I’m doing extra coaching these last couple of weeks and so it’s hard to find a lot of time for my weekly article. So this week it’s snippets from around the world. King Kevin will be enthroned full time sooner than originally thought by the looks of things. £1 million-a-year[…]
Read More »All right, so I didn’t originate this week’s title. I heard it on the radio this morning and the DJ probably got it from some rap artist. But it sounded good so I’m using it. What has it got to do with this weeks game? Probably nothing except perhaps the[…]
Read More »Naturally, I’m watching the game “live”. It’s 7.30 p.m. Vancouver time and the game is long over but by avoiding the internet, the TV, radio and all the other miracles of modern technology for a few hours, I don’t know the score and it’s “live” to me. After two quality[…]
Read More »So we’re now into our amateur close season while the big pro games are yet to come. What will we do why we wait. I suppose we could watch more hockey; baseball will kick in (excuse the pun) soon full-time; we could always wait for the Denver Nuggets to win[…]
Read More »So we’re talking and reasonably soberly about all competitions. The after match beers are going down particularly well because it’s the last game of our season and the barbecue is not ready yet. Sobriety has eventually moved on, lucidity has given way to helter-skelter, and we are close to declaring[…]
Read More »The tests get bigger and bigger and in fairness Manchester United continue to rise to meet them head on. (Especially Dwight Yorke if you follow me.) Inter Milan have not lost at home in European competition for 36 years – Man Utd have never won in Italy. This St Patrick’s[…]
Read More »No, I’m not talking about passion in overtime. It’s Old Trafford again, this time for the European Champions League quarterfinal first leg and the visit of Inter Milan to the famous stadium. It’s wet. I’m thirsty. Somehow those two seem to go together although not quite like apple pie and[…]
Read More »So I’m talking to Jerry Seinfeld and it’s a story about nothing. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Lots of comedy shows are about nothing. Jerry says he fancies Spurs for the “real” cup and I suppose there’s always a chance that he could be right. A win away[…]
Read More »So King Kevin’s first arrival is upon us. I like Keegan. He’s good. He has displayed courage, intelligence, and skill throughout his playing and managerial career. Allied to this, his business acumen is Fortune 500-worthy – at least in terms of personal finance. Is he the answer to England’s woes?[…]
Read More »That’s a reasonable question, I says with the non-verbalised but implied hope of getting a satisfactory answer. “Just how is it that the English Premier League can be the best league in the world and yet England’s national team continue to flatter to deceive?” This of course, comes in the[…]
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