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Matt Quinn

Blogger of the year in 2009. Since then I've been in the rather unforunate position of working on a market stall selling multi coloured sparkling socks. You're more likely to find me appearing on Dragons Den than Dexys Den in the near future.

World Cup dark horses – back Chile & Serbia

June 7, 2010

I have just seen the Italian World Cup squad and I am amazed. In this blessed time of huge continental football exposure and coverage, I am unable to recognise more than a handful of names. Those I do recognise, such as Gattuso, Zambrotta and Cannavaro, could easily be classed as past their prime. Whether this is an indictment on my lack of Italian [...]

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Gazza – How long has he got?

February 10, 2010

The recent demise of Paul Gascoigne has once again highlighted the pertinence of the cliche “flawed genius”. Not the first and certainly not the last footballer to self-destruct, Matt Quinn takes a look at England’s most talented footballer of our generation and the struggles he faces surrounding the influences around his daily life. [...]

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The Mystery of Milner

November 17, 2009

Aston Villa 1 (Platt) Bradford City 0. Old Second Division. 1988. This was the first football match I ever watched and I instantly fell in love with Villa’s goal scoring hero, a fish shaped man called David Platt. I later came to realise he wasn’t that good but the point is that, at the time, I thought he was a footballing god. Since this halcy [...]

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Blue horse race

September 3, 2009

After confidently predicting that Man City will win the league this year, it is with great delight and a degree of smugness that I’ve watched Mark Hughes’ men confidently open their campaign with a 100% record and zero goals conceded. That’s right all you naysayers…. Zero goals conceded! Oh, how the so called experts carped on about City’ [...]

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City Slickers II hot for the rest!

July 21, 2009

Last season I made the inspired prediction that Spurs would crack the top 4 and qualify for the Champions League. After watching them take around 23 matches to get their first point, I realised that my ability to forsee in football was still pretty bloody ropey. Previous failures included tipping Craig Bellamy to win European Footballer of the Year [...]

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La Liga vs Premier League

July 8, 2009

Over the weekend, Cristiano Ronaldo, confidently stated that Spain’s top flight, La Liga, was a better league than the English Premier League. He specifically cited the current influx of top class stars to La Liga as his evidence. (Given Ronaldo’s ego he was probably referring to himself….. and, at a push, Kaka) However, does Real Madrid’s [...]

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Who is the most over rated player in the Premier League?

April 24, 2009

Carloz Tevez

What is the difference between Carlos Tevez and Dirk Kuyt? The only answer I can see is public ridicule. It certainly isn’t talent or ability. While Liverpool’s Dutchman is widely ridiculed for being nothing more than a willing worker who lacks any sort of co-ordination or natural ability, Tevez is lauded as a world class talent [...]

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Barcelona – Best team of the decade

January 13, 2009

Total football is back

On a sub-zero Sunday evening in Spain, runaway league leaders, Barcelona, showed they could ally battling qualities to their undoubted flair and panache. Trailing 2-1 in some terrible playing conditions, Barca had to dig deep to secure an incredible 3-2 victory. Late goals from the influential Xavi and Lionel Messi simply [...]

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The downfall of Soccer AM

November 16, 2008

Fight bland and back Brand

Saturday mornings used to be so enjoyable. Turn the TV on. Switch over to Sky Sports and tune in for the best dose of hangover TV known to man. Soccer AM.

One half of Sky’s luxurious flagship Saturday schedule. The other half being the most spectacular example of visual simplicity possible. Gillette Soccer Saturd [...]

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Spurs – To good to go down?

October 21, 2008

Championship not Champions league

Just before the season began, I wrote an article predicting Spurs would be the ones to break the “Sky 4” stranglehold at the top of the table. I thought their signings were interesting and progressive, their strength in depth impressive and thought their manager had pedigree. To be fair to me, they hadn’t [...]

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Gerrard is not International class

October 14, 2008

The most over rated player in world football

After somehow scraping a 5-1 victory over the impressive Kazakhs, England now travel to Belarus for a tricky away tie. Wednesday’s match could be the real test as to whether the Croatia result was a one-off or the new benchmark for England performances under Capello. Personally, I’m predicting a s [...]

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Hull City – Team of the season

September 30, 2008

Kings of the jungle

On Saturday evening I was part of a drunk, betting syndicate that decided the odds on Hull City to beat Arsenal were just too generous to ignore. £100 later and suddenly we all look like footballing Nostradamus’. Yet none of us seriously expected a return on our alcohol fuelled punt as the sincere pre-match predictions wer [...]

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