David Alaba: Destination and Replacement
No long intro, let's get to it. Age: At 28, Alaba is in his prime. To be fair, he came into Bayern's first team at 17 or 18 years old, so...
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By Kevin Cottrell
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Polarization
Recently up on this site is was a piece about apathy, or people choosing to ignore things that "aren't their business". Well, now I want...
Haller's Hammer Hell
One of the heartwarming football stories in recent seasons was Frankfurt's Europa League journey in the 2018/19 season, when the trident...
Is a player bigger than the club?
One of the phenomena I've experienced since I began following football is the dichotomy in fandom. Well, I'd even maybe have it fall into...
Apathy
Right, so this is something I want to clear up. I titled it apathy, because it's the best word to succinctly describe this phenomenon....
Spooky Friday Preview
Wolves v Palace: two reasons for me listing this one. a) It's televised, and there's not much else going on this Friday afternoon/night....
Albion Battle '20
For the first time in a long while I was out of town, which was awesome, even if it was a relatively slow-paced trip. This also meant I...
Europa League Fun
With a grand total of 48 teams, there's certainly not a lack of football clubs in the Europa League. I figure since there are 12 groups,...
Morning after game 7
Bit of a change of pace with this one, as I'm writing about baseball. Might be all over the place as well, since I have a rough idea of...
Laws of the Game
I wanted to touch on this while it's (once again) a hot topic. As someone who's played, coached, refereed, and now analyzed/scouted the...
Bundesliga team search
Three games in, I'm still debating which German club I should devote the majority of my attention to for this season. I outlined how I...
Americanization of English Football
Part I The Premier League begin back in 1992, before I was born. I haven't got in-depth knowledge of what the club ownership situation...
Stubbornness
I'm in the process of writing a piece titled "my football philosophy", and a pattern I've seen over the years was nagging at me....
Intangibles
In 2014 I started watching hockey. It initially was the Stanley Cup finals that year, the Kings' second title in three years, against the...
College
Right, so this one is not football related, as the title would indicate. I've had two recent experiences with young women that were...
Expected goals v actual goals
It's high time I address this. It's the beginning of the season, yes, but it's a trend that's gone on for a while. The first time I...
Weekend Preview Sept. 25
Felt like previewing a few games this weekend. Not necessarily predictions, but what I'll be looking at as I watch them. Tactical battles...
Bundesliga x Serie A Predictions
Combined with my article on teams I'll be watching, I thought it would be cool to predict where teams will finish in the leagues in the...
West Ham Circus
I said I'd consider writing an article about the London club in my 20/21 Premier League preview. Well, it only took one game to inspire...
Football Groups & Loan System
The idea for this one came to me as I was in the shower. For some reason, I went from thinking about David Brooks to the fact that two...
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