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Fallen Love: Why I Chose To Support QPR 12 Jul 2013 | 01:36 am
Julio Cesar at QPR: a tough year This is the story of how I, on this of all years, became a QPR supporter. And why I don’t regret my decision one bit. Originally from Brazil, but long ago reloca...
Reflections On A Gigantic Victory 3 Jul 2013 | 12:38 am
Fred, Neymar & Co: the unbearable lightness of being Brazilian The biggest winner of the 2013 edition of the Confederations Cup was the biggest loser of the 2010 World Cup: football. Sure, FIFA trie...
Life After Alex: the Owen Saga as a Commoner – Part 4: A Knight On The Porch 11 May 2013 | 06:23 am
Spending my lonely days in the vast wilderness of Canada was becoming excruciatingly boring. Save from the occasional trip to the town’s pub, or the daily routine of observing the Albertan squirrels ...
Lovin’ the Dunga 16 Apr 2013 | 11:30 pm
Dunga: heart and balls! I’ve been high on nostalgia these days (living in England will do that to you), and on a whim I recently decided to spend some very late and lonely evenings watching Brazil ma...
My Brazil Starting 11 into 2013 29 Dec 2012 | 01:32 am
Let’s be honest, these are grim times for the Selecao. Currently positioned at 18 in FIFA’s ranking, Brazil have never, ever, sunk this low before. Sure, FIFA’s ranking system is something of an ...
Owen Hargreaves: He Fears His Good Fortune 9 Jul 2012 | 02:30 pm
Owen Hargreaves: unwanted, team-less and forgotten. The sad ballad resumes. There was a glorious time At an epoch of my prime; Mornings beryl-bespread, And evenings golden-red; Nothing gray: And...
Clarence Seedorf: Youth & Age 9 Jul 2012 | 01:51 pm
36-year old Dutch sensation Seedorf signs with Rio de Janeiro club Botafogo: a veteran footballer signaling a new age for the Brazilian league. When I see the young men play, Young methinks I am as ...
Spain: a New World Order 2 Jul 2012 | 06:36 am
Spain: cool unsmiling Jedi knights. Four years ago, still at the tender age of 25, I appropriately behaved as a person in their mid-twenties would and reached a totally brainless conclusion after ...
How I learned To Stop Worrying And Broke Up with Brazil 21 May 2012 | 08:19 am
Kaka: he loves Jesus, a lot, and that scares me. As you may have noticed, I haven’t truly been writing for the last nine months or so. Yes, I still follow the game, and I continue to obsessively ...
My Current Favourite Brazil XI 7 Mar 2012 | 09:04 am
This is a silly post. But it’s fun. Behold, my current favourite Brazil XI (in a much better formation than Mano’s erratic 4-2-3-1, and with much more attacking power). Basically, it uses Hernanes ...
