Keane and Berbatov: The Story So Far

Spurs fans were up in arms when Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov decided they could better themselves elsewhere this summer.  Indeed they were chosen by two of the most famous clubs in the world, Liverpool and Manchester United respectively. So for a combined outlay of over £50m, let’s see what the major players have gotten […]

[Movie Review] Premonition

Starring: Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Marc Macaulay, Kate Nelligan Director: Mennan Yapo Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 2007 It’s been a long time since I first drooled over Sandra Bullock in “Love Potion No 9” and “Demolition Man”. She’s now managed to settle nicely in middle-age while still looking like the cute 30 […]

[Movie Review] Disturbia

Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anee Moss, David Morse, Aaron Yoo, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Matt Craven Director: D.J. Caruso Genre: Thriller Cert: 15 Released: 2007 Who is Shia LaBeouf? Well, I thought he was a girl to be honest. Turns out he was in “Transformers”, “Constantine” and “I, Robot”. He seems to be a bit of a […]

Football Manager 2009: The 30% price increase

It’s the release day of the most popular and successful football management game franchise of all time, “Football Manager 2009” (née “Championship Manager”).  Having sold millions of units since the early 1990s, the mere announcement of a game is enough to guarantee a #1 hit across Europe and that’s what will probably happen again. In […]

Beckham is no Kaka

Yes, this is headline news. I wrote way back in June 1998 about Mr Beckham and the “overratedness” of the then-foetal brand.  I think time has gone on to show him to be the fourth best of the famous Man U midfield quartet behind Keane, Giggs and Scholes (in that order). In that ten year […]

Irony: The Sarah Palin Way

Sarah Palin – the woman who makes George Bush look open-minded and knowledgable – lept to her own defence following comments from the John McCain team which didn’t paint her in the most flattering light. It was alleged that she thought Africa was a country rather than a continent and that she could not name […]

‘Arry and other things

‘Arry Just on a side note, a radio bulletin this morning claimed that ‘Arry Redknapp is chasing his “fourth consecutive win” as Spurs manager against Dinamo Zagreb.  I ignored the obvious mistake and a few hours later after realising it was wrong they changed it to “third consecutive win”.  So I texted the radio station […]