A smidgen of credit for ‘Arry Yeah I was f’n and blindin’ ‘Arry three months ago. Deservedly so, I think. Now, Spurs are well clear of relegation and a point off seventh place and a place in Europe so I look somewhat “wrong”. Right? Well, not quite. I did say at the end of the […]
‘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 […]
Man U News In other news, the transfer merry-go-round continues. Man U think they might fancy a bit of Colombian striker Falcao for £15m rather than shell out £30m for proven Premiership player Dimitar Berbatov. Clearly the Diego Forlan fiasco didn’t dent Sir Fergie’s faith in South American strikers. Perhaps more worryingly for Fergie is […]
The Arsenal Debate My Liverpool-supporting mate commented that my last luvfooty blog (“The Life of Whine”) was a bit anti-Arsenal but I don’t feel it was. Ok, so I was perhaps overly-critical given their achievements this season but you have to expect a bit of bias in the commentary “business”. No man is an Ireland, […]
So much to talk about this about this week. The comical power-struggle at Liverpool reached new heights when chief executive Rick Parry found out about co-owner Tom Hicks’ demand that he resign, on Sky Sports. The other co-owner (for you can’t have one with the other) defended Rick (is that any name for a chief […]
A watershed? Football fans were hoping that Ashley Cole’s disrespect of referee Mike Riley last week would be a watershed moment for the game. Liverpool’s Javier Mascherano didn’t seem to get the message after an embarrassing loss of self-control on Grand Slam Sunday. With his team trailing 0-1 to Manchester United, Mascherano raced 30 yards […]
Sky have just signed a £240m deal with UEFA to screen more Champions League games than ever from 2009 to 2012. Under the terms of the deal they will now show qualifiers live (we’re all looking forward to F91 Dudelange versus MSK Zilina) and only one game will be made available to terrestrial TV viewers […]
The feel good factor There’s a lot to be said for the feel good factor in life. Warm weather, wealth, health, all that good stuff. It all makes for a very happy existence. It exists in football too and clubs that have it have got a distinct advantage over clubs that don’t. What’s become clear […]
Any news? Not a lot going on in the Spurs sphere in the last week, eh? Sol Campbell finally made his expected move from Spurs, somewhat unexpectedly to local arch-rivals Arsenal. When I wrote my previous column on Sol, I expressed somewhat restrained anger that Sol had dicked around the fans with his empty declarations […]
It’s All Over We’ve had two years of speculation, debate, stories with no foundation. But it’s all over. Sol Campbell declared this weekend that he will walk away from Spurs, ten years after his first-team debut as a scoring striker against Chelsea. The 26-year old, up until now, completely revered in one half of North […]
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