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Fancy A Striker Who Can't Score?

Ryan M. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:47:04 GMT

The First Ninety Minutes returns after a nine-month hiatus! New (and old) posts at first90.wordpress.com. It occurs to me that signing unnecessary and not-very-good strikers was the major theme of th
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The Fascist Footballer

Ryan M. — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:03:56 GMT

Paolo Di Canio is a sublimely talented footballer, a megalomaniac, and a fascist. He plays for Lazio Roma, a club strongly identified with the Italian nationalist right. Lazio's ultras are a fertile r
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Excuse Round-Up

Ryan M. — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:20:29 GMT

Funny how life gets in the way of art. It's been awhile since I've blogged because I've been swamped with work, school, family, and personal stuff. It's not lightening up anytime soon, but I finally
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The Curse of the Keano II: the Return

Ryan M. — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:48:44 GMT

liverpool tag-rafa tag-stupidity tag-tottenham tag-transfers"> As I see it, there are four remotely plausible rationales that could underlie Harry Redknapps purchase of Robbie Keane: 1. Redknapp i
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If I Were A Rich Man, Part III: Manchester City makes its moves

Ryan M. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:14:53 GMT

As promised, here's the followup with further analysis to my earlier post on Manchester City's recent moves. It's duplicated from my blog, The First Ninety Minutes, and can be read in its original (
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Kaka stays in Milan, but Bellamy and De Jong to City

Ryan M. — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:13:38 GMT

More will follow tomorrow as details emerge (and I wake up to a new President), but for now it appears that Kaka will not be joining Manchester City but Craig Bellamy and Nigel De Jong will. Although
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The Curse of the Keano

Ryan M. — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:22:34 GMT

This is a post reprinted from my blog, The First Ninety Minutes. In its original format, this post can be viewed here. I'm reprinting it here in part to get some of my writing up here and in part to t
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my blog

Ryan M. — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:23:47 GMT

My blog on all things footie is at http://first90.wordpress.com