<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><atom:link href="http://www.footbo.com/Users/swmfc123/RSS/Blog" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><channel><title>swmfc123 on Footbo</title><description>The RSS feeds for this user's blogs on Footbo</description><link>http://www.footbo.com</link><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Reds Set for Lunchtime Showdown</title><description>With the latest round of international fixtures out of the way, attention turns to Anfield at Saturday lunchtime with Liverpool hosting Champions and bitter rivals Manchester United. It is a clash&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/56688-Reds_Set_Lunchtime_Showdown'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/56688-Reds_Set_Lunchtime_Showdown</link><author /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:17:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scotland on brink of Euro 2012 Exit</title><description>Scotland travel to Liechenstein on Saturday looking to keep their slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2012 alive. Despite the assertions of manager Craig Levein, this campaign has been nothing short o&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/38590-Scotland_brink_Euro_2012_Exit'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/38590-Scotland_brink_Euro_2012_Exit</link><author /><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:44:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chelsea Underline Title Credentials</title><description>While the football world has spent the opening period of the Barclays Premier League season purring over the form of the Manchester Clubs, Chelsea have slipped firmly under the radar and have almost&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/31267-Chelsea_Underline_Title_Credentials'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/31267-Chelsea_Underline_Title_Credentials</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:08:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tevez Row Vindicates Arsenal Transfer Policy</title><description>Over the past couple of years, Arsenal have been severely criticised for their transfer policy and their reluctance to splash the cash on big name players. The Gunners have been accused of everythin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/27636-Tevez_Row_Vindicates_Arsenal_Transfer_Policy'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/27636-Tevez_Row_Vindicates_Arsenal_Transfer_Policy</link><author /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:09:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Steven Gerrard Win his Place Back?</title><description>The return of Steven Gerrard to the Liverpool first team has been understandably met with excitement from Reds fans. With the skipper back in the fold, Liverpool have one of the best players in the &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/30249-Steven_Gerrard_Win_Place'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/30249-Steven_Gerrard_Win_Place</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:35:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wayne Rooney Still Key to United Hopes</title><description>Manchester United dropped their first points of the season on Saturday as an impeccable start to the 2011-12 Barclays Premier League campaign was halted by a 1-1 draw with Stoke City at the Britanni&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/61249-Wayne_Rooney_Still_Key_United_Hopes'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/61249-Wayne_Rooney_Still_Key_United_Hopes</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:55:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Time Running out for Wenger?</title><description>After five matches in the English Premier League 2011/12 season, Arsenal are sitting in 17th position and have the worst goal difference in the league. It would be unthinkable to suggest that this i&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/93845-Time_Running_Wenger'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/93845-Time_Running_Wenger</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:39:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Liverpool Criticism Aimed in Wrong Direction</title><description>Quite bizarrely, a section of the Liverpool support turned on manager Kenny Dalglish both during and after Sunday?s 4-0 thumping by Tottenham Hotspur. In what is possibly the most defining ever stat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/18107-Liverpool_Criticism_Aimed_Wrong_Direction'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/18107-Liverpool_Criticism_Aimed_Wrong_Direction</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:39:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Arsenal Survive Relegation?</title><description>Arsenal?s season reached a new low on Saturday as their 4-3 defeat at Blackburn left them just outside the relegation zone and already out the Barclay?s Premier League title race. In spells, Arsen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/98604-Arsenal_Survive_Relegation'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/98604-Arsenal_Survive_Relegation</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:03:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>United's Future Is Safe Under Sir Alex's Leadership</title><description>Under the circumstances, Sir Alex Ferguson could certainly be forgiven for calling it a day at Old Trafford, picking up his golf clubs and his gardening tools and enjoying a well earned retirement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/49314-Uniteds_Future_Safe_Under_Sir_Alexs_Leadership'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/49314-Uniteds_Future_Safe_Under_Sir_Alexs_Leadership</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:51:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chelsea?s Rebuilding Job</title><description>With Guus Hiddink closing in on returning as the new Chelsea boss, the veteran Dutch coach will be under no illusions about the scale of the task awaiting him on his return to Stamford Bridge. It wa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/49655-Chelseas_Rebuilding_Job'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/49655-Chelseas_Rebuilding_Job</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:59:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chelsea?s Rebuilding Job</title><description>With Guus Hiddink closing in on returning as the new Chelsea boss, the veteran Dutch coach will be under no illusions about the scale of the task awaiting him on his return to Stamford Bridge. It wa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/75815-Chelseas_Rebuilding_Job'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/75815-Chelseas_Rebuilding_Job</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:58:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Mourinho Make Real Madrid Champions Again?</title><description>  With the new 2010-11 La Liga season about to start this coming weekend, most of the attention has been focused on Jose Mourinho, the new manager of Real Madrid. With the beginning of a brand new s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/86956-Mourinho_Make_Real_Madrid_Champions_Again'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/86956-Mourinho_Make_Real_Madrid_Champions_Again</link><author /><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:15:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can Mourinho Make Real Madrid Champions Again?</title><description>  With the new 2010-11 La Liga season about to start this coming weekend, most of the attention has been focused on Jose Mourinho, the new manager of Real Madrid. With the beginning of a brand new s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/55065-Mourinho_Make_Real_Madrid_Champions_Again'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/55065-Mourinho_Make_Real_Madrid_Champions_Again</link><author /><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:11:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Barcelona: La Liga 2010/11 Season Preview</title><description>Without any question, Barcelona are certainly going to be the team to beat against in La Liga this season, which begins this coming weekend. The men wearing the new Barcelona away shirt were able to f&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/56824-Barcelona_La_Liga_201011_Season_Preview'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/56824-Barcelona_La_Liga_201011_Season_Preview</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:49:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Chelsea Home Shirt Revealed!</title><description>The new Chelsea home shirt will launch on 6th May and it is now available to pre-order.? Chelsea started to gain success in the English Premier League as of 2004 and this season, they are looking to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/87-New_Chelsea_Home_Shirt_Revealed'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/87-New_Chelsea_Home_Shirt_Revealed</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:43:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil Certainties To Win World Cup 2010?</title><description>I have been thinking about the 2010 World Cup in some depth recently and had tipped Spain to win the tournament in South Africa as I think they have the best squad, however, after doing some researc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/15023-Brazil_Certainties_Win_World_Cup_2010'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/15023-Brazil_Certainties_Win_World_Cup_2010</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:43:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>David Beckham Ruled Out Of World Cup 2010 </title><description>&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;David Beckham last night ruptured his achilles tendon in AC Milan?s 1-0 victory over Chievo. The 34 year old will behaving an operation on the injury this afternoon in Helsinki. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/64533-David_Beckham_Ruled_World_Cup_2010'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/64533-David_Beckham_Ruled_World_Cup_2010</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:04:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil Launch Home and Away World Cup Kits</title><description>The Brazil home and away kits for World Cup 2010 have now been released and are expected to sell extremely well in time for the tournament.? The five time World Cup winners are looking to achieve su&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/816-Brazil_Launch_Home_Away_World_Cup_Kits'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/816-Brazil_Launch_Home_Away_World_Cup_Kits</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Cup 2010 Preview</title><description>World Cup 2010 in SouthAfrica is a little over three months away from commencing and all the countriesinvolved are preparing vigorously in order to be ready for the tournament thatstarts on the 11th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/58801-World_Cup_2010_Preview'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/58801-World_Cup_2010_Preview</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:46:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Germany Launch 2010 World Cup Home Jersey</title><description>Germany have recently released their new home shirt for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Once again, Adidas have manufactured this world cup jersey and it is the traditional white colour, with a &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/3401-Germany_Launch_2010_World_Cup_Home_Jersey'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/3401-Germany_Launch_2010_World_Cup_Home_Jersey</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:35:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Henry?s Hand/Hand of Gaul...You Get The Picture</title><description>"margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"&gt;Last night in Paris, Ireland played France in the 2nd leg of their World Cup playoff match. France had won the first leg 1-0 at Croke Park and it was going to take a lot for &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/54913-Henrys_HandHand_Gaul_You_Picture'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/54913-Henrys_HandHand_Gaul_You_Picture</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:19:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spain Launch 2010 World Cup Home Jersey</title><description>Spain have just launched their home jersey for the 2010 World Cup and the design has a 1980s feel about it. Adidas have once again manufactured this World Cup kit, which is the usual red with a hint&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/98082-Spain_Launch_2010_World_Cup_Home_Jersey'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/98082-Spain_Launch_2010_World_Cup_Home_Jersey</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:05:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Argentina Launch 2010 World Cup Home Jersey</title><description>Argentina have just recently launched their home shirt for the 2010 World Cup and the design has not surprised anyone. Adidas have once again manufactured this World Cup soccer jersey, and it is the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/81391-Argentina_Launch_2010_World_Cup_Home_Jersey'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/81391-Argentina_Launch_2010_World_Cup_Home_Jersey</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:28:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ukraine vs Russia World Cup Playoff 2nd Leg Preview</title><description>At the Olympic Stadium, Greece drew 0-0 with Ukraine in the first leg of their World Cup playoff. Tomorrow night, the 2nd leg with take place at another Olympic Stadium, this time in Kyiv. It really&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/2239-Ukraine_vs_Russia_World_Cup_Playoff_2nd_Leg'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/2239-Ukraine_vs_Russia_World_Cup_Playoff_2nd_Leg</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:25:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Slovenia vs Russia World Cup Playoff 2nd Leg Preview</title><description>On Saturday night, Russia defeated Slovenia 2-1 in the first leg of their World Cup Playoff, in Russia. Russia had gone 2-0 up, thanks to a double from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, however Slovenia scored&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/66568-Slovenia_vs_Russia_World_Cup_Playoff_2nd_Leg'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/66568-Slovenia_vs_Russia_World_Cup_Playoff_2nd_Leg</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:08:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Spain Finally Win The World Cup?</title><description>Ever since I started watching football many years ago now, when it came time for the World Cup, Spain were always considered a dangerous threat by many pundits that they would win the tournament, on&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/2325-Will_Spain_Finally_Win_World_Cup'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/2325-Will_Spain_Finally_Win_World_Cup</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:36:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aston Villa For Champions League?</title><description>Since Randy Lerner appointed Martin O?Neill as Aston Villa manager, the club?s fortunes seem to have changed. No, Villa haven?t realistically competed for any silverware yet, but there are certainly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/97713-Aston_Villa_Champions_League'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/97713-Aston_Villa_Champions_League</link><author /><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:15:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arsenal For The Premier League Title?</title><description>The Gunners have not won the league title since the 2003-2004 season, which seems such a long time ago now. They have been regarded as the team that everyone loves to watch, but have not actually wo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/41577-Arsenal_Premier_League_Title'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/41577-Arsenal_Premier_League_Title</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Argentina Realistic World Cup Contenders?</title><description>In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, I felt that Argentina had a fantastic team, were extremely good to watch and probably should have won the tournament on these facts, but ultimately, they lost to Ge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/26527-Argentina_Realistic_World_Cup_Contenders'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/26527-Argentina_Realistic_World_Cup_Contenders</link><author /><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:14:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Portugal vs Bosnia World Cup Playoff Preview</title><description>On Saturday 14th November 2009, Portugal play Bosnia-Herzegovina in the first leg of their World Cup playoff. This is a really tough one to predict for me, as Portugal have really struggled in the g&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/50133-Portugal_vs_Bosnia_World_Cup_Playoff_Preview'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/50133-Portugal_vs_Bosnia_World_Cup_Playoff_Preview</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:33:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chelsea Title Favourites After Major Win</title><description>On Sunday, Chelsea played Manchester United at Stamford Bridge in a match that if they won, they?d go five points clear, but obviously would go one point behind in they lost. I had predicted Chelsea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/52765-Chelsea_Title_Favourites_After_Major_Win'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/52765-Chelsea_Title_Favourites_After_Major_Win</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:31:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ireland vs France World Cup Playoff Preview</title><description>"&lt;a"&gt;"/Players/__8"&gt;On Saturday, 14th November 2009, Ireland play France in the first leg of their World Cup playoff. France are the bookies? favourites to win the two-legged affair, but Ireland cer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/78850-Ireland_vs_France_World_Cup_Playoff_Preview'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/78850-Ireland_vs_France_World_Cup_Playoff_Preview</link><author /><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:21:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chelsea To Finally Win The Champions League?</title><description>We are now halfway through the group stage in the Champions League and for a change, there are potentially quite a number of shock exits that could occur. I?ll confess to being a little bored of the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/93932-Chelsea_Finally_Win_Champions_League'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/93932-Chelsea_Finally_Win_Champions_League</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:25:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chelsea?s Premier League Title Chances</title><description>With eleven games gone in the Barclay?s Premier League season 2009/2010, it appears as though there could be a very interesting and unpredictable season ahead. A few major things have happened over &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/53947-Chelseas_Premier_League_Title_Chances'&gt; ... Read More.&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://www.footbo.com/Blogs/53947-Chelseas_Premier_League_Title_Chances</link><author /><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:09:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
