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Clyde Best

Opinion Writer

"Suarez has been punished and rightly so"

Just a couple of days after I praised Luis Suarez for the outstanding season he has had with Liverpool — and that he would be my choice for Player of the Year — came a shocking incident involving the Uruguayan striker that is still the talk in footba...
Apr 29, 2013
Opinion Writer

"Suarez my choice for Player of the Year"

As we come down to the end of the season, the nominations for Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year have been named with Gareth Bale of Tottenham, Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez the three main contenders for the senior award while Bale is...
Apr 19, 2013
Opinion Writer

"Too many foreign players in the Premier League"

I must admit I do tend to agree with Bobby Charlton’s comments this week that having so many foreign players in the English Premier League is hampering the progress of English born talent and affecting the quality of the England national team. Actua...
Apr 13, 2013
Opinion Writer

"Blogs can negatively impact professional players"

I see that another professional footballer has landed himself in some trouble over comments made on social media. West Brom’s Peter Odemwingie was disciplined by his club this week over comments he made about the club on Twitter, a situation that wi...
Apr 06, 2013
Opinion Writer

"Moving to the Olympic Stadium is good for West Ham"

It’s official, my former club West Ham United will be the new tenants of the Olympic Stadium from 2016. It was the big story in Britain yesterday as the London Legacy Development Corporation confirmed that a deal had been reached with West Ham that ...
Mar 23, 2013
Opinion Writer

"Defensive frailties cost Arsenal in Champions League"

I was sorry to see the last of the English team’s, Arsenal, exit from the Champions League this week which means there will be no English clubs at the quarter-final stages of the competition for the first time since the 1995-96 season. However, I am...
Mar 16, 2013
Opinion Writer

"The red card on Nani was quite harsh"

It was a hard week for Manchester United fans as they were knocked out of the Champions League in controversial fashion on Wednesday. Playing at home at Old Trafford and having Real Madrid subdued for the match until the sending off of Nani would sur...
Mar 09, 2013
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"On that day Swansea would have beaten anyone"

It wasn’t a good week for Barcelona with their defeat at home to bitter rivals Real Madrid and now they must realise that they need to bounce back and prepare for the bigger picture in the immediate future. All good things must come to an end and it ...
Mar 02, 2013
Opinion Writer

"Get set for some exciting matches in the Champions League"

The Champions League draw on Thursday threw up a few interesting clashes in the round of 16, none more intriguing than Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United. This will be the marquee matchup of the round and it will ...
Dec 22, 2012
Opinion Writer

"Racism yet to be kicked out of football"

There seems to be no end to the John Terry-Anton Ferdinand racism saga, which is starting to to take on the appearance of an television mini-series. Two players who were not directly involved in the situation — Anton's brother Rio and John's teammate...
Oct 13, 2012
Opinion Writer

"Inspirational Ronaldo key to Portugal’s success"

What an entertaining European Championships it has been so far. Great games, great goals and some great games still to come. I have to say I have been very impressed with Portugal and their inspirational leader Cristiano Ronaldo. When Ronaldo plays w...
Jun 23, 2012
Opinion Writer

"Special players will decide Euro title"

The European Championships have officially started and this will be one of the most interesting tournaments in many years with clear favourites as well as dark horses hoping to be crowned ‘Kings of Europe’. While all of the groups are relatively clos...
Jun 09, 2012
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