THE LAST OF THE MOHICAN

by | Sep 2, 2011 | Footie

Wise move from Raul. The Mohican who was all tats and no trousers was always likely to suffer from Bellamy’s Golf Bag Of Justice and find himself on the wrong side of a long iron. He’d managed to take Reece’s place in the squad of looking hard but being really, really...

What I Did On My Holidays

by | Aug 26, 2011 | Footie

I went to the Edinburgh Fringe festival. That’s what I did. Three days in the company of my friend Stu. I’m going to tell you about it. But let me make clear, I’m no expert on the old stand-up comedy. I like it when I see it, but I’m not that...

Did Gordon Taylor Have A Responsibility Deficit?

by | Aug 5, 2011 | Footie

IT looks as though the key document in the phone-hacking scandal, at least as far as News Corp and James Murdoch are concerned, is going to be the “For Neville” email, analysed here by David Leigh and the inestimable Nick Davies. For the purposes of this discussion...

Ban footballers from Twitter? Shake my head…

by | Aug 5, 2011 | Footie

MICK McCarthy has joined Ferguson and the FA in warning players about the supposed dangers of Twitter. Ken Bates has banned it. And every now and again – after some mini-controversy – people say footballers will have to be taken off the social-networking...

The International interruption

by | Aug 5, 2011 | Footie

SEASON starts. Season stops. Another international friendly clogging up our early campaign, a continental pre-season. A yearly complaint, and this time Kenny got out of the traps first – an utterly justified gripe (as much about the Saturday start as the existence...