England Will Always Lose Because Its Players Cannot Adapt
I can’t help but think that the Guardian’s Rob Smyth said it best the other day when he blamed overly-high expectations for England on two things: the mass-marketed ‘Golden Generation’…
Tackling the Talent Gap in England
Fabio Capello’s England squad selection for the World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Croatia asked more questions than it answered. The inclusion of Jimmy Bullard and omission of Michael Owen…
Egg and chips – por favor grasos
It infuriates me when people are judged on their appearance. Just because Rafa Benitez is a tubby mess, this does not give opposing supporters the right to abuse him. The…
Premier League title will stay in Manchester this season
With few weeks remaining in the transfer window, the media were eager to write off the current English and European Champions from retaining their Premiership crown. The logic behind it…
Bjorgoful Gudmundsson reveals true West Ham saga…
Dear Deidre, My name is Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson. That’s bad enough – it takes me fifteen minutes to sign a cheque. I am chairman of West Ham United. That’s even worse….
Top 11 Football Rejects: Ronaldo, Ljungberg, Appiah, Canizares and Davids lead the way
So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait…
Top 10 Most Expensive Football Transfers
Compared to the lion that was the summer of 2009, when we saw Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic move to pastures anew for a combined fee of more than…
Shoud the transfer window close before the season starts?
Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday’s race to the finish seems to support his argument….
Chelsea ‘fans’ defect to Man City
The Premiership woke up this morning to a lot of excitement. Everton fans were celebrating breaking their transfer record, West Ham fans were incredulous that they had sold half their…
Ebbsfleet lose Akinde magic
After Dimitar Berbatov’s strange menage-a-trois dalliance with Mark Hughes and Sir Alex Ferguson, and Man City gazumping Chelsea, yesterday’s third oddest deadline day transfer was that of John Akinde from…
Transfers Roundup (2 Sept 08): Manchester United nab Berbatov, Robinho signs for Manchester City, Liverpool land Riera, and more
There’s really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deals that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign…
Who care more, fans or managers?
If you have never coached or managed a football team you will believe, like I did, that the fans feel the highs of victory and lows of defeat more than…
Transfer Rumors (30 August 08): Bayern bid for Berbatov?, United offload Saha to Everton, Liverpool’s Riera deal almost done, and more
We’re into the final weekend of the summer transfer window, and it’s sure to be a wild weekend. Well, maybe. Whatever the case may be, I’m back to give you…
Transfer Rumors (29 August 08): Man City complete SWP deal, Tottenham in for Veloso, Everton and Spurs after Larsson, and more
There are only a few days left in the window, so I’m sure there’s a lot in store for what I hope will be a frantic few days in transfers….
Manchester – Vidic might not be happy, but we love it!
Nemanja Vidic was quoted as saying some not very nice things about Manchester this week, which he has since denied, although some have doubted how sincere his denial of the…
