The Carnival of Football 1st edition
Welcome to the July 31, 2006 edition of the Carnival of Football. This is the very 1st edition of this blog carnival!
The Carnival of Football was started to spotlight the best blogs and bloggers in Football. The initial response has been good and cheers to all of the blogs that submitted posts this week. We are looking for Football Blogs to host future editions of the Carnival of Football. At present we will host the carnival for a few weeks or until we have a number of Blogs that would like to take this on. The deadline to submit posts each week is 3pm on Sunday, so please submit before then.
Lets get on with the 1st Carnival of Football here are the 9 posts submitted by the football bloggers of today. Well it is pre-season for most leagues, so the majority of the posts are football transfer talk.
Our Pick of the Week
It was a tough call, but Blogfc scored the winner with their post on the difference between Damian Duff and Ashley Cole. There is so much BS in football, it’s great to see a player that wants to play and that money isn’t the sole purpose in life.
The following posts are presented in no particular order of merit.
World Cup 2006
After the world cup Mike Baptiste of On the Pitch wants to help design the Dave O’Brien training program. He is a baseball commentator in the states, who was chosen for the World Cup by ESPN, bad choice guys over 5000+ fans have signed a petition to get him kicked out.
English Premiership
Ahmed over at Soccerlens reported that Manchester United are 2 Steps Away From “Totally ……”. Where do Manchester United stand in the transfer market this summer. Selling their best striker of the past five years and buying a talented midfielder for twice his value. United are, quite literally, two steps away from the edge.”
“Warning – this post may contain offensive language. Read at your own risk.”
The Gaffer at epl notes the Premiership countdown 37 days to go and looks at the impact of the dreaded 4-5-1 formation that was so prevalent during the World Cup, and wonders how it’ll affect the English Premiership this upcoming season.
Anfieldred discuss the comments of new signing Craig Bellamy, who believes they can challenge Chelsea this year.
Matt Warnes from eatfootball writes a great article on Wenger’s A team (great picture) and the new Emirates Stadium walk round.
Championship
Aff at Joys and Sorrows starts the debate of the Birmingham City first eleven, 41 comments later I think many over there have an opinion on this!
La Liga
Footyblog reports on Ruud van Nistelrooy’s move to Real Madrid.
Scottish Premier League + Bits
Soccershout squeezed a podcast in at the last minute of carnival time 
in which they deny putting in a bid for Villa, discuss the two big Scottish teams (and Rangers), and conclude that those teams who came up this year Reading, Sheff Utd and Watford shall be getting relegated by the end of this season.
To have a post considered for a future edition of the footy carnival, please remember that you have to pick your best post and submit it! The host is not responsible for “finding” the best posts on the Web, just reviewing the ones that are submitted.
We hope you join us in continuing to read and contribute to the carnival! For information about how to participate in next week’s carnival, please see the Carnival of Football.
Ahmed Bilal said,
July 31, 2006 @ 11:57 am
Interesting pick for best post. Just a couple of observations:
a) The author of the post is an arsenal fan, and hates ashley cole and tottenham in equal measures.
b) If you believe that Damien Duff is not moving to Tottenham because he would be betraying the fans, you’re also saying that Sheva moved to Chelsea for his family and that Emerson moved to Barca so that his kids could see him play with Ronaldinho and Eto’o.
My point is, you can’t trust what a footballer is saying because when there is money involved, people will make up all sorts of completely plausible excuses to show that it’s about anything else but the money. The author of the post knows this, so my guess is that he’s using this to vent about Ashley Cole, not to exhort the virtues of one Damien Duff (who in fact also said that he came to Newcastle because of the fans - which is a bit more believable considering the rabid support the Geordies have).
So either you picked blogfc because they have a big following and you want them to host the next carnival, or you failed to read into the background of the post itself.
Other than that mate, excellent idea again
and I hope it will be successful. Will link to you today.
oldgame said,
July 31, 2006 @ 12:31 pm
Ahmed,
Fair points made!
In regards to a) I didnt realise he was a gooner and understand that there is likely to be bias in this post!
b) In this world we live in I would like to think that some people do things for the right reasons, even footballers. I take your point regarding the BS that makes footballers sound good to the press and divert the attention from the real issues. I hope he is successful at Newcastle, whatever his real reasons for moving.
I hold my hands up and say I should have looked into this blog a bit further
However we can’t get it right all the time and the carnival should increase in quality over time, as the season gets underway!
On The Pitch said,
July 31, 2006 @ 3:12 pm
Soccer Carnival Time…
I know they say too much of a good thing can be bad for you, but hey - two soccer blog carnivals on the same day! Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal!
The American Soccer Carnival hits its 3rd edition over at The Fool’s Prerogative with a number of …
Ahmed Bilal said,
July 31, 2006 @ 3:33 pm
heh
agree to point b. here’s something worth reading:
http://www.caughtoffside.com/why-do-we-expect-loyalty.html
I’m not too sure that blogging carnivals can be successful in a news-type sector, but it’s worth trying
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