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Regarding Henry
Everyone is having their s(pr)ay about the already notorious Thierry Henry incident. That his act was abominably unethical is undisputed; the more significant fallout from his brazen piece of gamesmanship is likely to be yet more discussion about the issue of video assistance for referees. To ...
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Proto-Pragmatism
I escaped from my newborn this week just long enough to watch the final of FIFA's Under 17 World Cup in Nigeria. It was a game well worth watching. World Soccer 's Paul Gardner, a football purist who makes Craig Foster seem like an apostle of playing the percentages by comparison, has often ...
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Not-So-Tragic Arrival
Lucinda Sue Salter, Lucy to her many friends, first stepped out onto the great football field of life at 6:56 this morning. Her daddy, otherwise known as the Football Tragic, was there to cut the cord and has been ministering to his wife for most of the day, in the midst of endless texts and ...
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How the West Won't Be Won - another update
The acquisition of Kevin Sheedy as coach of the AFL's new western Sydney franchise has set plenty of tongues wagging, and keyboards clicking. The presence of one of the sport's most charismatic figures in enemy territory is good copy...especially for rugby league scribes defending the bastions. ...
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Mac the Knifed
Alex Brosque's return to form this season has been a delight to watch, but this sudden move up the ranks comes as a surprise nonetheless. The timing is unfortunate, since Brosque was surprisingly ineffective against Gold Coast United this weekend, especially after the game-changing departure of ...
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'Nix Fixed
Has there been a better team goal in this season's A-League than Wellington's second against Newcastle last night (about two and a half minutes into this )? If Paul Ifill's surging run down the left was typically impressive, Costa Barbarouses' nonchalant flick was sublime. And Chris Greenacre's ...
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Faulty Tower
There have been plenty of success stories at Sydney FC this season. The wonderful mobility of the Brosque-Bridge partnership, Stuart Musialik's return to form, the impressive fitness levels...not to mention the much-improved relations with the media, with Vitezslav Lavicka's courteous and ...
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