Soccer-England desperate to shed nearly men tag in Qatar
LONDON : There have been plenty of 'nearly men' in the annals of world soccer, nations with all the ingredients to deliver on the biggest stage but who ended up with just crumbs for comfort.
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LONDON : There have been plenty of 'nearly men' in the annals of world soccer, nations with all the ingredients to deliver on the biggest stage but who ended up with just crumbs for comfort.
(Reuters) - VAR is once again in the crosshairs following the controversial decision to rule out Harry Kane's last-minute winner in the Champions League on Wednesday, with some players and pundits saying the system is killing the excitement of the game.
Joe Cole is predicting «exciting» times ahead for Chelsea under new manager Graham Potter and thinks the appointment shows owner Todd Boehly wants to «build something». Potter is taking charge of his first Chelsea game on Wednesday against Red Bull Salzburg, also his maiden Champions League match. Ad He was announced as Thomas Tuchel's replacement last week and has been open about the values he wants to implement.
BT Sport pundit and Tottenham great Glenn Hoddle believes there is much more yet to come from the team under manager Antonio Conte. Tottenham have picked up seven points from a possible nine to go top of the Premier League table – temporarily at least – with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Wolves on Saturday afternoon.
Harry Kane broke a Premier League goalscoring record held by Sergio Augero during Tottenham’s match against Wolves on Saturday.
BT Sport pundit Glenn Hoddle believes that Harry Kane is a better «all-round» player than Manchester City icon Sergio Aguero. Kane is searching for his 250th goal for Tottenham which would make him the top goalscorer in the Premier League for a single club and leave him just 16 behind Spurs’ all-time goalscorer Jimmy Greaves. Ad The England captain currently has 184 goals in the Premier League, level with Aguero, but Hoddle feels that Kane has the slight edge over the Argentine.
Glenn Hoddle might only have been Southampton manager for just over a year, but in that time, he still got a front-row seat for one of the best academies in the English game.
Everton legend Paul Bracewell celebrates his 60th birthday today but Peter Reid, his partner in the Blues engine room reckons that a player who he believes operated at the same level as the likes of the more-celebrated Bryan Robson, Glenn Hoddle and Ray Wilkins doesn’t get the credit he deserves beyond the confines of Goodison Park. Signed from Sunderland for £250,000 in May 1984, Bracewell soon established himself at the heartbeat of Everton’s most-successful side and within 12 months, he had won both the League Championship and European Cup-Winners’ Cup.