Continuation from Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. 8 Tottenham Ooh, it’s not going to be pretty this year. Tottenham are doomed! At least that’s what I’m reading. Spurs sacked the manager who had brought them their most success in 50 years, hired a manager who lasted a wet weekend in west London, sold all their strikers […]
Continuation from Part 1 and Part 2. 12 Queens Park Rangers I’m not all that taken with QPR or their over-confident manager, Mark Hughes. He left Fulham after a reasonable 12 months: “I hope the supporters and all those connected to the club will understand that as a young, ambitious manager I wish to move […]
Continuation from Part 1. 17 Stoke City I kind of enjoyed Stoke sticking it to everyone on their first season back in the top-tier. But now I’m kind of over them and manager Tony Pulis’ baseball cap. They finished the season badly with one win in eleven games and the only incoming personnel changes so […]
Being a low-level blogger (self-employed, self-interested and self-motivated) means that I can pretty much operate under the radar and with impunity. Short of making some drunken racist statements or threatening to blow up an airport, I’m probably going to go unnoticed. That means I can make bold statements such as proclaiming Paul Scholes to be […]
What scurrilous Tottenham rumours are doing the rounds today? Adebayor channels Mercury and croons “I Want It All” Well the Daily Mail reports that the Emmanuel Adebayor deal is potentially off as the brawny striker is demanding five million quid from Manchester City – basically all of the fee Spurs are willing to pay the […]
Scapegoat In football it’s always good to have a scapegoat. For managers it is usually the referee, sometimes the media or – if you’re Kenny Dalglish – the shadowy hand of conspiracy. For players it is typically the referee, sometimes the manager. For fans it is mostly the referee, sometimes the board, the manager, the […]
After a year away, Tottenham are poised to return to the Champions League next season. Or at least they will do if they perform in their final seven – mostly winnable – games of the season. Disarray at Liverpool and rebuilding at Chelsea have opened the door for Redknapp and Co and it’s an opportunity they […]
It’s only something of a straw poll, but my observation is that Spurs fans are split on the Harry Redknapp question. Redknapp has brought the club from the bottom of the league to the Champions League and now somewhat ensconced in the top three in little over three years. So why on earth would there […]
An Arsenal title challenge has been long off the table but only the most pessimistic fan won’t have been buoyed by their emphatic thrashing of hopeless Blackburn. I’m not sure I’d say it’s “been on the cards” but, at their best, Arsenal are the most fluid of the chasing pack. Sadly they are rarely at […]
While it might seem unfortunate timing for Liverpool that one of their fans has been arrested over alleged racist abuse, there are bound to be arguments that the club’s behaviour over the past couple of months fueled the situation. The staunch defence of Luis Suarez – a player who admitted to and was found guilty of […]
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