Building a team for
complacency.Last post about an England friendly I asked if Fabio had leaned from the two halves of the game and then asked if those that had performed in the game would have a chance to get in front of...
View ArticleJeux Sans Frontières or
it’s a knockout.That’s how we know it over here and that’s what it is for England today against Slovenia. And quite frankly England would be better off with Stuart Hall managing them and Eddie Waring...
View ArticleAnd now we’re going to win it
..aren’t we.I mean after stuffing the might of Slovenia a whole one nothing, who is there now good enough to stop England from going all the way and lifting the trophy? Some people went slightly over...
View ArticleAVB’s bought into it, the fans have bought into it but
have the players?We know Andre Villas Boas’ affinity with the Europa League, it’s part of what got him noticed, and we know the fans want to see a Spurs’ captain lifting a trophy at the end of a...
View ArticleShould Spurs get more Chelsea ‘erberts to tell
the fans what they can and cannot say?It seems to work, gives the crowd a lift which in turn gives the team a lift for the home game against Maribor in the Europa League.Or maybe they were overjoyed by...
View Article“Oh, don’t sing for this
rubbish”.That was the plaintive cry from one viewer as the Wembley crowd sang their delight at another insipid performance by England as they won yet another Euro 2016 qualifier, this time over...
View ArticleGareth Southgate was right when he said
he wasn’t up to the job.I do hope the F.A. remember that after watching England struggle in their nil, nil draw with Slovenia.Well Gareth Southgate’s plan worked very well for him. He knew if he...
View ArticleSo far, so good, so what, so
Southgate.England fulfilled their usual role of an unbeaten schlep through an easy qualifying group, with another performance to hint at finals humiliation.Asked what I thought the score would be in...
View ArticleWell, nobody saw that Tour de France finish except
one man, who did weeks before.Tadej Pogačar turning a 57 second deficit to his fellow Slovenian, Primož Roglič, into a 59 second lead in the Stage 20 time trial, topped a great Tour de France.Nobody...
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