Jan

30

Too many chiefs at Newcastle?

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Kevin Keegan is back as manager, there’s still no sign of a number 2 but you get the feeling Keegan would do well to get a serious tactician on board. If there were a 2000s version of Don Howe then that’s exactly what they need.
But then Dennis Wise has come in as an ‘executive director’ [...]

Jan

22

Is Gerrard just making excuses?

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Speaking about Liverpool’s failure to perform against Villa last night, scrambling a 2-2 draw in the end, the Liverpool captain seemed eager to point the finger of blame at the two American owners, saying:
It’s not just this week, it’s been going on for some time and it’s certainly not helping the players. I’ve got to [...]

Nov

23

Rafa channels Vicomte de Valmont

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In a scene that is highly reminiscent of the one in Dangerous Liaisons when John Malcovich reminds Michelle Pfeiffer that what has happened is ‘Beyond my control’, Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez faced the press yesterday. Check out the question and answer session with the journalist.

How much will you have to spend in January?
“As [...]

Nov

5

And In Third Place

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Third in the Sack Race this season is Chris Hutchings; but any team that voluntarily buys Titus Bramble is going to be onto a loser from the start (although that said, Newcastle seem to have done just as badly recently without him). There is talent at Wigan, Sibierski and Koumas for example, but there are [...]

Oct

26

Spurs are stupid

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Martin Jol takes over, gets Spurs to a creditable 5th in the table. Their highest ever Premiership finish.
The very next season he consolidates them in that position which is no small achievement with the established strength of United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool ahead of him.
This summer they spend an absolute fortune on players but due [...]

Sep

20

Adios, Jose

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I suppose you’d have gotten long odds at the start of the season for Jose Mourinho to be the first Premier League manager to lose his job. It’s all a bit ant-climactic now that it has happened though.
We know the relationship between the manager and Abramovich has been non-existent for quite some time now and [...]

Sep

2

If excellence needs dirty money, give me mediocrity

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Just in case you missed the insinuations in my last post, here is what I meant to say:
Alisher Usmanov, potential Arsenal chairman, is a Vicious Thug, Criminal, Racketeer, Heroin Trafficker and Accused Rapist.
I hope that’s clearer now.

Jul

10

Man City’s new owner shows his true colours…

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…in a photo taken in 2001. Ouch.

May

25

Who the hell is ‘Snoogy Doogy’?

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Liverpool’s new owner George Gillet:
If Rafa said he wanted to buy ‘Snoogy Doogy’ we would back him.
Will Snoogy Doogy be the player to push this Liverpool side on to their first title in nearly 600 years? In this reporter’s opinion, yes, and I for one welcome our new Snoogy overlords…

May

20

Bond shaken and stirred by Shepherd

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Last September, when the BBC aired its Panorama program about bungs in football, Newcastle relieved Kevin Bond, one of Glenn Roeder’s coaches, from his duties at the club.
Now Newcastle have just appointed Sam Allardyce, a man implicated in far more serious offences than Bond, as its manager. Bond, as you might expect, is not happy. [...]

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