Is it time to end the pre-match handshake?

The Subject of the last episode of Sky Sports’ The Footballers Football Show is a question which splits opinion. My opinion?  Let’s scrap it.

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Fans won’t find it as easy to follow Rodgers’ urge to forget

For a football tournament played in the good spirit and togetherness of the Olympic games, there was something sinister about the taste left in the mouth following Luis Suarez’ appearance against Team GB on Wednesday night that was played to a soundtrack of boos and barracking. Suarez is a controversial figure with an 18 month spell in the Premier League blighted by an array of incidents, most notably his sanction for a racial offence against Manchester United’s Patrice Evra, but it would take the most unforgiving of moral judgement to argue that Suarez deserves to be subjected to the kind of abuse that trivialises the setting the Uruguayan found himself in.

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United need to replace Evra

Evra arrived at Old Trafford from Monaco in 2006, joining at the beginning of the year with centre-back Nemanja Vidic. Upon his arrival, the 31-year-old has become a mainstay in the United defence, making 14 appearances between January and the end of the season.

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Why Liverpool should sell Suarez

This could prove to be a controversial blog, as Luis Suarez is loved at Anfield and hated virtually everywhere else in the Premier League.

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What star is next out of Old Trafford?

Manchester United currently sit top of the Premiership with 79 points, five points in front of 2nd place Manchester City and hadn’t conceded a goal in five Premier League games before Wigan beat them on Wednesday night, but is someone’s time at United near to an end?

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What can we expect of France in the summer?

Wednesday wasn’t only about one of the three favourites to win Euro 2012 losing at home in their first friendly of the year but also about France playing actually quite well.

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The Border Between Passion and Idiocy

Avid support and even tribalism have long existed in football.  Fans possess such an undying love for their club, a passion that is matched in very few other walks of life. 

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Suarez vs.The World

Suarez is usually not scared of using his hands – most notably in Uruguay’s World Cup 2010 Quarter Final where he blocked the ball on the line to stop Ghana taking the lead in extra time.

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If You Want To Buy In January, Be Very, Very Careful!

Tuesday night sees the January transfer deadline close. Transfer Deadline Day as it’s been come to known is the night in which anything can happen in the world of football.

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Channel five welcomes woeful Manchester

It wasn't a good day for Manchester in Europe on Wednesday night. Before kick-off, most expected Manchester City to fall out of the competition. Not because they couldn't beat a weakened Bayern Munich at home, but instead because they needed a big fa

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Just What Has Happened To Patrice Evra?

That’s a pretty common question on the lips of myself and most other Manchester United fans at the moment. When fit, Evra is one of the first names on the team sheet but regardless of that, there are still question marks over his form that has been lingering over him now for a year now.

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