Defoe, Heskey… and a tramp?
There’s an old saying – used mainly to talk people down from ledges - about how when one door shuts, a window opens. Or something like that. The point being that a human being will always have an opportunity to do something [...]
Read moreMr Cool Guy
A hunch suggests that Capello will spend the weekend’s match figuring out his World Cup starting XI, with last night’s outing acting predominantly as a squad audition for more than a few of the players involved.
Walcott pretty much played himself out of any [...]
Read moreMight this be the starting XI?
Familiar ground now - the England team. They always promise so much, then deliver something frustrating. Can they go all the way this year? And, more importantly, who ARE these people? Read on to find out…
Form Guide
Well, the famous 30 years of hurt [...]
Read moreHappy now?
Well, after a thrilling morning of rumours, the eggs are now sliding down faces, as the provisional 30 has been announced. Joe Cole, cancel your holiday! And then perhaps rebook it! Owen Hargreaves, you can definitely go! Paul Scholes, just carrying on being Paul Scholes [...]
Read moreIs Capello making a mistake?
The provisional 30 man England squad is set to be announced later today, and the news from this morning’s Mirror is that Joe Cole will receive a double blow to the solar plexus – firstly, by not being named in the thing, and [...]
Read moreWill THIS be you?
Quite probably the most startling thing about last night’s Liverpool match, as pointed out by Graham Taylor - who, by the way, sounded either drunk or on meds – was that Steven Gerrard had pretty much no say in proceedings. He’d totally disappeared.
It’s been a relatively appalling [...]
Read moreTry your hand at being Capello…
Now that the season is entering its final stages, very soon a giant magnifying glass will turn onto the players who may or may not make the England squad for South Africa.
For some, it’s a race against time – [...]
Read moreCrouch – did dance after all
As friendlies with a point to them go, last night’s actually did a pretty good job. Baines played himself into the squad, Carrick is probably feeling a little bit more confident. Walcott can now [...]
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