All posts tagged World Cup

The Thursday Preview: Slovenia Vs New Zealand

With Dagenham & Redbridge’s win over Rotherham at Wembley completed, domestic football is back in its box until August. So, for the next few Thursdays, we shall direct our attentions to matters of a World Cup hue. This Friday will mark the 7 days to go mark before the whole shebang kicks off in Johannesburg and two sides featuring 09-10 Championship players happen to meet that night in a friendly international in Maribor.Since the collapse of General Tito’s dream, Slovenia’s second city has eclipsed the chocolate box capital of Ljubljana as the heartbeat of the national game. The Ljudski Vrt…

The Monday Profile: Ľubomír Michalík

From hereon in for a few weeks, the Monday Profile will be casting its eye over performers and, given that some 28s and 29s are yet to be whittled down, likely performers in the coming Azanian bunfight. The English speaking squads of the US, New Zealand and Australia constitute the most likely places of refuge for Championship personnel, but others will be dotted about the veld and having faced up to the grim fact that Leeds United are unfortunately back among us, we turn our attentions to towering Slovak centre back Ľubomír Michalík.He may not start, and he is on…