Written by Football NerdOctober 19, 2018

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings – has England’s development and the competitiveness of the Nations League breathed some life into the international game?

Anyone who has read my thoughts on the international game outside of the major finals tournaments will know that I am far from enamoured with the all too frequent international breaks, pointless friendlies and the mind-numbingly tedious qualification phases. Equally I have previously struggled to find the point of the fledgling UEFA Nations League (https://football-nerd.org/2018/09/07/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-what-is-the-point-of-the-european-nations-league/). […]

Written by Football NerdMarch 15, 2017March 15, 2017

Adiós a una Leyenda- a Tale of Unrequited Adulation

At the risk of angering Mrs Football Nerd, for she long ago grew tired of my near constant insistence that a certain Spanish playmaker was on the verge of signing for Arsenal in 2008 only for Arsène and the board to baulk at stumping up a reported £2 million more and instead watched him depart […]

Written by Football NerdNovember 18, 2016November 18, 2016

Football Nerd Weekly Ramblings – no more Interlull (© Arseblog) interruptions until March!

So it is finally out of the way! The final whistle on Tuesday evening signalled the end of the third(!) international break this season and the majority of us will be relieved that we can now return to the usual order of business and a period in which the season intensifies. Presumably as the result […]

Written by Football NerdJune 28, 2016

Euro 2016 – Monday 27th of June- Italy impress while England plumb new depths

Just as they had done against Belgium in their opening game, Italy implemented their tactical system perfectly and completely stifled Spain in the first half of the highly anticipated Round of 16 clash in Paris. The incessant pressing and near perfect defensive organisation meant that Spain couldn’t find any space to play through them and […]

Written by Football NerdJune 22, 2016

Euro 2016- Tuesday 21st June – Northern Ireland sneak through while Croatia stun Spain.

It was always going to take a combination of team spirit, mental toughness, tenacity and a good dollop of sheer good fortune for Northern Ireland to get anything out of their game against Germany; while the World Champions may not be at quite the same level as they were in Brazil two years ago; they […]

Written by Football NerdJune 20, 2016June 21, 2016

Football Nerd – Euro 2016 – Friday 17th to Sunday 19th of June

Friday was our last full day in Nice, so we made sure we watched all of the games. After a trip to Monaco where we spent the grand total of an hour; if you aren’t into yachts, motor racing or spending 29 Euros on a cheeseburger, there isn’t really a lot more to see and […]

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