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If England’s game against Algeria had been a Wimbledon tennis match, the two sides would still be at it today with the Dutch Master Johan Cruyff declaring it the greatest example of Total Crap Football ever played. Both sets of players would be awarded (honorary) knighthoods for their part in simulating Barnsley versus Grimsby Town [...]
Last season I was very pleased with my August predictions for the 2008-09 English Premier League. OK, I admit that I was a couple of points out with Liverpool’s lead at Xmas. But still, extremely satisfying. To give myself more chance of being right this time, I procrastinated long enough for almost half a season [...]
It’s often the case that what in one sense is an undeniable strength can at the same time also be a real or potential weakness. English football’s great history and tradition raises everyone’s expectations, yet the English football team must compete on an increasingly commercialised and sophisticated international playing field. We have more fans, more [...]
Big Phil Scolari? Big Ron Hoddle? Reading Big Phil’s words of wisdom I think we got off lightly. Surely Scolari was an accident waiting to happen – an unfortunate cross between Glenn Hoddle and Ron Atkinson? But congratulations to the English media for bullying this guy out of the job before he even accepted it. [...]
“Is an all-foreign Arsenal bad for English football?“ But if all our top teams are made up of non-Englishmen….