AUTHOR PROFILE: Siddarth Sampath

I'm a student doing my Engineering, but my biggest passion is Football and Manchester United.

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Blogs by Siddarth Sampath

United’s forgotten man still has plenty to offer Fergie

Date: 5th July 2010 at 2:55 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Manchester United | Author: | Tags: , , , ,
Once a loathed man in Manchester now, after an amazing injury time winner against City, Michael Owen has won over a some of the Manchester United faithful. Though his season was cruelly cut short due to the horrible pitch at Wembley, his performances in the few chances he did get were…

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Defensive depth shouldn’t force Fergie into the transfer market

With news trickling in that Rio Ferdinand might be injured for four months, and it would be longer before one can expect Ferdinand to be fit enough to play again. It raises huge questions for Sir Alex, should he buy another Centre back to cover for Rio or does he have…

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Time for Capello to Change?

England's unceremonious exit from South Africa was surprising to say the least, a team that qualified for the World Cup with such ease, was underwhelming in their two weeks in South Africa to say the least. England's bad performances on the pitch were mostly down to bad team selection by

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Enyeama deserves a chance at the top level

Date: 23rd June 2010 at 12:21 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Nigeria,World Cup 2010 | Author: | Tags: ,
The World Cup has given a chance for several players to show their talents on the world's largest stage and set the world alight. Many players have taken this opportunity with some very impressive displays in the group games so far. Now Goalkeepers have been having a torrid world cup…

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‘One to Watch in 2010′ – Federico Macheda

Federico Macheda made a sensational debut for Manchester United, scoring a goal on debut, not just any goal, but a goal that many consider tilted the title race back in United's favor in the 2008-09 season. Since then he has grown by leaps and bounds. Though also suffering an…

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There’s more to Blanco than meets the eye

Date: 20th June 2010 at 8:09 am | Filed under: Football Blogs,Mexico,World Cup 2010 | Author: | Tags: , ,
The first thoughts to enter my head when I saw Blanco come on for Mexico against South Africa were “What the Hell!! Mexico must be desperately short of players!”  He looked like a big tank rolling across the field. He made Berbatov seem like a Gazelle. So why did…

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How do you solve a problem like Paul Scholes?

Date: 18th June 2010 at 1:11 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Manchester United | Author: | Tags: , ,
Xavi is considered the best exponent of accurate and brilliant passing around, but anyone who does not place Paul Scholes thereabout is mad. The diminutive midfielder is renowned for his brilliant range of passing, great vision, brilliant long shot and also who can forget his tackling! Replacing Scholes is going to be…

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