Monthly Archives: December 2010

Steve Kean, the ‘caretaker’ Blackburn Rovers manager has been attributed with the following quote: “Can we finish in the top five only spending £5million? It is fair comment if everyone is fit.” Now apparently Fat Sam was sacked because he … Continue reading →

So here’s a phrase I don’t think you’ll have ever heard Kenneth Wolstenholme use – “as ragged as their captain’s snood”, which was how the Sky commentator described Manc City’s 1st half performance. A strange game in many ways and … Continue reading →

I suppose it’s somewhat inevitable that a blog becomes something more than views on a particular topic, unless, of course, you live and breathe that one topic. Yes – OK I love to watch (from my armchair) football, but a … Continue reading →

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/10/12/16/SOCCER_Liverpool_Nightlead.html What planet is Liberace on ? Or indeed the reporter who wrote this load of old rubbish with regard to last night’s Anfield debacle v Utrecht. Let’s start with Liberace. Apparently they were all “trying too hard”. From where … Continue reading →

So apparently tonight, “youngsters” were allowed in free with an adult. On this showing, there won;t be many of them coming back. Against a very, very average Dutch team, who hadn’t won a game in the Europa League (and were … Continue reading →

It was easy to write the script for this one. Arsenal, fired up, came out of the blocks and went at the Mancs. 7 ‘fouls’ in the first 14 minutes, Mani scythed down for one of them and 6 dives … Continue reading →

4 hours after I read online at http://www.sportinglife.com that the odds on Liberace to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked had fallen from 16/1 to 2/1 came the shock news that Allardyce had been sacked from his … Continue reading →

I don’t get the PL this season. Bolton 6th? What’s that all about? A workmanlike team full of journeymen struggling to beat a Blackburn side that will be lucky to stay in the league. Something bizarre has happened this season and … Continue reading →

Actually this story really starts on Monday 29th November when I headed for Heathrow Airport. The lads from “Heathrow Secure Park” collected my car and I made my way inside. Terminal 1 looked the same as it always does until … Continue reading →

I don’t know where to start with this one. First of all, I only saw the first 79 minutes on a ‘not very good connection’, so you have to take some of my comments with the proverbial pinch of salt. … Continue reading →