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SPL Predictions: Rangers disappointed again while Kilmarnock are ready to rise

by CaughtOffside Team on August 17th, 2007 | 885 words | 14 comments

Craig delivers the final part in his 3 part series on the Scottish Premier League, with predictions for Rangers, Kilmarnock and more.
Kilmarnock
Finished 5th in the last 2 seasons, and will be hoping to do the same again with what is basically the same squad of players. Have spent the summer fending off advances […]

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Gretna’s Time Is Up, But Can Hearts Rough Up Rangers And Celtic?

by CaughtOffside Team on August 13th, 2007 | 1,112 words | 1 comment

Craig kicks off his weekly Scottish Premier League coverage with the second in a three part series previewing the new season with Gretna, Hearts, Inverness and Hibernian forecasted
Gretna
Reached the SPL after 3 consecutive promotions, but look to be out of their depth at this level. Their cause will not be helped by the […]

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Celtic Will Win The Title And European Dreams for Aberdeen, Dundee and Falkirk

by CaughtOffside Team on August 12th, 2007 | 697 words | no comments

Craig kicks off his weekly Scottish Premier League coverage with the first in a three part series previewing the new season. Rangers supporters look away…
Aberdeen
Finished 3rd last year on the back of a consistent season, but didn’t play the most attractive football. Lost inspirational captain Russell Anderson to Sunderland for the knock-down price […]

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Eight Very Dodgy Transfers

by CaughtOffside Team on August 2nd, 2007 | 1,205 words | 13 comments

Craig takes a look at some rather bung-ridden perculiar transfers football seasons past.
As the transfer window enters its last month, teams are becoming ever more frantic in their attempts to finalise their squads. And while the majority of transfers follow the more conventional route of a club paying for a player who they have scouted […]

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Copa America Scouting: 12 Players Ready For The Premiership

by CaughtOffside Team on July 14th, 2007 | 1,223 words | 27 comments

Craig has been watching South America’s best (for the most part) strut their stuff, and a few players could make their way to England sooner rather than later.
This year’s Copa America has shown the world how football should be played, and no doubt many Premiership fans will be hoping to see some of the stars […]

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Is Celtic New Boy Scott Brown Really Worth £4.4 million?

by CaughtOffside Team on June 4th, 2007 | 395 words | 27 comments

Craig takes a look at Scotland’s biggest transfer news so far this summer.
Last week, Celtic unveiled Scott Brown of Hibs as their main summer signing, beating off competition from Rangers, Middlesbrough, Reading and Tottenham. In the process they broke the transfer record between Scottish clubs, having paid £4.4 million for him. But is […]

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Will Sheffield United Let Wigan Win To Relegate West Ham?

by CaughtOffside Team on May 8th, 2007 | 340 words | 65 comments

Craig is not suggesting anything.
Not that a Premiership result would ever be fixed, but given the immense amount of disdain clubs like Wigan and Sheffield United currently hold for West Ham - could we see a less than professional attitude in the final week of the season?
With this weekend’s relegation “Do Or Die Most […]

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More Turmoil And Dodgy Decisions Cap Off Busy Week In The SPL

by CaughtOffside Team on April 19th, 2007 | 534 words | 5 comments

Craig continues our weekly dip into the Scottish Premiership, and other kilt-related activity.
There was no league action last weekend because of the Scottish Cup semi-finals at Hampden. On Saturday, Celtic struggled to overcome 1st division St Johnstone, eventually winning 2-1. As I predicted a couple of weeks ago, Celtic received an extremely dodgy […]

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Forget Makelele, Which Other Footballers Deserve Their Own “Role”?

by CaughtOffside Team on April 10th, 2007 | 790 words | 28 comments

There is a select list of players throughout football history who have either been so revolutionary or so influential (or both) that they inevitably have a “role” named after them. The Premiership has been the lucky beneficiary of the “Cantona role”, “Bergkamp role” and most recently “Makelele” role.

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Manchester United Fans Must Take Some Blame

by CaughtOffside Team on April 5th, 2007 | 410 words | 14 comments

Craig isn’t so sure the Rome police were the entire problem at the Stadio Olympico.
While the media are falling over themselves to condemn the Italian police for their behaviour in the Stadio Olimpico, the Manchester United supporters must also take some of the blame for the incidents last night. Firstly, the incidents appeared […]

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