Picture the scene. Sepp Blatter, fed up with England’s dominance of European football, decides to ban all non-British & Irish players from the Premier League. In this post-Apocalyptic world, Aston Villa would probably romp to the league title…
Fast forward to Saturday 27th March 2010. Manchester United travel to face relegation-threatened Bolton, on the eve of a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona. Sir Alex Ferguson picks a weakened team and Bolton grind out a 1-0 win. Come the end of the season, Bolton finish in 17th position, one point ahead of relegated Wolves. If this series of events unfolds, Mick McCarthy will wear the wriest of smiles…
Here are our three players to watch – well in fact to sign – to see you through the Christmas period. As ever, we make no promises that this will turn out well. And we appreciate the lack of imagination that seemingly lies behind these picks; but points mean prizes…
It’s about time we reviewed something. This time it’s the cerebral ‘Inverting the Pyramid’ by Jonathan Wilson – the thinking man’s football book. Read on to see what we thought…
I was going to write another bit about Rooney’s dive this weekend, but I bore myself with the diving dogma so no doubt any regular readers we do have are bored also. And then I saw Patrick Barclay had written a piece, and I like him, so I’ve reprinted that instead. And then I saw he’s also commented on the penalty issue (goalkeepers advancing off their lines) which was going to be my other piece – so I’ve just reprinted that too. This site is rapidly turning into reprint central – but at least the quality of writing is going up…
Harsh words indeed. But after his actions this weekend, his previous comments and previous actions, there is no other conclusion to be made. Read on to find out why…
England have been handed a fantastic draw in Group C – and as a result the bookies have cut the odds on us winning the damn thing. We couldn’t… could we?
The excitement starts now… 17.00 BST sees the draw made for the groups in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. England could end up with New Zealand, Algeria, and Greece – or we could get Australia, Ivory Coast, and Portugal…
Arsene Wenger is clearly an intelligent man and brilliant manager. However, in the light of his team’s 3-0 home humbling to Chelsea, he runs the risk of damaging his considerable credibility. Read on to find out why…
