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Football Paradise » Southampton
5M ago
Dinamo Zagreb’s start to the season currently sees them in third place in the Croatian PremierLeague, 4 points off leaders Rijeka and rivals Hajduk Split in second with a game in hand overboth. Despite the fact that Dinamo Zagreb could still go on to win the league from this position, itis clear that this is ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
10M ago
There was a time, a few years ago, when I could have kicked a ball with my eyes closed and hit multiple goodbye offerings; in fact, a part of me had started to feel less like a football writer and more like one that exclusively wrote Arsenal farewell pieces. The last time I wrote one ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
1y ago
Tucked away in Eastern Belgium, closer to the Dutch border than the major Belgian cities, Genk is a former coal mining town which fewer than 70,000 people call home. Even in a small country, it falls distinctly into the provincial category, yet the city has emerged as the unlikely starting point for some of football’s ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
1y ago
Sean Dyche and Burnley: "Hard working, rough around the edges, an acquired taste to some, but more widely, downright unpopular ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
1y ago
When you are not thriving at one place, you try to rediscover yourself by moving to another. Even after winning a Bundesliga and Champions League double in 2020 when on loan at Bayern Munich, ironically scoring against Barcelona en route to the final of the latter, Philippe Coutinho only reverted to the stagnancy he had ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
2y ago
Serbia played its first ever World Cup as an independent nation in 2010 in South Africa. Unflattering and unimpressive, the Serbians were written off before a ball was kicked, only to produce one of the biggest upsets in the tournament. “Krasic…Krasic is in behind the German defence, he has pulled it back, Zigic arriving…surely a ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
2y ago
Under Maurizio Sarri, Ross Barkley seems to found his mojo, and the secret to that lies in shedding the tag of the next big thing. I completely understand why Antonio Conte spent most of last season sulking around Cobham. He was keen to build on the successes of 2016/17 while the board were content to ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
2y ago
We explore the angst and optimism of AFC Ajax supporters, uncovering the factors behind the club’s decline and reasons to keep believing. As the old saying goes, there is no rest for the wicked. We’ve hardly construed its intended meaning over the centuries. “There is no peace for the wicked” is taken directly from the ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
2y ago
Manchester United’s Daley Blind is on the brink of a return to Ajax. The 28-year-old swapped the Amsterdam giants for Old Trafford four years ago in a £14million deal. Blind made 141 appearances for United over that period, but only played seven Premier League matches last term for Jose Mourinho’s side. Daley Blind is on his way to ..read more
Football Paradise » Southampton
2y ago
It isn’t often that you can pinpoint one moment in which one person’s life or the way they are perceived is changed beyond recognition. But that is undoubtedly the case for Marko Arnautovic and his relationship with the supporters of West Ham United. December 2017. The Hammers were already 1-0 up, and the Austrian was ..read more