Football
Maverick Superstar
“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.” ~ Elbert Hubbard
Football
Unsung Heroes
On Saturday morning, one of the first messages I read was “Bayern 8 too much”. Then when I looked at Friday night’s game score, that message made lot of sense. Bayern had thumped Barcelona 8-2 and made to UEFA Champions League Semifinal. At quarter final stage of Europe’s premium football Read more…
Education
Heartbreak at last hurdle
ISRO's moon mission had few similarities with English Premier League title of 2011-2012 season.
Football
Red half is smiling again
Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s (OGS) tenure as caretaker manager of Manchester United has got to a perfect start. 6 wins in 6 games has provided much needed boost to Manchester United’s campaign. This weekend’s win at Wembley against Spurs was supposed to be the toughest test of this Manchester United side. They Read more…
Football
Sacrificed One
It’s been about 48 hours since news of José Mourinho’s firing by Manchester United made the headlines. Looking at the stories that have made news since then, it appears firing was question of “when” and not “if”. If you think firing José would solve club’s problems, then you’re being naïve. Read more…
Football
Leadership Vacuum
For last couple of weeks football (aka soccer) news cycle belonged to Manchester City. During the week, city made headlines for all the wrong reasons when Football leaks exposed alleged behaviour by City hierarchy to balance the books. Then on Sunday (11 November) team outclassed Manchester United on pitch in Read more…
Football
Foot Drain
We Indians use a popular term called “Brain Drain” to describe a phenomenon about how talented minds left India to migrate to Western Hemisphere and made name for themselves. The reasons for migration is topic of separate post. But general consensus is they migrated due to lack opportunities. There are Read more…
Football
Welcome Home Alexis!
Yesterday, much awaited and much publicized transfer of Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal to Manchester United completed. A lot has been said and written about why player chose to join red half of Manchester rather than blue half including how Alexis wanted to reunite with Pep Guardiola. The player and coach Read more…