Tag Archives: england
Groan When You’re Winning
I’d like to put forth a very philosophical question that is almost Talmudic in the asking of it: Is it right to criticize your team when it is winning? I cheer for England. I cheer for Canada. I cheer for … Continue reading
Filed under Euro 2012, Premier League, World Cup
Schteve gets the schack
He may be a cunning linguist, but continental creativity with accents hasn’t been enough to save Schteve McClaren from getting ze sack at Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg. The former Three Lions gaffer (and didn’t he do well at that?!) was … Continue reading
Filed under Bundesliga
Out With The Old Boys, In With The New Girls
If ever there was a more symbolic moment of English football’s position of being years off the pace, it was the actions of Sky Sports’ (Britain’s answer to ESPN) main presenters over the weekend. Idolised by many, Andy Gray’s comments over … Continue reading
Filed under English Football, Premier League
FIFA foes fume over World Cup choices
Two new frontiers of football were opened today, when FIFA announced the sites of its 2018 and 2022 World Cups: Russia and Qatar, respectively. FIFA officials say they are following the same philosophy that gave South Africa and Brazil a kick at … Continue reading
Filed under World Cup
England still looking for results…
This next one is going to get me in a lot of trouble… This week, the world watched and cheered as 33 Chilean miners were rescued after spending 10 long weeks trapped in the bowels of the earth. … Continue reading
Filed under English Football, Euro 2012
It’s grim up north
Sam Allardyce recently claimed he could coach the likes of Inter Milan and Real Madrid successfully, and that in essence the jobs there are much easier than his present one at Blackburn Rovers. He even went as far to declare … Continue reading
Filed under English Football, Premier League
The Carefree Lives of Footballers
I don’t shed a tear for Wayne Rooney and his marital problems right now. That’s because I don’t bloody care. I don’t care that he had sex with prostitutes while his wife was four months pregnant. I don’t care that … Continue reading
Filed under English Football
Painful day for Europe’s giants
Less than two months after the World Cup final in Johannesburg — and with their club seasons in their infancy — Europe’s finest met up again for the first qualifying games for Euro 2012. But it seems many national sides have just picked up … Continue reading
Filed under Euro 2012, Uncategorized
Capello’s Dilemma
Fabio Capello announced his team selection on Saturday, his version of England Redux for this week’s friendly against Hungary that no one seems to want. The thinking was the game would prove to be cathartic for players, fans and the … Continue reading
Filed under World Cup
No more donkeys, please
Down the Lane these days, our ’Arry has apparently used up all his goodwill saving Russian donkeys (not named Pavlyuchenko) from parasailing pratfalls, and is lambasting the powers the be for scheduling an England friendly against Hungary too close to … Continue reading
Filed under Premier League, South America
