No more feeling rubbish, England players!
Football is all about physics, so, in many ways, Wayne Rooney isn’t just a footballer, he’s also a magnificent scientist. It is also, unfortunately, marred by biology – the most annoying of the sciences – from time to time. Specifically when it comes [...]
Read moreNeymar Penalty
It’s hard to come up with a new move in football – The Spoiler has tried many times, using new techniques like “rabbit taps”, “duck walking”, and [...]
Read moreCapello – understands stress
It’s important in modern football that the manager understands the mental state of his players. That he can accurately grasp factors like anxiety, terror, and shape-shifting goals.
So, the great news for England’s national footballers, is that Capello totally gets it. He said this about penalties, as reported in today’s [...]
Read moreAmerican + goalkeeper = dull
Fresh from the greatest night of his career, American penalty wall Brad Guzan, must have been in a buoyant mood when he turned on his computer [...]
Read moreA: None of them!
Tottenham Hotspur employ several people whose sole purpose is to score goals. They are called ‘strikers’, and they were distinctly absent from the Carling Cup penalty shoot-out, an occasion when the skill of [...]
Read moreFergie’s men scrape victory in season curtain-raiser
The Charity Community Shield has always been good for a few goals, as only one had finished goalless in the past thirty years. Upholding this record [...]
Read moreTwo reactions, one right, one wrong
It’s not rocket science, absolutely everyone knows that if you miss a penalty in a big game, you have to cry. Without tears, people won’t feel sorry for you, and your team mates will start fearing the worst. SWP might poke Joe Cole [...]
Read moreCynics suggest that Drogba is capable of cheating on purpose
Now, obviously The Spoiler has no fixed opinion on anything – being more of an open ear rather than a judgmental yammering gob – but the whisper in the undergrowth is that Drogba might have got himself sent of [...]
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