http://www.footballyobs.com A yobbish take on the world of football Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:00:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What a feast of football Euro 2008 has been so far. Three out of the four semifinalists only managed to finish as runners up in their respective groups, with Spain breaking the pattern in penalty kicks against Italy. Every game has featured sublime skill, great drama and plenty of twists ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/euro-2008-semifinals-preview I've always found it easier to pick "dream teams" with more restrictions imposed on me; choosing an all-time or current XI from among the world's brightest stars is impossible, considering the calibre of player that must be left out to accommodate eleven players in a reasonable formation. Fortunately, picking an ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/my-euro-2008-team-of-nations What a week to watch football! It'll be Chelsea and Manchester United for the Champions League final, with Zenit St. Petersburg meeting Rangers in the UEFA Cup final. PSV, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Lyon and Inter have effectively wrapped up the league titles in Europe, with only Chelsea and Man ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/its-chelsea-manchester-united Manchester United seemed very satisfied with their efforts after a 0-0 draw at Barcelona's Camp Nou. Certainly, there was a certain amount of professionalism about the result, achieved in the face of loud whistling whenever the English side maintained possession for more than a few seconds. The ESPN commentators, particularly ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/0-0-the-worst-result-for-man-utd It was another fascinating weekend of football with the title race in England becoming much closer, while Real Madrid have all but been crowned champions despite drawing against Mallorca. Meanwhile, there was also FA Cup action. It's hard to believe that there are only a handful of games left, but ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/football-news-from-april-5-6 It was a strong weekend of football, with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all winning. But only United looked like a top-four side. Liverpool laboured to victory over Everton in the Merseyside derby, while Chelsea were saved several times by the woodwork against Middlesbrough. Arsenal overcame a 2-0 deficit ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/manchester-united-increase-their-grip Originially, I thought I'd be missing the action from the so-called "Super Sunday", featuring Liverpool vs Manchester United and Arsenal vs Chelsea. Celebrating Easter on Saturday, I was operating under the impression that those games would be played then, instead of Sunday. Fortunately, they weren't, and I got to watch ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/the-fallout-from-super-sunday I love a good transfer rumour and was vaguely disappointed when international transfer windows made their appearance several years back. On the plus side, it certainly makes the close season more interesting. These days, managers like Roy Keane and Martin O'Neill are constantly banging on about how difficult it is ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/transfer-gossip-this-march The Barcelona v Celetic second leg clash was on TV Tuesday, while I got to watch PSV beat Tottenham on Thursday. I would have preferred Man Utd v Lyon or Arsenal v Milan in the Champions League and Everton v Fiorentina in UEFA Cup, but I'll take whatever is served ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/european-football-roundup-1 It was a feast of football this weekend, particularly on Saturday. With Barcelona and Real Madrid in action, as well as Arsenal and Man Utd, the fallout from the games was always likely to be enormous. Let's start in England first, where Manchester United won comfortably away at Fulham and ... http://www.footballyobs.com/blog/drama-in-spain-and-england