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Kevin-Prince Boateng and the Death of La Masia….

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Eye of the Fly

When Johan Cruyff first implemented the core ideals, culture and philosophy that would evolve into Barcelona’s fabled La Masia youth academy, he could not have possibly imagined its current state of disarray. Where in 2011 eight La Masia graduates started … Continue reading →

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Neymar & Barcelona II….

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

Barcelona President Jose Maria Bartomeu has insisted that he has “no intention” of moving to bring Neymar back to the Camp Nou. Vice-president Jordi Cardoner went a step further by asserting that “no one on the Barca board has talked … Continue reading →

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The Cracks at Chelsea….

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

The assessment of the traditional curtain-raiser to the English Premier League, the annual Community Shield exhibition, as either a statement of intent for the upcoming season or a meaningless kickabout is almost entirely dependant on the result for the teams … Continue reading →

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Wenger or Pochettino – Who Succeeds Zidane?

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

Zinedine Zidane boasts an enviable catalogue of performing elegant and inglorious footballing deeds to send reverberations around the World. Zizou realised every youngster’s dream by netting twice on home soil in the 1998 World Cup Final to dethrone defending champions … Continue reading →

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One Night-mare in Kiev…

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

His face buried in the turf and sobbing uncontrollably, the penalty box of the NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kiev would’ve felt like the loneliest place in the world for distraught Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius. Not one but two catastrophic errors from … Continue reading →

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Mes Que Un Club – A Crossroads for FC Barcelona….

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

“Money is secondary. Before anything else there should be principles, values. Barça has lost them.” Johan Cruyff – 2015 Rewind fifteen years; with Louis van Gaal licking his egotistical wounds following his mid-season sacking, a barely believable sixth-place finish in … Continue reading →

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European Managerial Merry-go-round….

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

FC Bayern’s appointment of Croatian Niko Kovac to succeed interim coach Juup Henyckes will come as a major blow to Jose Mourinho’s attempts to engineer himself a move away from Old Trafford and into the warm embrace of Paris St … Continue reading →

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Man City – Greatest of All Time…?

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

Never ones to be accused of prematurely jumping aboard the hype-bandwagon – and just as enthusiastically abandoning the very same battle-damage juggernaut in the aftermath of the Annihilation of Anfield – sections of the British media have been feverishly encouraging … Continue reading →

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Total Football: Total Obsession….

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Eye of the Fly

In the wake of the Netherlands failure to qualify for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Russia the recent turgid friendly international with England served as a pointed reminder of just how far the architects of Total Football have slumped … Continue reading →

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