After England's heroic draw against Algeria last night the scapegoat ratings shown in a previous blog (view here) are making really interesting reading, but it looks as though that such is the camaraderie in the squad, that England are this year are looking to be collectively useless rather than letting the blame sit on the shoulders of one man alone. However there is still time.Rather naively Robert Green made his howler in the first game, and ...
I have just got back from a nice short break in Las Fuentes (in between Valencia and Barcelona) with my friend Ray, his son Mark, and his son's mate also Mark. I like my trips down there, it is my 6th visit now (Ray owns a villa) and it is always fun, and despite never feeling any older, a holiday with two fit footballing (they are both Semi Pro) lads makes you realise your six pack stomach days are behind you. Las Fuentes is essentially a ...
I am off to Spain for a few days and in a hurry, so theis blog will be brief, but ask yourself this question..............Are England unlucky, mentally weak or just not very good at football?My friend Stewart argues quite forcibly that the England football team is a reflection of society as a whole and that other teams like Germany have the mental strength to overcome adversity, where the English use it as an excuse and can't raise themselves ...
After 1021 days, 853 Qualifiers, 2,344 goals, and 75 sacked managers, The World Cup is underway, and as I write this blog The South Africans, or The Bafana Bafana as we are going to get used to calling them, are leading Mexico with a spectacular goal from the brilliantly named Tshabalala, leading to our first and in no way the last commentator cliche with:"If that had been scored Brazil we would have been talking about it all night."Honda have ...
We are now only four day away from the greatest show on earth, and it is great to see that the company(Match Hospitality Ltd) where Sepp Blatters nephew Phillipe is President and CEO has won an "open" tender to sell corporate packages, so much for money benefiting the host nation. In my opinion Sepp Blatter and FIFA are corruption personified, but before I get sued I will stop, and let you judge for yourself by reading this article in The ...