http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'defenders' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/a-tribute-to-alessandro-nesta.html Julian 2009-02-17 19:58:58 Word is that Nesta's ever-recurring back problem is forcing him to undergo surgery.  Apparently, the pain is so bad that he's had trouble sleeping. At ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/the-state-of-the-azzurri-backline.html Julian 2008-12-08 22:08:47 I've been looking over my posts and I noticed that a lot of them dealt with strikers and attacking players. Now, I'm a joga bonito ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/group-e/breaking-down-the-greece-squad-goalies-and-defenders.html Julian 2008-11-17 12:44:45 There's been a fair amount of criticism thrown at Lippi for this round of call ups. I personally think they're pretty good, but some people ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/injury-crisis-for-the-azzurri.html Julian 2008-09-07 19:27:19 In one of the wierder news stories that I've heard this week, Gattuso dislocated his hand after falling into a dugout. He was playing a ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/1/the-trouble-with-left-backs.html Ian Rose 2008-04-08 19:44:28 It's quite possibly the most under-appreciated position in football, the left back. The stars of the defense are much more often on the right ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/player-news/burley-will-be-watching-cardiffs-mcnaughton-at-wembley.html Ian Rose 2008-04-07 19:46:22 Now that the FA Cup semifinals are over, and Cardiff have kicked out upset heroes Barnsley to reach their first final in 81 years, we ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/player-news/should-he-stay-or-should-he-go-christophe-berra.html Ian Rose 2008-04-04 11:35:22 For those of you who haven't heard of him, let me assure you. Christophe Berra is the real thing. A central defender with ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/1/mcmanus-accepts-temporary-captaincy.html Ian Rose 2008-03-25 16:25:49 In the wake of Barry Ferguson's injury and subsequent drop from the Scottish roster for tomorrow's friendly with Croatia, Celtic skipper Stephen McManus will earn ... http://romania.worldcupblog.org/1/the-rumors-of-mutus-fate-have-been-greatly-exaggerated.html Ian Rose 2008-03-22 21:01:27 It's four days until the Tricolorii of Romania take on Russia in the second friendly of the year, and one of the stars of Romania's ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/player-news/fa-hypocrisy-watch-cashley-v-hutton.html Ian Rose 2008-03-19 16:03:45 Just a short note today, and one only tangentially related to the Scotland NT. One week from the Croatian Invasion, Scotland starting right back ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/1/dailly-news-burley-approves.html Ian Rose 2008-03-11 12:14:14 George Burley has not yet announced any of his roster for the March 26th friendly between Scotland and Croatia, but he came out this morning ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/club-performances/huttons-first-match-against-mcleish.html Ian Rose 2008-03-01 15:13:00 Scotland and Spurs right back Alan Hutton faced his old international boss today for the first time, as Spurs went to Birmingham to face Alex ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/transfers/teale-and-anderson-to-plymouth.html Ian Rose 2008-02-20 14:25:53 Plymouth Argyle has signed on loan two Scottish internationals in one day, adding themselves to the now-healthy list of clubs I need to keep an ... http://angola.worldcupblog.org/group-d/your-starting-xi-defenders.html WC Bob 2006-05-17 09:54:09 We know the players that will represent Angoal at the World Cup, now let's set the starting lineup. Yesterday I asked for your vote ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/big-question/big-question-who-are-the-world-cup-xi-defenders.html WC Bob 2006-05-02 00:05:52 Each day this week we're asking for your position-by-position selections for this year’s World Cup all tournament team. By the end of the week we ... http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/23-dutchmen-in-germany-part-2.html Mike 2006-04-18 10:52:24 The next order of business is to select the 8 defenders for the squad. 4 full backs and 4 centre halves. Opinions ... http://portugal.worldcupblog.org/group-d/scolari%e2%80%99s-23-%e2%80%93-defenders.html Luis Paulo 2006-04-14 19:36:57 Let’s keep choosing our 23 favorite Portuguese players to be at the World Cup this year. Now, is time to choose the 8 defenders. ... http://mexico.worldcupblog.org/1/player-profile-ricardo-o.html Luis Carlos 2006-04-11 04:04:02 Getting ready to Germany, I’ll be posting profiles of the Mexicans players so you can get to know them. Since we still don’t know who ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/group-e/picking-the-23-defenders.html Daryl 2006-03-28 14:58:08 Here at USA World Cup Blog we want to give a little somthing back to Bruce Arena for all his years of hard work. So, ...