Tag: View From the Couch

Is Messi on the Pele/Maradona level yet?
Attempt to create origami with tortilla chips. Listen to Loverboy’s “Working for the Weekend.” Back up your FIFA 12 save files. Soccerreviews is about to ask a timeless football question, and we want to know how one of today’s best players can get himself into the ultimate footy conversation. It is time for someone to [...]

Muamba and Abidal Reactions Show the Good in Football
Two massive events in world football have united fans of every team and from every nation. On Saturday, during a match between Bolton and Tottenham, midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch. Also, last week we discovered that Eric Abidal of Barcelona FC would have to have a liver transplant because of his condition that [...]

The Home Stretch Part III- The Relegation Struggle
Get out your pen and paper. There will be a test on this information. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. Soccerreviews is on our way to the bottom, but we’re going to retain our ‘top-flight’ status. In this article, we’re heading away from the Champions League spots in order to find out who is [...]

The Home Stretch Part II- London Dominance
Create a care package. Send us that care package. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. Soccerreviews is watching this season head down to the wire, and we’re wondering who will win this contest in London. The last article talked about the title race coming down to the wire. This VFTC article is going to [...]

The Home Stretch Part I- The Mancunian Battle
Turn off the “Doctor Who” marathon. Slip some bacon into your diet. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. The season is starting to near the finish, and it’s time that we took a gander at the battle for the top four…and for the title. The EPL season is in the home stretch, entering into [...]

Is Arsenal a one man team?
Learn to juggle. Clean out your cat’s litter box. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. Soccerreviews is going undercover at the Emirates to find if Arsenal have become a one-man-team; what do you think we will find? Saturday we saw a familiar scene during an Arsenal match. Post-game interviews where players and managers alike [...]

Where's the Loyalty In the Game Gone?
Build a better mouse-trap. Discover the lost city of Atlantis. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. Soccerreviews is breaking out the check-book, and we plan on finding the price-tag on your club loyalty. With big money clubs starting to throw around the kind of cash that we can only dream about, club loyalty is [...]

Will Red Redemption lead to Red Revival?
Snag a snow-cone. Build a Lego fort. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. Wembley sends home hope for the red side of Mersey, but will Liverpool embrace the moment? For those of you not “in the know,” Liverpool will be taking home the first cup of the English season with a Carling Cup victory [...]

Where to for Chelsea Now?
Warm up some Hot-Pockets. Turn on some Captain & Tennille. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. SER is heading to London, and we might be here a while… Chelsea have found themselves in new territory this season. They are out of the title race, have already been knocked out of the league cup, are [...]

The Cup Dream- Let's Keep it Alive
Order a pizza. Turn off the lava lamp. Back up your FIFA 12 save files. SER is on a cup run, and we’re gunning for the final. Your squad is used to playing in stadiums that can house around 12,000 people when they are sold out, but usually tend to fall more in the 4,000 [...]
