Oct

17

Squeaky Bum Time

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Back when the draw for the Euro 2008 qualifiers was made, I looked at Group B and thought “Fuck”. Oh well, there was always the World Cup in a few years. Then, after a bit of a rocky start we beat France. To put a hand grenade in the works, Walter fecks off to [...]

Sep

13

Pinch Me, I’m Dreaming

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I still can’t believe it. France 0, Scotland 1.
Arsene Wenger once said:
The act of playing for a team makes each individual stronger.
Here we see that in practice; France, with their multi-talented squad, World Cup winners, European Champions, Champions League Winners up against the relative minnows of Scotland, who weather a VERY heavy storm and [...]

Nov

19

Staunton is a clown

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The Ireland manager claims young striker Anthony Stokes has ‘gone backwards’ since he joined Arsenal.
So the football education at the Gunners, the coaching and the experience of a top quality set up has nothing to do with the fact he’s scored 11 goals in the last 5 weeks whilst on loan at Falkirk?
The more [...]

Oct

27

How to foster team spirit…

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…the Lithuanian way.
Hearts majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov has warned his players they are all for sale if they do not win this weekend, BBC Scotland has disclosed.
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I suppose they should be lucky they’re not owned by a Russian who’d send them all to Siberia. Wouldn’t it be fun to see what happened if Roman [...]