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My Latest Times Blog

Gabriele Marcotti — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:49:53 GMT

3.So, Tony Adams is the new Portsmouth manager. Good. He deserves a shot. And it has nothing to do with his career as a player, but, rather, the fact that after his first failed experience in mana
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My Latest Times Column: Poppin' Pills

Gabriele Marcotti — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:01:11 GMT

And here's the link.... fire away! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/gabriele_marcotti/article5019433.ece ------------------------------- Why would healthy twentysomething professio
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Your Beckham Questions Answered...

Gabriele Marcotti — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:03:34 GMT

(Sorry, I don't think I can post the text, so you'll have to click over for my Sports Illustrated piece on David Beckham's move to Milan) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/gabriele_marcot
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My Latest Times Blog

Gabriele Marcotti — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:27 GMT

3.Sorry, still catching my breath from tonight's Champions' League games. Thirty-six goals in eight games. The purists may not like it, but we're seeing wide open football, so-called smaller clubs who
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My latest column in The Times

Gabriele Marcotti — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:54:37 GMT

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/gabriele_marcotti/article4974530.ece Folks, feel free to comment here or there... ------------------------------------ Whenever we complain abou
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Lay Off Beckham

Gabriele Marcotti — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:12:29 GMT

If, like me, you live in England, the last 48 hours have been a non-stop litany about David Beckham's 107 cap, passing Bobby Charlton's mark of 106 and leaving him behind only Bobby Moore (108) and Pe
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Globalizing cheating?

Gabriele Marcotti — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:07:31 GMT

Once upon a time it was so simple. Latin players would dive, cheat and engage in all sorts of histrionics to get opponents sent off. British players would not. I guess now we're all the same, after se
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Roundtable - Part V

Gabriele Marcotti — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:04 GMT

In the last instalment of our preview series, we look at the Italian league. Naturally, it all ended in a slanging match between Gabriele and Guillem at the end. Raphael Honigstein: Ok. let's talk
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Behold, The Emperor

Gabriele Marcotti — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:32:12 GMT

How can you not love Fatih Terim? He has one of the least talented teams at Euro 2008, he has been hit by injuries and suspensions, he has to play Croatia, the darlings of the press... and still he wi
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Scolari...

Gabriele Marcotti — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:14:31 GMT

...for Chelsea? Well, better than some. But this is a guy who hasn't coached a club side in seven years. And has never coached a club side in Europe. And, in fact, hasn't won too much at club level. S
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Lies, Lies, Everywhere There's Lies...

Gabriele Marcotti — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:11:09 GMT

Can you exist in football without turning into some modern day pinocchio? Sky Sports News reported today that a source told them that Carlo Ancelotti had agreed terms to sign for Chelsea, but the club
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