There are some great soccer gifts out there as Christmas approaches

On my blog I love to feature great products for the soccer fan. I show you the products that you just can’t find anywhere else. With the holiday season coming up I know that many of you are looking for the perfect Christmas present for the soccer fan in your life.

Dawes Art Sports Gear has a range of fantastic products that would suit the soccer fan in your life right down to the ground. They are available for men, women and youths in a range of sizes and nations. The products are all from hand-drawn designs that bring the passion and excitement of soccer to life.

Show your support for your favorite national team with a fantastic choice of options. You can get the-

•          Soccer Jersey
•          Performance Soccer Shirt
•          Long Sleeve Training Top
•          T-Shirt
•          Short Sleeve Training Top
•          Drawstring Backpack

Plus there are other gifts available too!

You will be the envy of all your friends as you show off your colors with these striking designs. They look great and they are all made with the highest quality materials. Each item of clothing is designed and drawn by Todd Dawes who brings the characteristics of the national soccer teams to life. Todd Dawes is a self taught artist that captures the passion of sports. He has developed the mascots of each national emblem and turned them into stunning visuals that embody the passion of each nation when it comes to soccer.

The shirts are high impact and will be sure to get you noticed. They stand out from the crowd and show that you are true soccer fan that wears their pride on their sleeve - or actually their chest with these designs.  These are shirts and tops that you will want to wear every day. And with the special offer of Buy a Jersey and Receive a Free Training Shirt that is running at the moment you can do just that!

Even better, why not get a value pack for the soccer fan in your life? This contains all the items any soccer fan will need to let the world know their national team. The value pack includes the following items-

•          A jersey
•          A backpack
•          A decal pack

All of this arrives in a beautifully designed gift box so it the perfect present for Christmas. It is going to light up the face of the soccer fan large or small.  Get to the website now and check out the designs that will suit you best.

You can let all your friends know that you are right behind your national team. There are a huge range of national teams covered so you can show your support whether you are a fan of-

•          Lionel Messi and Argentina
•          Neymar and Brazil
•          Paul Pogba and France
•          Thomas Muller and Germany
•          Gianluigi Buffon and Italy
•          Arjen Robben and Netherlands
•          Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal
•          Andres Iniesta and Spain
•          Clint Dempsey and the USA

The choice is amazing. You will always find what you want to give your favorite player and team all the support they need to bring home the World Cup! The soccer fan in your life will love being able to show support for their top players.

In by blog I like to bring you the side of soccer that you just don’t see anywhere else. The shirts and tops at Dawes Art Sports Gear are something truly special. You won’t find these items anywhere else and you will love the way they look and feel.

“Make You Wanna Holla, Throw Up Both My Hands" is the latest in fashion for the soccer fan

On my blog I love to bring you the latest trends and fashions that any soccer fan will want to be a part of. There are so many exciting things happening now that individuals and small companies are able to develop their own products. Today I bring to you a great product that will be perfect for the soccer fan – or anyone else for that matter!

Being a fan of soccer, a fan of sports or a fan of life is all about expressing yourself. You want to stand out from the crowd and let them know how you are feeling. Bering in a crowd of thousands to see your favorite sports team and cheering them to the rafters is one way of letting people know this.

An amazing design from the “Make You Wanna Holla, Throw Up Both My Hands" collection is another.

These are premium T-Shirts that look and feel great. They are available in all sizes from Small to 5XL. They are made from 100% cotton and are heavyweight tees so you know that you are wearing quality. And the quality continues in the manufacture-

•          Fairly produced – this has been certified and audited three times
•          The seams and the shoulder, collar, sleeve and waist have been double stitched to last
•          The printing has been optimized so it looks great and stays looking great
•          The tees have been imported to the USA and then processed and printed

There is a range of T-Shirts to choose from for men, women and children so you will be able to get just what you want at the store.  Check it out today and see the designs that you can be wearing soon. 

There is a range of colors to choose from so go take a look and decide which one will suit you best. Can’t decide? Well why not get a few?

With Christmas just around the corner I know that you will be looking for some unique and special gifts for the people in your life. Something from the “Make You Wanna Holla, Throw Up Both My Hands" collection is a great choice.

I love to share with you the trends and fashions that are on their way up on my blog. Here is another that will keep you at the forefront of fashion.

Soccer 360 magazine gives you the best of world soccer every month

In my blog I love to bring you the best of football. I look at the game from all angles but there is only so much I can write about. This week I bring you a magazine that gets all of world football into one place every month.

Calling all soccer fans!

Soccer 360 magazine has the best coverage of word football brought together in a printed magazine. It covers all angles of world soccer so you can keep up to date with the latest developments in the game of football.

It features-

•          Profiles of all the top players
•          The best pictorials to bring the game to life
•          All the interviews that matter with the biggest names in the game
•          Schedules of all the major leagues so you can keep track on your favourite teams
•          News from off the pitch for the football fanatic
•          Analysis of the tactics that win games, cups and leagues
•          Commentary on what is happening in the game
•          Previews of the big matches that matter
•          All the facts and figures of the beautiful game
•          Stats so you can really see what is going on

It features  all of the top competitions all in one title so you never need miss out on your fix of La Liga, EPL, Bundesliga, Serie A, MLS or other leagues. It also has all the coverage you will need of the biggest tournaments in global football from international to club competitions. You know where to look when you want the lowdown on world soccer – Soccer 360 magazine.

As a fan you want to know what is happening in the game and Soccer 360 magazine allows you to do just that. It is an established magazine with over 66 issues published and it gets better every month. The quality of the articles and photography takes the game to the next level.

It is printed in an extra large size of 13.5" x 9." with over 100 pages and photos of the best players, profiles, stats, interviews and more.  You know that Soccer 360 magazine will give you the news and articles that you crave when you follow the world’s most popular game.

It ships worldwide so get hold of it today. You can subscribe or get hold of past copies too so you can see what you have been missing!

Get your copy! Subscribe Today! Make sure that you don’t miss out!

When you want to predict the score use Betting Tips VIP

Making a bet on football just makes things even more interesting. If you want to look at the next set of BPL, La Liga or Bundesliga fixtures and decide what to place your money on then you sometimes need a little help in choosing the right scores.

There are many factors that determine the outcome of a game, including-

•         The history between the two teams
•          Any injury news that is likely to affect the selection
•          The current form that each team is displaying
•          The conditions that the match will be played in
•          How motivated the players are

Betting Tips VIP looks at all of these factors and more to give you the best chance of selecting the right outcomes of the top soccer games.

They provide top picks every day so you can see the best chances you have of making a winning. They cover all the major leagues and many of the minor ones too so never again will you have to fill out your betting slip without all the information you need.

The game of football is only made more exciting by waging some money on it. You can make watching the match even more exciting when you have a bet on it. And then it is more exciting again when you make that bet with the best information around.

Always remember to gamble responsibly.

FireFan is just about to make sports even more exciting

On my blog I love to feature ways to make the game of soccer and sports in general even more exciting. Regular readers will have seen my features on sports betting and fantasy football. But something new is arriving soon.

The thrill of watching your favorite team is just about to intensify. It is great to watch the game. Whether you are sat in a bar with your friends or at home with your family or even if you have to sneak a watch on your smartphone at work. It is a thrilling experience to watch the best in sports perform at the peak of their powers.

Fire Fan is an app that will allow you to play along with the game. You can predict game play in real time as you are watching the game for a chance to show that you are the best. I’m sure that you and your buddies argue all the time about who knows the most about sports. Now is the chance to put that to the test and prove who knows the most about your favorite sport. What’s more it is available for download absolutely free! Just enter the code “ball_game”

FireFan is arriving on November 21^st so now is the time to get involved.

It will create the world’s largest sporting network of fanatics that will pit their wits against you during the game. FireFan are looking for the biggest sports fans in the world to take on the challenge of their peers. Think you know about sports? Pit your skills against the rest of the world!

FireFan – Ignite Your Passion

This game will set the world alight! And this is your opportunity to get in on the ground level. Pre-register now and you will be the first to experience this great new app and be in with a chance of winning fantastic prizes. And all for a free download. Try it now. Enter the code “ball_game”

There is nothing more exciting than feeling like you are a part of the action. This is the next best thing to playing the game yourself. It is available for both professional and college sports and you can put your knowledge of sports to the test when it comes to-

•          Football
•          Baseball
•          Basketball
•          Soccer

It feels like you are playing along with the professionals in real time as you follow the game. You knowledge and gut feeling can take you to the top of the leader board.

Sign up now. Challenge your friends to compete with you. Make the most of FireFan. It is here on November 21^st.

What the Manchester derby told us about the state of the game in Manchester

It was derby time in Manchester last night. I have spent the week in the city looking at the state of the game here and how the future looks for the two clubs. It could be looked at as a game in the middle of a crisis in the footballing city.Going into the game there has been much criticism-

• Manchester United lost 4-0 to Chelsea on Sunday after a poor showing at Liverpool the week before
• Jose Mourinho has spoken about his unhappiness living in the city
• Pep Guardiola's City went into the match on a streak of 5 games without a win
• The old guard of Vincent Kompany and Sergio Aguero seem to be out of favour

But in and around the city of Manchester you couldn't sense any panic or even much frustration towards the clubs or the players.These are generally proper football fans that love their club, are happy with the success that they have had but don't feel as though they are entitled to it. Contrast that to the glory-hunting Manchester United fan from other parts of the country and the globe. The fact that the United fans were still out-singing the Chelsea home support while being 4-0 down in Sunday shows that these are people who know their football and love their club.

Near the Old Trafford stadium I spoke to Mike, a United fan that sees a future that doesn't look as rosy as the recent past but will still support the club all the same.

"I can see us going down the same route as Liverpool did after their domination. Football goes in cycles and they have not really been near to winning the title again in over 25 years. I'd like to see them up there challenging for titles with us, but losing out to us every time! We have a future where we could go down the same road. I see Mourinho as a manager that could go one way or another. He could stay for 15 years and we could go on a run of winning trophies every year again or he could end up braking the club. It is a bit of a crossroads," said Mike.

The game does move on and it would be difficult to reliably predict what the future holds for the club. The longer they are out of the Champions League then the more they have to spend in wages to attract the big starts and the less likely it is that they will get another Cristiano Ronaldo or even another David De Gea.Mourinho is a gamble that the Glazers thought they just had to make after the failures of David Moyes and Louis van Gaal. Where the club goes from here is in his hands.

On the other side of the divide is the light blue half of Manchester. The game last night ended in defeat so Pep Guardiola is facing probably his worst managerial crisis - six games without a win. After the amazing start to the season not many would have predicted this but it is happening. In the club shop on Market Street they are selling those detested half-and-half scarves and training tops with the Champions League logo alongside merchandise from their sister clubs in New York, Yokohama and Melbourne. This is big business.

But without the players to enact his tactical game, and in possible the wrong league and conditions to do it, Pep is fining managerial life tough for probably the first time. It is not a full-blown crisis and it won't cost him his job but clearly there is work to do.

I spoke to Peter who lives and works in the city. He didn't buy into the Guardiola project but backs the club to get it right, "It will take time. He can't turn all of these Premier League players into La Liga players overnight. It looks like tactically he knows what he wants but the players aren't quite there yet. Maybe in a few months we will look back on this as part of the transition. I certainly hope so."

That was before the match. That was before the defeat in the derby. Although it was 'only' the EFL Cup and there were run outs for some players that were not in the usual first team it will still hurt. Manchester City's owners have bankrolled the club to deliver success and this current run of form and a tame loss to their neighbours isn't part of the blueprint.

What happens next really is down to Pep.

Is international football still relevant?

I watched the England v Malta match yesterday, well it was on in the background while I was doing other things. I was amazed to see a crowd of over 80,000 announced during the coverage for a game that England should have won at a canter against a team ranked well outside of the top 100 in World football. To me it was a bit of a non-match that even the TV companies wight have thought twice about featuring. But the fact that Wembley was close to a sell-out has made me stop.

I thought before the match that international football was becoming irrelevant and that matches between the good teams and the bad were a waste of time. But 80,000+ at Wembley and millions of others on TV disagreed with me. Maybe there is something there after all.

I don't believe that the top players in the game see international football as the pinnacle of the game in the same way that they did when I was young. The big international tournaments see the best players turn up injured or fatigued beyond belief so that they don't perform at the peal of their game. I know we can point to what winning meant to Cristiano Ronaldo at the Euros in the summer with his country. But I can't see that being the same with many players. Would Ronaldo have through this way if he had never won anything at club level? It was the icing on the cake, rather than the cake itself.

The England players don't seem to play their normal game when it comes to international football. In the Premier League we are used to high tempo and a pressing game that leads to exciting football and great matches. But for whatever reason we don;t play that way in the international games. When we have pressing players such as Jordan Henderson, Jamie Vardy and Jesse Lingard then we should play that game. We need a high tempo against teams like Malta to make chances, pressurise the opposition and make the breakthroughs that change the game. It appears that players take a step back on the international stage and I don't know whether it is the players or the coach that breed that mentality. I would have loved to see what Sam Allardyce would have done with the players because I can't believe he would have let his players sit back and take it easy.

It is time for a change and I would look at wholesale change with these poor quality of opposition that we have in the group. There has never been a better time to discard the older players and look to the future. I can't see a place after the next World Cup for the likes of-

• Wayne Rooney
• Joe Hart
• Gary Cahill
• Theo Walcott

And I can't really see what any of them offer now, except for Rooney selling shirts for the FA and Cahill plugging a gap until something better comes along (Smalling and Phil Jones have never cut the mustard at the top level.) There just has to be a brighter future. The England fans that watched in their tens of thousands yesterday can be satisfied with a win but there was little else to excite. I like the way that Jesse Lingard plays the game but he needs more help. I would get Rashford and others on to the pitch and say to them "there you go, guys. You are the team for the next World Cup. Go out there and make it happen."