Should United really pay Wayne Rooney 300K per week?
I am not a Manchester United supporter. I am however scratching my head trying to understand just why they are so determined to pay so hugely to hang on to a player of questionable loyalty and...
View ArticleThe changing face of the Champions League
On some levels it maybe what Monsieur Wenger refers to as ‘financial doping’, on another it may be the new found bite of the Financial Fair Play Regulations. Either way, football in Europe is changing...
View ArticleChelsea loss opens up a four-way title battle
Chelsea’s Saturday defeat at Aston Villa, continuing Jose Mourinho’s winless record at Villa Park, lit the blue touch paper for the teams in red on Sunday still harbouring title aspirations. Prior to...
View ArticleWenger’s stubbornness is tarnishing his legacy
Arsene Wenger bashing was born out of a grudging admiration for both his highly effective methods and wonderful use of the French transfer market during the first decade of his Arsenal reign. In time,...
View ArticleWenger tarnishes his legacy
Once upon a time, Arsene Wenger bashing was born out of a grudging admiration of his hugely effective methods and wonderful use of the French transfer market during the first decade of his Arsenal...
View ArticleMoyes short of answers
When I sat down to write this piece, I started to think to myself ‘why bother’? And then it struck me. That was the very point. The fact that it didn’t seem worth writing about United’s trouncing in...
View ArticleChelsea are exactly where they should be
Most football teams are surrounded with varying degrees of hyperbole when things are going well or badly. According to most of the British press, Liverpool presently are just about the greatest team...
View ArticleDear Fernando Torres
Fernando, this is a painful letter for a Chelsea fan to write. We had so many hopes and dreams that have ultimately been shattered. Who is to blame I’m not entirely sure. You didn’t force Chelsea to...
View ArticleAll praise the spiritual wave sweeping global football
Football is often chastised for the more seedy, salacious and hedonistic lifestyles of players with bulging wallets and celebrity lifestyles. Indeed, footballers are seen on newspaper front pages as...
View ArticleMoyes debacle is the end product of a far wider United story
While professional football has always been a costly hobby for the wealthy and a vehicle to get rich quick, it is really since the Sky era was ushered in that the unquenchable thirst for riches was...
View ArticleChelsea end of season report
In previous weeks, two excellent defensive displays in Madrid and at Anfield gave Chelsea renewed hope in both the Champions League and premiership. However, Chelsea’s season was ultimately meekly...
View ArticleThe English Premier League end-of-season report
The English Premier League season is finally over, so it’s time to mark the end-of-term report cards for the every club. Manchester City – A Hard to give anything less to the champions. Yes, they made...
View ArticleCould Spain do the unthinkable?
Spain’s achievements in winning back to back European Championships with a World Cup sandwiched in between beggars belief in the modern era. Such are the margins these days that sustained periods of...
View ArticlePlease let the World Cup be a good’un
For a Scotland supporter the requirements for a World Cup are pretty simple nowadays – a good tournament with great games and moments. Now I’m probably already sounding like a grumpy old man, but for...
View ArticleWho I should support at the World Cup?
As mentioned in my previous World Cup post, and as will be glaringly obvious to all readers, Scotland shall not be at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. So, who do I support? There is nothing wrong with being a...
View ArticleMy World Cup so far
My previous article was hoping and preying for a great World Cup, lamenting the previous few tournaments and suggesting it was an event in decline as a victim of global football media overkill. WATCH...
View ArticleHeavyweight clash to dispel national stereotypes
When the World Cup comes around, national stereotypes tend to abound about footballing heritage and how the various teams play. The Dutch will of course play technical, possession-based football, The...
View ArticleMy World Cup in review
I’d written previously about my desire for a World Cup to re-ignite my passion for the game and the event. I surely got one. One caveat I would add is that I have watched the past two Western...
View ArticleWho’s winning the EPL transfer war?
The EPL and the mundane old transfer season, remember that? The transfer market is a fast-moving animal which provides a fix for us football fans struggling to cope with the end of the World Cup and...
View ArticleIs Gareth Bale correct about La Liga?
Times are good at Real Madrid. They have just lifted La Décima, and over the summer they have added two of the shining stars from the World Cup. First Toni Kroos and now the 80-odd million Euro capture...
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