Category: International

Three knockout matches, three 1-0 wins. A preference for patient ball retention over “bodies in the box”. A lack “out & out wingers” pinging over cross after cross.
If you’re used to watching Spurs or Manchester United, you might think this is all a bit one-dimensional. You know, in the same way that [...]

This was the end of the World Cup. I had no choice. I have the ‘Hand of God’ now.
I did it so that my teammates could win the penalty shoot-out. When I saw Gyan miss the penalty it was a great joy.
So said Luis Suarez in the aftermath of his goalline “save” and Ghana’s subsequent [...]

As the feed from the BBC News channel switched to the FA’s press conference room, the greatest surprise was that the media hadn’t hastily constructed a gallows.
Certainly Fabio Capello must have felt he was about to be read his last rites by the assembled hacks, one of whom pathetically asked whether he thinks he is [...]

England’s embarrassing mauling at the hands of Germany has left us yet again feeling unfulfilled at the World Cup.
Yet no matter how much we pay foreign coaches to come and sort out our brave boys, nothing seems to change. Something bigger is wrong in English football.
Here is a list of seven things that will [...]

So let’s all sit down, take a deep breath, consider all the facts and then….ah, stuff it, let’s just get rid of the Italian.
England were completely, utterly, embarrassingly destroyed by Germany. 4-1. Or, 4-2 if your name is not Jorge Larrionda, but that’s for another post, another day.
The simple truth about this match was [...]