AUTHOR PROFILE: James McManus

Hello readers, my name is James McManus. I'm 21 years old and I currently reside in London, although I originally hail from Cambridge. I have a soft spot for the red half of Merseyside and I completed a degree in Contemporary History/Journalism at Queen Mary/City University last summer. My favourite player of all-time is Robbie Fowler and for around the last five years or so, I've regularly prayed at the alter of Xavi Hernandez.

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Blogs by James McManus

Was Fabio Capello undone by his relationship with the media?

Date: 9th February 2012 at 4:56 pm | Filed under: England,Featured Blog,Football Blogs,Premier League | Author:
Well, there you have it then, the four-year reign of terror of Fabio Capello is at an end, let's all take to the streets and rejoice, right? This is not an article about Harry Redknapp and the England job, for he is such an overwhelming favourite that his eventual coronation is…

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Just what are Tottenham playing at?

Date: 1st February 2012 at 7:00 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Tottenham Hotspur | Author:
In a slower than expected transfer deadline day, a few late moves managed to catch the imagination, but perhaps not quite in the way that you'd first imagine, most notably Spurs moves for Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen. Redknapp stated earlier on in the window that he'd only move…

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Is blind faith keeping him in the Old Trafford good books?

Date: 31st January 2012 at 12:25 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Manchester United | Author:
David De Gea's erratic form since his move to Manchester United has drawn worried glances from around Old Trafford. For a player that Sir Alex Ferguson was convinced to part with the best part of £18.9m for, it's fair to say that his performances do not befit a player of…

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Is the age structure of football changing?

Dortmund’s triumph last season in the Bundesliga. Man Utd’s dominance at the beginning of this Premier League season. These two occurrences have one thing in common - an emphasis on youth. More so than ever before, younger players are being thrown in at the deep end at the higher echelons…

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Can the likes of Spurs and Liverpool strike the financial balance?

Date: 25th January 2012 at 2:10 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Liverpool,Tottenham Hotspur | Author:
With Chelsea proposing to buy up the shares currently owned by Chelsea Pitch Owners in an attempt to either rebuild Stamford Bridge or move to a new stadium, Spurs angling for a new home after the failed bid for the Olympic Stadium and Liverpool still pondering their next move, does…

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The missing ingredient that is costing Liverpool dear

Date: 24th January 2012 at 2:56 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Liverpool | Author: | Tags: , ,
Another weekend, and yet another deeply disappointing performance by Kenny Dalglish’s charges on the pitch, as they failed to take full advantage of those higher placed in the league table’s slip-ups. Many will point to a direct link between Luis Suarez’s absence from the starting line-up and the recent downturn…

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Liverpool’s Top TEN Footballing Villains…well in my view!

Date: 23rd January 2012 at 7:37 pm | Filed under: Liverpool | Author:
Liverpool have been dealt some serious blows in the transfer market over the past few seasons. While the club may not have fallen foul to the cult of the badge-kisser over the years, they have certainly had their fair share of fallen idols and unsavoury characters in and…

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Slowly becoming a dying art in English football

After watching Match of the Day 2 last week, something struck me, something troubling – just why were the pundits so bad? On the sofa we had Alan Shearer, a person incapable of threading together a single coherent sentence and Robbie Savage, an excitable male hairdresser simply using his footballing pulpit…

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Are Liverpool simply too slow to crack the top four?

Date: 17th January 2012 at 6:53 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs,Liverpool | Author:
Liverpool FC: Shankly GatesThe latest rumours doing the rounds involving Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool side include bids for both Tottenham’s Jermain Defoe and Swansea’s Scott Sinclair. It has become clear over recent weeks what the club’s achilles heel will be in their race for fourth and where their focus lies for…

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Liverpool FC’s top TEN ‘Cult Heroes’ of all time?

Date: 15th January 2012 at 2:53 pm | Filed under: Liverpool | Author:
The trials and tribulations of Liverpool Football Club over the past few decades has certainly meant that the club has had its fair share of players that have adorned cult hero status. But what is a ‘cult’ hero though? It’s a difficult thing to define, but more often than not, it’s…

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