Ryan Babel = the Dutch Darren Bent
Beyond the odd staged photo-op, it’s still a bit of an insider secret as to what it is footballers actually spend their time doing in the run up [...]
Read moreGlenn and Chris – at their day jobs
It’s sometimes easy to forget that footballers are also human beings. Frighteningly gifted human beings, who can turn their hand to pretty much anything. Some ooze seamlessly into management or punditry, others open [...]
Read more“Goodbye Fernando!”
Like the final few moments of a tense game of cards, the coming days should hopefully find the straight-faced transfer window stand off morphing into a hysterical scramble to get as much out of the situation as possible.
There will surely be tears, high pitched [...]
Read moreAhh, the delicate touch of Bobby Zamora. Sweeeet.
Whilst the majority of the nation takes at least four cups of tea and a couple of hours repeatedly refreshing Facebook to really hit their stride with the morning chores, impressively driven football hacks are literally sanding down their noses on [...]
Read moreCarragher, meet your new team mate
Whilst Ryan Babel thinks up new ways to infuriate Rafa Benitez – perhaps by setting up some kind of “Who else thinks that Rafa Benitez is a big Spanish meanie?” Facebook group, or going for the classic “dog poo through the letterbox” trick – Kenwyne [...]
Read moreFellaini – moving South?
Whilst the rest of the nation stands by the window pointing at the snow and nudging one another, hard working sports journalists only know that it’s Winter at the moment because there is a soft breeze blowing in from another kind of window – the [...]
Read moreIs Babel Birmingham bound?
Regular users of eBay will be well aware of the headrush that comes from winning an auction. Even, frankly, if it’s not for an item that you particularly wanted/needed. There’s just something about bidding more and more money that makes you feel alive.
It doesn’t matter [...]
Read more“Goodbye Anfield!”
Thank sweet baby Moses that Mother Nature can’t snow on the spirits of hard working sports journalists. Yes, she has managed to bugger up the Carling Cup semi-finals. But can she freeze the transfer market? No sir, she can not.
Hence, while the rest of us huddle [...]
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