Arévalo - Been a rock for Uruguay during their World Cup adventure in SA

You may or may not have been watching Uruguay in the World Cup this year but if you have, you’ll have noticed their midfielders, and this guy in particular. Egidio Arévalo is a ball winning centre midfielder, to put it mildly. In the games I’ve watched him, he’s chased after players when they haven’t had the ball and generally won the ball back, without committing too many [Read more →]

dos Santos - Would be a great signing for Chris Hughton & Newcastle United

Watching the World Cup so far, I’ve mainly been impressed by two teams, and one of them was not England. Argentina and Mexico have both had a real go at the competition and it’s unfortunate that the Mexicans had to meet Maradona’s side in the first knock-out round of the competition. A very offside goal from Carlos Tevez knocked spirits in Javier Aguirre’s camp and they [Read more →]

Hughton - Has a stiff task on his hands to keep Newcastle up next year

The usual hype of England in the World Cup, the talk of them winning it. The talk of Wayne Rooney establishing himself as the best English striker in football for a long long time, the chat of Fabio Capello leading the Three Lions to World Cup glory. The media expected, the country anticipated but the competition against produced same-old England. What could have been [Read more →]

Petrov - Would be a very good signing for Newcastle United

I don’t think I’m the only person who thinks that Newcastle United should move as quick as they can and snap up Manchester City former Martin Petrov. The Bulgarian was released from the club after a good three years at the club. The winger is a talented player and alongside Sylvinho, Mancini waved goodbye to his services at the club, simply because they are not good enough [Read more →]