Good call, sitting on the bench would have been just a waste of time.
He knows best...
Blackburn Rovers 30-year-old goalkeeper Paul Robinson announced his retirement from international football just a few hours after receiving the call up from Capello for the friendly game against Hungary. He wasn't part of the World Cup squad and never played under Capello, those could be the reasons behind the decision. Robinson explained: "As a professional who wants to play every time I have the chance I don't see... read article
Paul Robinson was left out of Capello's provisional squad, the chosen keepers were Joe Hart, Robert Green and David James. His manager, Sam Allardyce, was shocked by the decision: "I think that if you look at his form for Blackburn Rovers, there's not a better English goalkeeper who has consistently performed as well as he has. So it clearly can't be anything else other than something that Fabio has against him."
The current rankings according to the Premier League official website put Joe Hart in top spot with Petr Cech in second place, Edwin van der Sar in third, Paul Robinson in fourth and Jose Reina in fifth.
Manchester United moved to the summit of the Premier League with a narrow 1-0 defeat of Wolverhampton Wanderers. A single Paul Scholes strike, his 100th in the Premier League - his first came back in September 1994 - in the 72nd minute won the game...
Paul “the Oracle” Octopus might have retired from his soothsaying career victoriously (with a 100 percent accuracy rate in his 2010 World Cup predictions) but that hasn't stopped some from wanting to see his head on a plate. Literally.
“Throw him in a frying pan,” the Berliner Kurier rallied, after Paul the Octopus's predictions proved correct and Germany lost its match to Spain. read article
Manchester United are the unquestioned kings of football in England and are among the elite of European football as well. Clubs such as Manchester United dominate year after year, decade after decade because the best footballers want to pull on the red home kit of United and step onto the field at Old Trafford. On a squad full of top level talent, it can be difficult to pinpoint the best player on the pitch, but... read article
Manchester United beat Chelsea 3-1 at Wembley to secure the Community Shield and there were quite a few players that performed well. Who do you think was the best?
