What Thierry Henry thinks of the Hleb signing

02:53 AM, Friday, 18 July 2008

It's well known that Thierry Henry wasn't a big fan of Alexander Hleb. The Belarussian was often on the end of a withering stare from Henry after another pass went astray or a move broke down. Of course the pair get to continue their great friendship at Barcelona now that... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (5) Topics: Aleksandr Hleb,Barcelona,Thierry Henry,EURO 2008,eurocast,Euro2008,Podcasts,podcast,Switzerland,Austria,the week in football

Sepp Blatter should shut up

07:57 PM, Thursday, 10 July 2008

I'm not a Man United fan, as you well know, but if I were I'd be most unhappy with the comments made by FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Talking about Cristiano Ronaldo he says: In football there’s too much modern slavery. I’m always in favour of protecting the player.... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (12) Topics: Cristiano Ronaldo,sepp blatter,FIFA,Contracts,EURO 2008,eurocast,Euro2008,Podcasts,podcast,Switzerland,Austria,the week in football

Eurocast, the Euro 2008 podcast, episode 16 - Spain are champions.

10:44 PM, Monday, 30 June 2008

So Spain were deserved winners of Euro 2008 last night. I think most people agree they played the best football and on the night Germany really didn't trouble them at all. In today's Eurocast we get perspective from both sides. Our regular Spanish correspondent Luigi and... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (6) Topics: Germany,Spain,EURO 2008,podcast,eurocast,final

Eurocast 15 - Fabregastic

06:55 PM, Friday, 27 June 2008

Morning all, hard to say that Spain didn't deserve that last night, particular given the way Fabregas came on and inspired the team. Villa's injury should see him start the final which is a good thing for football purists - he's been fantastic whenever he's played. ... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (11) Topics: Podcasts,EURO 2008,Spain,Russia,eurocast,Germany,Cesc Fabregas

Eurocast, the Euro 2008 podcast, episode 11 - plus 1/4 final predictions

09:06 PM, Thursday, 19 June 2008

We'll start with congrats to 4ndyL who got both games right in yesterday's predictions. Erm, actually no he didn't. So I withdraw those congratulations and give him half back for getting the Spain result right along with wandarah. As usual I got none right so for... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (25) Topics: Spain,Greece,Sweden,Russia,Germany,Portugal,EURO 2008,Podcasts,eurocast,podcast

Eurocast, the Euro 2008 podcast, episode 10 - plus predictions

09:16 PM, Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Let us start this morning with congratulations to all 4 who got the Romania v Holland result right yesterday.Well done Hitzelspergandchip, d_gaffa, fskis and Number8. Good stuff. For today's games I predict the following: Spain 3-0 Greece Swe... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (15) Topics: EURO 2008,Euro2008,podcast,eurocast,France,Italy,Spain,Greece,Sweden,Russia

Eurocast, the Euro 2008 podcast, episode 9 - plus predictions

10:31 PM, Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Morning all, a bit later than usual but better late than never. Although that remains open to discussion. Let's start as usual with the predictions. Firstly congrats to ElTorro and 4ndyL who both got the Croatia v Poland result correct yesterday. I... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (27) Topics: Italy,France,Romania,Holland,Austria,Germany,EURO 2008,Euro2008,podcast,eurocast

Eurocast, the Euro 2008 podcast, episode 8 - plus predictions

09:32 PM, Monday, 16 June 2008

Morning all, welcome to the Eurocast, the Euro2008 podcast, and the Euro 2008 predictions game. Catching up on the weekend's predictions I got my first one right! Hurrah. A 2-1 win for Spain over Sweden did that. Joining me in correctness on that one were... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (18) Topics: podcast,Euro2008,EURO 2008,eurocast,Turkey,Czech Republic,Spain,Sweden

Eurocast, the Euro 2008 podcast, episode 7 - plus predictions day 8

10:13 PM, Saturday, 14 June 2008

Happy Saturday to you all, this is the Eurocast, the podcast that doesn't even take weekends off! That's how dedicated we are. As usual we'll start with the predictions. None right yesterday for anyone and I have to say I'm down money on my betting. I need a big one... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (21) Topics: Italy,France,Romania,Holland,EURO 2008,Euro2008,eurocast,podcast,Podcasts

Eurocast, the Euro 2008 podcast, episode 6 - plus predictions day 7

08:14 PM, Friday, 13 June 2008

Friday! Hurrah. The end of the working week. But not for the Eurocast, oh no. We'll keep on 'casting. As usual we'll start with our predictions and well done to Hodiddle, the only one to get a correct prediction yesterday. My completely wrong predictions for... Posted by theweekinfootball · Comments (16) Topics: Germany,Croatia,Poland,Austria,Netherlands,Holland,eurocast,Euro2008,Podcasts,EURO 2008