LFC, FSG, FFP AND MARKET INEFFICIENCIES
By Sam Jones JOHN W HENRY is on record as saying that his plans for Liverpool were contingent on the implementation of the Financial Fair Play rules, in 2010 he confirmed that FFP was key to his decision to buy the club. Much has been written elsewhere on the subject...
EURO 2012: OLOF MELLBERG’S BEARD (A PIECE ON SWEDEN…)
THE main reason to support Sweden is they've got a great kit - especially the away kit. It's as good a reason as any...unless you're a Swede. Oh, and they're playing England. That always adds a little piquancy. If you're expecting a drab, Hodgsonesque Scanie XI, you...
EURO 2012 ROUND UP: GROUP D
By Rob McDonald --- Group D Ukraine Having qualified via being hosts, the Ukrainians are just happy to be there having only attended one major tournament since the Soviet Union became, well, less of a union. Dependant, still, on Andriy Shevchenko and the ghost...
EURO 2012 ROUND UP: GROUP C
By Rob McDonald --- Group C Italy Going into a tournament amid a match-fixing scandal for the second time in a decade, Italy will be hoping that 2012 will prove to be a repeat of 2006 even if they've only gone past the quarter-finals once in the last four Euros (when...
EURO 2012 ROUND UP: GROUP B
By Chris McDonald --- Netherlands Bert van Marwijk’s fightin’ Dutch will be looking to resurrect their reputation for aesthetics after delivering a swift Nigel de Jong-sized boot to the chest of the beautiful game at South Africa 2010. The Euro 88 winners combine a...
LFC, FSG, FFP AND MARKET INEFFICIENCIES
By Sam Jones JOHN W HENRY is on record as saying that his plans for Liverpool were contingent on the implementation of the Financial Fair Play rules, in 2010 he confirmed that FFP was key to his decision to buy the club. Much has been written elsewhere on the subject...
EURO 2012: OLOF MELLBERG’S BEARD (A PIECE ON SWEDEN…)
THE main reason to support Sweden is they've got a great kit - especially the away kit. It's as good a reason as any...unless you're a Swede. Oh, and they're playing England. That always adds a little piquancy. If you're expecting a drab, Hodgsonesque Scanie XI, you...
EURO 2012 ROUND UP: GROUP D
By Rob McDonald --- Group D Ukraine Having qualified via being hosts, the Ukrainians are just happy to be there having only attended one major tournament since the Soviet Union became, well, less of a union. Dependant, still, on Andriy Shevchenko and the ghost...
EURO 2012 ROUND UP: GROUP C
By Rob McDonald --- Group C Italy Going into a tournament amid a match-fixing scandal for the second time in a decade, Italy will be hoping that 2012 will prove to be a repeat of 2006 even if they've only gone past the quarter-finals once in the last four Euros (when...
EURO 2012 ROUND UP: GROUP B
By Chris McDonald --- Netherlands Bert van Marwijk’s fightin’ Dutch will be looking to resurrect their reputation for aesthetics after delivering a swift Nigel de Jong-sized boot to the chest of the beautiful game at South Africa 2010. The Euro 88 winners combine a...









