May

2

The Championship and Hull City

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I’m looking forward to Jay’s post about the Championship after his excellent round-ups of League 1 and League 2.
I’ve got my beady eyes on the top of the table, I have to say. Although an Arsenal fan as long as I can remember the first ever ground I visited was Boothferry Park to watch Hull [...]

Apr

18

Chelsea remain in the hunt…

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Isn’t Premier League football the best? Two Chelsea games in three days (the horror!), three goals, little in the way of excitement and all we have to really show for it is Avram Grant’s incredible post-match interview after the game against Everton. The Israeli is clearly going bonkers under the increasing pressure and criticism which [...]

Mar

31

Arsenal Exceed Expectations, But Not There Yet

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Despite the best comeback since Lazarus this weekend, I reckon Arsenal will finish 2nd or more likely, 3rd this season. There are three reasons for this in my opinion.
1) Lack of quality depth in the squad (particularly defence)
As has been highlighted in recent weeks, when the likes of Toure are out, there is a lack of [...]

Mar

19

It’s another White Hart Lane thiller, but…

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Tottenham - what were you thinking? A spectacular 4-4 draw may of been salvaged due to a late Robbie Keane strike but the decision to play highlights from your Carling Cup success before the game is utterly baffling. Why give Chelsea even more ammunition after their pathetic 2-1 reverse?
All said and done though, what a game. [...]

Mar

13

Time for Michael Owen to Deliver - Again

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It may be a couple of days old now, but Michael Owen may want to look a little closer to home if he is worried about his Engerland place; it’s got very little to do with Newcastle’s (woeful) form – if Capello drops him, it’ll be because Owen himself is not playing well. Right [...]

Mar

2

Cretins.

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I don’t recall any chants regarding Luc Nilis’ broken leg. Or the ill health of Martin O’Neill’s wife.
You thick cunts.
Don’t even consider complaining if anything happens to a Villa player this, or next season. I used to like really like Villa; great ground, an improving team. Pity about the supporters.

Mar

2

What Would Spurs Do If They Won The League?

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After the revelation that Juande Ramos vetoed the open-top bus parade, this piece makes me wonder - what sort of tattoos were they? I expect Darren Bent’s read “We won the Carling Cup and all I got was this tattoo. I was at Spurs that season, in case you didn’t notice.”
What WOULD happen if [...]

Feb

28

Fans of league accumulators, take note

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The Manager of the Month awards for February are in, so avoid backing the following teams as the dreaded curse descends on…
Stoke City! Tony Pulis was the victor in the Championship after guiding Stoke to five wins in six but, somewhat predictably, once the Potters reached the poisoned chalice of first place, they contrived to [...]

Feb

19

How to write like Sportingo

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Most of us here on Left Back are mere amateur bloggers.
We write because we enjoy writing about football. We write because we want to get things off our chest. We write because we live in the vain hope that somebody out there might find it mildly entertaining.
We’re under no illusions about our place in the [...]

Feb

16

“And if you know your history…”

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I received a text from a friend twenty minutes into the Manchester derby pointing out the rather tenuous connection commentator Martin Tyler had managed to tease out of Dietmar Hamman’s birth place and the Munich air disaster. It says a lot for the sheer gaudiness and tackiness of Sky’s coverage of the whole event that [...]

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