John Terry’s selection in the England squad despite the ongoing racism row which is enveloping the Premier League is sure to provoke a frenzied reaction from our beloved press, who need no invitation to stick the boot into Fabio Capello. Really though, what difference does it make? Continue reading
England qualify for the finals of Euro 2012 but instead the focus is on Wayne Rooney’s red card and how embarrassing the England team is. Does anyone, anywhere actually believe that England have even the remotest chance next summer? After … Continue reading
Is there any more ignorant species of creature on this planet than England fans when their team has failed to win? Twelve months ago, England bombed at the world cup. Badly. One year later, England fail to destroy Switzerland at Wembley, and we have forgotten everything we learned. Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
So the disaster was averted. The flight home can wait until next week at least. England 1 – 0 Slovenia. Continue reading
I want to tell you about a very long and arduous car journey my friends and I took recently. It is a cautionary tale of companionship and teamwork gone bad. And yes, it does have something to do with football… Continue reading
John Terry sat in front of the media yesterday and laid bare many of the problems within the England squad. If you read between the lines of the press coverage and the information coming from within Fabio Capello’s ranks, it’s not hard to decipher what’s going on. Continue reading
Why is it always such torture watching England at the World Cup? So here we are once more. This was an England performance from the darkest days of brolly wallyness and turnip faced coaches. England were insipid, awful, incoherent, uninspired, … Continue reading
Can you hear that? A continual, grating noise emanating from South Africa. Annoying isn’t it? No, it’s not the sound of 10,000 vuvuzelas but rather that of the English media sharpening their knives for Fabio Capello. Yes, England have played … Continue reading
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