After England's annihilation at the hands of the young but talented Germans yesterday, I have, after several hours of reading the press and listening to radio phone ins come to a decision of who should be awarded Scapegoat champion, and I have decided to go with rank outsider Fabio Capello after the footballing debacle witnessed yesterday by a nation of perplexed supporters.This has been one of the tightest contests we have ever seen, with ...
Has anyone seen that nauseating advert for a mobile phone where a distraught young lady calls Daddy from the car he bought her during what appears to be an incredibly important business meeting?"He's left me Dad, I wanted everything to be so perfect"Daddy drops everything and jumps in to a cab to come to his spoilt daughters aid, as it would appear that she is so beside herself she can't even get the bloody thing in gear. All the while he has ...
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 ...