It was the kind of game that made you sit up and take notice. Before, they were just the noisy neighbours in Sky Blue, lavishly spending their untold riches on ‘individuals’. But the dust has settled now. The battle – if yet the war – has been fought, the questions answered, the spoils distributed. But … Continue reading
So, the dust has settled from international week, we’ve all had a chance to laugh and cry at Rooney’s unwavering stupidity and the Premier League apparently wants to scrap relegation. Right, I see domestic football’s still broken then. Well at least we’ve got the midweek antics of the Champions League to keep us from pulling … Continue reading
Halleluja! The (proper) UEFA Champions League is back! And not only is it back, but it’s back with a bang. Game-week one served up a total of 32 goals, some of them classics, some of them fortuitous, all of them crucial. But what have we learnt from the opening fixtures? Allow me… There’s Some … Continue reading
Way back in the day, long before my time, the majority of football fans had to wait until the opening day of the season to see who their club had signed. No Sky Sports or Twitter, no daily transfer updates, not even any gossip. Bearing that in mind; imagine the collective shock fans of La … Continue reading
I’m more than reluctant to use the heading ‘Review of the Week’ as I expect I won’t be blogging quite as much when I actually have something to occupy my time. But whilst I’ve got hours to kill and access to all the weekend’s action, stats and analysis I might as well round-up the opening … Continue reading
“I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips. Straining upon the start.” Yep, Shakespeare’s words are always relevant. And thinking of the class of the 2011/12 Premier League as greyhounds isn’t a bad metaphor at all. So, as possibly the world’s most generic blogger, I’m using my first post of the new season to … Continue reading
After a crazy year of Michael Jackson statues, work-experience shootings and, well, Mario Balotelli, I take on the unenviable task of summing it all up and deciding who’s had the best, and the worst, of an insane season of football. Player of the Season Scott Parker To play the way he has, in that team, … Continue reading
