing is he refuses to take responsibility for his actions and he refuses to apologize to Evra.

Suarez who is not really liked by fans for constantly diving and crying wolf never had a real strong reputation to start with. He is an arrogant, cocky player that tends to spend more time on the floor appealing for fouls then he seems to play the game, this is a real shame because the player does have skills and is very talented. But his actions take the light away from that.

Fans and players alike do not seem to have much time for the Player and his actions might have also damaged the Liverpool name. New Reds Boss Brendan Rodgers believes that he can rebuild his reputation just like the former United star did in his career. read more http://Suarez-aimed-racist-abuse

 The thing is he is not Beckham and his case is not the same as Beckham's and if he does not change his attitude and admits he was wrong he will never be able to step out of that dark spot and rebuild his name and he will forever be the player that everyone shunts when he touches the ball

As Football fans how do you feel about this

2nd Season Blues

Newly Promoted teams to the top flight that successfully secure a second season but fails to do a 3rd

Teams that get  promoted to the top flights usually faces a hard task of staying up. And when these teams manages to secure a second season, the task ahead seems to be that much bigger and thus teams get branded with the term second season blues.

Now usually newly promoted teams find it hard to adapt to life in the top flights. The game is faster, harder, more physical and at the end of the season you see these new boys usually drop back down to the Champion devision. However this was not the case for Swansea City, Norwich and QPR. These three teams managed to secure a second season in the top flights.

These teams brought something different to the BEAUTIFUL GAME last season and even though QPR just managed to stay up where Swansea and Norwich ended mid table they gave some of the elite teams a scare especially MAN CITY the current champions.

The question is do you think that the three teams are able to secure yet another season or will they suffer the Second Season Blues? Some fans would say that your second season in the top flights is harder than your first. Two teams that definitely  have a mammoth task ahead would be both Swansea and Norwich who lost both their managers to bigger clubs, as these managers played crucial part of ending their teams in mid table.

Another factor is the new teams that will be hungry to prove their status and secure their place among the greats.

• Reading
• Southampton
• West ham united

Will be giving it their all to show the world why they deserve to be the there flights. 

What is your verdict? Who do you think will be fighting for their lives and who will be safe at the end of the season. Who is going to struggle. The only thing that Football fans know is that its is going to be a battle of MAMMOTH proportions from the very first whistle

Crunch Time

With the Barclays Premier League coming to an end this weekend is a must win for many teams

Many teams have a lot at stake this weekend some need crucial wins in order to secure another season in the top flights whilst other are fighting for Champions League qualification.

Arsenal, Tottenham, Newcastle are fighting for a position in the top four in order to qualify for the Champions League. Separated with just a point these teams are fighting for their own title in its own right. Arsenal face mid table side Norwich, while Tottenham face struggling Villa and Newcastle face log leader Man City. Newcastle United can seriously dent Man City's title hopes as these two teams have a lot to play for. This is a must see.

Then Man U take on welsh boys Swansea City, and as any Manager said this season you cannot go into a game with Swansea City half hearted because you will get yourself into trouble. But with Man U coming out of a 1-0 loss to Man City on monday and losing that top spot they will have all the motivation they need to show the young guns of Wales why they are one of the best teams in the world.

Then we look at the bottom of the log Aston Villa,Wigan,QPR,Bolton are separated by 3-points. if Villa who faces tottenham who needs a win for top four loses they will face the last day of the BPL in the Relegation battle if wigan ,QPR and Bolton manages to win this weekend. whilst Blackburn Rovers chances of staying up purely hangs by chance that they beat Wigan and the other 3 loses their games in order to give the club a fighting chance comes final day next week

This will truly be an exciting weekend of football but to come to the real reason I write this blog. If a team gets relegated what are the implications on that team what do they lose and how does it effect the club. Do many fans stop supporting the club dew to them not being in the Top flight, Do sponsors pull out causing them to lose money and then do they lose their star players to Top flight clubs. Surely being relegated has its downsides with not many upsides I would think. From a PRP point of view this is not good image to a club. But respectively the clubs who manages to cope with it and do not lose sponsors and fans are clubs that must have a pretty good Public relations team. It would be interesting to see how they handle the media and pressure from the fans. It would be interesting to see what these PRP come up with

Enjoy the weekends exciting games until next week

End for Pep Guardiola

After Barcelona's exit of the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE semi-final. Manager PEP GUARDIOLA announced that he will not renew his rolling contract for next season

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Very sad day for players and fans alike when Pep announced that he will see out his contract of the 2011/2012 season but will not renew the contract for next season as he feels that he has done his job. Pep feels his time has come and that he needs to walk away. He also feels that being a manager for the club takes allot of stress. He said  "I am drained and need to fill up, The demand has been very high and a manager must be strong".
 The former Barca midfielder took over the role of manager in 2008 and since then won 13 trophies for the club, an impressive record for any manager will take a retirement out of football for a year.

 The question on hand is with Pep leaving Barcelona will teams all over the globe make a bid to get hold of the best manager of this century and by what cost. To follow up on this question will Old Trafford come knocking on his door when Sir Alex Ferguson retires in two years. What better manager to replace the legend of Old Trafford than Pep himself

Tito Vilanova will be the man to take over the reigns of Pep. Will this be the end of the best team in the world or can Tito follow in Pep's footstep and lead the club to Victory in almost all competitions Barca playes in. Like all things in life all good thing have to come to an end and we could possibly see the end of the Barca era paving way for Real Madrid and other teams to step into that spot.

From a Public Relations Point of view on how Pep announced his leaving of the club and the time in which he did it in the season is probably not the best way in the sense that it only leaves a few months to find a replacement even though Vilanova will get the job. Bu if he had announced it earlier would Barca have performed better or worse, no one will know. Pep went the right way by announcing to his players first that he will retire shows the respect he has for his team than he announced it to the world, this shows allot of character on his part truly a good coach

Will the world of FOOTBALL ever see the likes of Pep after he retires... ONLY TIME WILL TELL
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RED CARD for REFEREES

When football games change due to the bad calls REFEREES make

This was the case in the 2012 FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Tottenham when referee Martin Atkinson's decision to allow Chelsea's second goal which arguably changed the fate of the game. Martin's decision to allow the goal was declared shocking to fans around the world when he allowed Matta's goal, but what makes it worst is that the position Martin was in he failed to call. http://footytu.be/v2g43

• John Terry foul on two people  (when he took out keeper Friedel and defender Assou-Eketto)
• Matta's goal that never crossed the line
• Chelsea keeper Peter Cech taking out Emmanuel Adebayor

These are just to name a few errors Martin made. There are many issues following this game like what are the extra empires there for if they are not to be used regarding the ball that never crossed the line, the touch line ref that never lifted his flag when Terry took out the two Spurs players and one of the key indications not giving Peter Cech a red card after he clearly took Adebayor out.

FIFA's Laws of the Game, Law 12, Article 78 If a player denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offense punishable by free kick (direct or in direct) or penalty kick and this player must be given Red card. This is clearly not what the ref did.

Take a dive: Adebayor sent flying after keeper Peter Cech tackled him
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The season of 2011/2012 season has seen many bad calls from refs and these calls have changed the outcome of many games. Should Martin be indicted. Many fans would say yes. The issue is that Refs have become invincible and make bad decisions on a constant basis and Fifa and Co do nothing about it. These institutions need to step in make and example of these refs, the FA board needs to step in on these refs because the Premier League has become the laughing stock due to the bad refs that make these calls.

The image these refs sent out is bad for the FA and the Premier League.There needs to be message sent that if you make bad calls you will be punished after all the Image of the Premier League and the FA is at stake.

From a PR point of View the FA needs to handle this more effectively because issues like this you cannot ignore because it will simply not go away. One needs to approach this head on.

SA has a lot to learn

How South Africa's PSL fairs up against the European League

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Soccer in South Africa has been around since the 19th century, having said this why is it then that Soccer in South Africa is not of the high quality of that of the European Leagues? Anyone that watches the PSL as well as any European soccer can easily compare the quality and class between the two. SA has also failed to establish high quality class of football despite showing promising talents. like European stars like

• Gary Bailey
• Benni Mcarthy 
• Steven Pienaar

These are just to name a few. However SA has failed to produce stars like Drogba, Essien, Toure and Eto just to name a few, Benny Mcarthy was one of those stars and one would think that after him many would follow, not saying that Pienaar is not good but he is not the quality of other African stars. So where has SA gone wrong and who is to blame for not developing quality like Drogba, Eto and Cisse. Not so long ago I watched Pirates and Chiefs, South Africa's Biggest Derby. I could see straight away that SA has the class and quality but its RAW. These skills and talents have not been developed properly and these players have not been guided. The youth of SA watches the likes of Messi and Ronaldo and they want to be like them and when they soon make it onto the scene they lose sight of the hard work they have put in and the fame and fortune goes to the head. The thing is our players want to copy and do what these stars are doing instead of focusing on their own style. SA soccer has its own style and the sooner we realise that the sooner we can compete European level. Brazil does not play in any European leagues and their soccer league is pretty much like ours, but they focus on their own strengths and skills and develop these skills thus paving the ground for their players to make a big impact on international level. SA has got a unique style of playing soccer and personally I believe that if you focus on these strengths one can dominate on the international scene, but somewhere in the system something is wrong and it will take many years until that is fixed

The PSL has some good soccer and recently one can see that the quality of the players and the games today is easily a 100% better that it was just before the FIFA world cup. But i fear it may still take a few years before we see players like Drogba, Essien and Eto come from South African soil

Champions League EL CLASICO

PEP vs JOSE. MESSI vs RONALDO. BARCELONA vs REAL MADRID

This will be the scene if BARCA and MADRID make it to the final of the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, and there will be no better way to end all speculations to who is the best team, who has the best coach and who is better MESSI or RONALDO. This surely is also the best way to end PEP and JOSE's mini rivalry when these sides meet at the biggest stage of the football calender.

This would be the scene as one could see it or will the two sides from England and Germany have something to say about it. CHELSEA who has had more of a mediocre season in the premier league have managed to overcome all odds and make it to the semi-final of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE to face BARCA, without a permanent coach after they sacked Andres Villas Boas. Whilst MUNICH always a good team has had more of an easy ride facing less of higher class opponents. 

Many will automatically agree that the final will host the two spanish sides but the fans of both CHELSEA and MUNICH will think otherwise as they put all their faith behind there teams come semi final day 17 and 18th of April in the 1st of 2 legs

This will truly be one of the greatest semi-finals in years and certainly a must see. Will the two SPANISH giants have it easy as they clearly have the class and skill to do so or will CHELSEA and MUNICH just surprise us and show the world that they should not be written off so quickly because at the end of the day when a team makes it to the final the whole world is watching and what better way to show off your club and get that world known publicity than that of the stage of the 

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL

It's a must see...

The WENGER BAN trilogy

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has received a three match ban and fine by UEFA after using foul language on referee Damir Skomina.

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It doesn't take very long for someone to hear about Arsene Wenger's next ban. The manager from Arsenal has received his THIRD UEFA ban in only a year after confronting referee Damir Skomina in the tunnel, this was after his side beat AC MILAN 3-0, unfortunately he could not undo the 4-3 aggregate that put AC MILAN through to the next round.

Arsene Wenger feels that he is not at fault and says that he will appeal the ban as he feels that the UEFA board is at wrong. Wenger states that he took Skomina on after the match because he awarded AC MILAN to many free kicks; furthermore he said that UEFA has made the referees untouchable, so having a simple word with them is impossible.

However Wenger is not a man that quickly praises another side for the football they play, rather then accept the loss and acknowledge that the opponent deserved the win, he either tries to find faults in the game, argues with the referee and mostly criticizes the other team. One can imagine that if the shoe was on the other foot so to say, Wenger would not have much to say and neither would the AC MILAN coach, as most coaches accept the defeat and try and better their teams.

The problem here is that players and managers alike know that they can get away with murder. They do things that land them in trouble, they get a ban and a small fine and then all is forgotten. The UEFA board and alike need to pound down on these offenders, this will enforce stricter punishment to ensure that players and managers cannot get away with their misdeeds. Wenger's 40,000 euro fine is chomp change and will not effect him as much. These boards that hand out these fines need to look at what they earn and base the fines on this.

Incidents like this and the Saurez saga ( READ: THE BEST, THE NEW, THE UGLY) leaves a bad image to the young and up coming players, they see this as the norm and believes it is right to behave this way because they can get away with it.

 An example needs to be made of so that a message can be sent and the boards that hand out these fines need to be allot harsher or this will destroy the BEAUTIFUL game.

TOO MUCH TO HANDLE

Is the football world EXPECTING too much of the beloved stars that we so truly admire.

We all wonder what it might be like living life on the top, especially the life of a footballer, but at what cost does this high life come at. The fact is that you need to become better, faster and more skilled in the position that you play or you are replaced by someone better and younger. This causes that players tend to train harder and longer in order to harness their skill and become better, but at what cost does this come at and is it worth it, as these harsh training methods place great stress on their bodies

Over the years many players had stared death in the eye through the hands of SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST (SCA). SCA is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, resulting in death if not immediatly treated. Players that have died from SCE

• Miklos Feher
• Marc-Vivien Foe
• Antonio Puerta
• Daniel Jarque

The most recent player to suffer from SCA was Bolton Midfielder Fabrice Muamba, he was fortunate to be resuscitated and taken to hospital.

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Are the Football clubs at fault for placing enormous pressure on these players. or should the football world be held responsible for having so many cups and european leagues that have these players play close to four games a week, or is it the football world as a whole that is at fault. These players have their clubs to represent and their home countries. The many games do have an impact no matter what anyone says. Fabrice was one of the lucky few who managed to survive this ordeal but how many players  will see a different end result in their midst.

As a fan it would be intersting to know if SCA is caused by the intense training and games that are played or are these just players just part the statistics of deaths caused by SCA world wide. What do you as a fan think about it?

Fabrice was lucky to survive this ordeal, but how many players will not be so fortunate. how many more must suffer this before the football world realises it and takes action. 

Our prayers Go out to Fabrice and his Family may he make a full recovery. im sure many of us cant wait to see him back on the field. 

Fairytale or Horror story ending for Manchester City

Fairytale or Horror story ending for Manchester City

Will this be a fairytale ending for MCFC silverware aspirations or will the RED DEVILS destroy those dreams for MANCHESTER CITY

It seems that the last 10 remaining games of the Barclays premier league  will be fought against the two sides from Manchester, Manchester City and Manchester United

 

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With both teams not able to secure any silverware in the League Cup. The FA Cup, Champions league and Europa league, the only silverware left is the Barclays’ Premier league title. And with these two teams in it, means that for the one winning it leaves the other with nothing as this is the only silverware left for the season

This will be the first time since 1967-1968 when Man City won the Football League First Division last, and if they do succeed at doing this it will see Manchester United go trophy less for an entire season. This would be a major fail for Sir Alex Ferguson and the club. As these two clubs having nothing else to play for and only one point separating them , the last 10 remaining games could see these two sides go all out in what can be called a mini season as they cannot afford to slip up.  If the two teams win all their remaining games until they meet each other on the 30^th of April it will definitely be a title fight.

Could this see Carlos Tevez be brought back in order to help City win the league or will Roberto Mancini decide to go at it without the Argentinian. Tevez has not played for City since his outbreak against Mancini because he refused to play in the Champions league match against Bayern Munich that saw City lose 2-0. After City lost to new comers Swansea city this past weekend will Mancini be forced to bring back Tevez because he has been in this position before when he played for United.

Does City have what it takes or will they choke under pressure as they know their rivals have been in this position before and tasted victory. There is only one thing left to say.

 THE RACE IS ON…

THE BEST, THE NEW , THE UGLY

Arguably one of the BEST footballers of all time and certainly the best of our era, would be the one and only LIONEL MESSI. With one of his best performances last night (does he ever have an average one ) showed the world why he was crowned best footballer last year, when he helped BARCELONA to a 7-1 win over Champions League contestants Bayer Leverkusen. MESSI netted 5 times becoming the first player in history to do so in a Champion’s league fixture. See it to believe it. www.footytube.com/video/fc-barcelona-vs-bayer-leverkusen-7-1-107267?ref=art_relvids_list . MESSI never ceases to amaze the BARCA fans and the world when he steps out onto the field and when he does not find the net he always seems to create goals where they are needed. His cunning footwork and mental ability is every footballers dream. MESSI truly one of the greatest, he may and can stand next to the greats like:

·         Pele

·         Carlos Alberto

·         Cantona

·         Milla

·         Shearer

These are just to name a few. MESSI truly deserves his spot with the BEST OF THE BEST.

The New comers to PREMIER LEAGUE football SWANSEA CITY  has grabbed the hearts and attentions many football fans if not thousands world wide.  They have battled against the top dogs and proved victorious. They have dazzled the Barcleys premier league with some fancy passes and ball movement and shutting their opponents out. They even out played the pass masters themselves at their own game this being ARSENAL. With much to learn in the BPL the SWANS have shown great if not outstanding character by adapting to the great game on this level quickly following their opening game defeat 4-0 against title contestants MANCHESTER CITY. This proved to be a hard but important lesson to the boys from Wales as they have stepped up and proven that they belong with the elites of the Premier world. Its hard to name key players in a squad where every player is a world class player but players like Danny Graham, Nathan Dyer , Scott Sinclair , Michel Vorm have shown that they should be considerd for their countries national squad. If nobody took notice of them before, they will definitely take notice now. WATCH THIS SPACE

The UGLY. It is extremely sad that racial issues always finds its way into the BEAUTIFUL game . Saurez was found guilty and charged with 8 games and 40 000 Pounds after being found of miss conduct. As a Public Relations Student an incident like this could severely damage a clubs profile you would think. However the matter is that this issue happens time and time again and so it is kind of forgotten about within a few weeks or even days. But even having said that it would be interesting to see how the PR department would handle it

Catch me again next week for more Football news