Pele is considered to be one of the greatest players

Published April 8, 2015 / by index

Pele is considered to be one of the greatest players to ever grace a football pitch as the retired footballer managed to reach a number of outstanding feats during his playing career including winning the FIFA World Cup in 3 different occasions as well as scoring over 600 goals for his former club Santos.

However, there is something that Pele has always seemed to struggle with and that’s in relation to his predictions as the Brazilian never seems to get his football predictions correctly.

Back in 1998, Pele said that he believed Spain would win the 1998 World Cup in France but the Spanish squad was knocked out in the first round after suffering a surprising defeat against Nigeria and drawing with Paraguay.

Fast-forward a few years and Pele went on saying that Argentina and France would both reach the finals of the 2002 World Cup and it didn’t happen as both countries were knocked out in the first round.

One of the latest predictions that Pele announced is that an African nation would win the World Cup before the year 2000 but it hasn’t happened and it’s already 2015.

The main reason that is believed on to why any African nation has been able to even reach the semi-finals of any World Cup is not because of the lack of talent that the country has but instead it’s being pointed towards the amount of corruption, incompetence and indifference that many African governments are being run.

There have been occasions on which players from African nations have been left stranded in airports for over 8 hours, while others have lost their equipment. During long 10 hour trips by plane, some players travel on the business class while others are moved to other sections. Continue reading →

Bolton Wanderers faced Busy Winter Transfer

Published February 19, 2015 / by index

Bolton Wanderers had a fairly busy winter transfer window as the English Championship club has seen many of their own players leaving the club. The 36 year old goal-keeper Paddy Kenny saw his way out of the Macron Stadium as his contract reached its expiration date and the club decided not to extend his stay.

One day after Paddy Kenny left Bolton Wanderers, the experienced shot-stopper decided to join Ipswich Town on a short-term deal.

The 27 year old defensive midfielder of Sierra Leone Mohamed Kamara was another one of the players that opted to make his way out of Bolton Wanderers as he went on to join Maccabi Haifa, this deal will last until the end of the current season but depending on the performances that the player manages to do, it could be extended and turned into a permanent deal that could last for a few more years. Continue reading →

Emile Heskey career needs some more Motivation

Published January 16, 2015 / by index

Emile Heskey enjoyed going through a successful time as a player for the Australian League club Newcastle Jets as the English forward was a consistent goal-scorer during his debut season with the club that he joined on September 21 of 2012.

After going through an impressive campaign with the Newcastle Jets where Heskey was even nominated for the Jet’s Player of the Year award but in the next season things were a completely different story as Heskey only scored once in 19 appearances and the English forward decided to leave the club in an effort to join an English side.

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BAINES HAS IMPROVED

Published December 11, 2014 / by admin

Everton boss Roberto Martinez says that defender Leighton Baines has been showing tremendous improvement over the hamstring injury that he suffered during international duty. The England international had to withdraw from the friendly against Scotland after suffering an injury. Hamstring injuries usually take around 3 to 4 weeks to cure, but given the importance of Baines to Everton, it is expected that the Merseyside club may rush him back from injury. After an inconsistent start to the season, Roberto Martinez’ team are undefeated in the last four and will want to continue this form going into the Christmas period.

Everton take on West Ham at Goodison Park as club football returns this weekend. Martinez says that Baines has suffered a hamstring injury, but a minor one. Hence, he has refused to put a date on the return of the defender. Even if he misses the game against West Ham, Everton will be keen to have him back before next weekend given that they face important matches against the likes of Tottenham and Manchester City. Martinez also game an update over the injuries suffered by James McCarthy and Darron Gibson, who were with the Republic of Ireland.

Based on the update, it is looking unlikely that the duo will be involved against West Ham. “Scans revealed he had a grade one hamstring injury. Those injuries depend on the individual and how quickly they can heal. Leighton is responding well to treatment. It is too early to say how long he is going to be out but we remain very positive. James hasn’t been able to train with the team and that is a worry on a Tuesday leading up to a Saturday game. It’s a soft tissue injury, like Leighton Baines has, where you need to take it day by day to see how he recovers,” said Martinez.