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Why should City be Given special treatment?

April 29, 2010

Man City have been given special permission to bring in Martin Fulop on loan until the end of the season to cover their goalkeeping injury crisis. Why exactly has this been sanctioned? They got themselves into a mess and they are now being bailed out with the chance to sign a keeper with Premier League experience just because they didn’t have a [...]

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Red or dead – Are Rafa and Fergie losing the plot?

January 19, 2010

So The Best League in the World bar none (copyright Barclays, Sky, Mars etc) finally also seems to be turning into the most open league in the world. Points have been dropped left right and centre. Formerly porous defences have shipped goals against the most modest of attacks. Even Darren Bent has transformed himself into the kind of striker cap [...]

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(Lack of) Respect campaign

October 7, 2009

According to the official F.A website over 7000 referees quit football every year because of the abuse they receive from players and from the sideline. The Respect campaign was launched in an attempt to provide a safe and positive environment for players and referees to enjoy the game from grassroots to elite football. What, then, are we to make [...]

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The sack race

September 30, 2009

Just over half a dozen games in and the Premier League is beginning to take shape. There have already been some heavyweight clashes with the newly oil rich Man City upsetting Big 4 stalwarts Arsenal while Spurs’ flying start was kept in check by Manchester United and Chelsea. With the electric Fernando Torres leading the line Liverpool have ste [...]

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A level playing field?

September 23, 2009

It doesn’t take much to wind up the average football fan these days. The average football fan (a long suffering male who enjoys beer and has delusions of grandeur for his team of overpaid primadonnas) is drawn to controversial issues like a moth to the proverbial flame. There is little doubt then that the events of the weekend past will have le [...]

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Why England will win the 2010 World Cup

June 24, 2009

It is the responsibility of the Great British Press to hype up England’s chances before any major tournament. Expectation must be raised beyond anything remotely reasonable. The country must be gripped with fervor and an unswerving certainty that the trophy will be come back to where it belongs. [...]

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England’s Best XI

June 3, 2009

The easiest and quickest way to choose this team would be to go with the boys of ’66.  After all they are the only players to have represented England and won a major trophy.  They had a strong spine running through the team – Banks, Moore, Bobby Charlton and Hunt – and the right blend [...]

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Ten Things I Hate About Blue

May 14, 2009

Now the dust has settled and Tom Henning Ovrebo has escaped Britain without being lynched, one thing has become abundantly clear after last Wednesday Champions League semi-final; neutral football fans, almost to a man, were desperate to see Barcelona go through. Chelsea fans aside, no one has been that bothered by the referee’s woeful performanc [...]

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Premier League Anti XI 2008-09

May 8, 2009

With the Premier League drawing to a close it’s time for a look back at the season. Ryan Giggs has somehow already picked up the PFA player of the season, despite playing a mere 1313 of a possible 3150 Premier League minutes. The title was all but decided by Howard Webb’s errant whistle and a meek Spurs capitulation at Old Trafford a few week [...]

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Do good players make good managers?

April 7, 2009

Making a successful transition Alan Shearer returned to St James Park to a hero’s welcome on Saturday.  Not since Kevin Keegan rode back in to town has anyone received such a reception from the Geordie faithful.  But with 7 games remaining and what is generally considered to be the toughest run-in amongst the clubs in [...]

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