Lies, damn lies and England’s
FIFA ranking. The higher you get in the FIFA world rankings the stranger some of the inclusions especially England's repeated presence in the top 10. read the rest of this rubbish
Tag: 2012
When Alan Shearer said “did” instead of “done”
I though England would nick it. I never thought they would outplay Italy, I never thought they’d pass it about like they knew what they were doing, I never thought they’d look like a proper football team but I thought with the luck they had previously and if Shearer can actually figure out that it’s […] read the rest of this rubbish
Was I watching Spurs
at the Euros? It felt just like watching Spurs in Gdansk last night, but it really was Germany versus Greece in the second quarter final. read the rest of this rubbish
How could I have ever doubted the experts
when they said England would win the group? Oh that's right I've watch enough England games like this latest one the final group D game against Ukraine. It's amazing what a couple of very scrappy, lucky, wins can do for reality. read the rest of this rubbish
With all due respect to Sweden, they are
almost England. Regardless of England's first competitive victory over Sweden, this was a match between pretty equally matched sides, turned on piece of good fortune - James Milner's yellow card. read the rest of this rubbish
Can Roy dampen expectation any
more? From the squad he chose to the first starting lineup he put out to the formation they lined up in to the changes he made and the performance they put on in beating Norway one nil he's doing his best to shout 'this is all I've got'. read the rest of this rubbish
FIFA don’t get the rankings wrong
the lower down them you go. Wales are in the right spot in the world rankings around Haiti, Granada etc. It's England at 4th who are in the false position. read the rest of this rubbish
Wales still pointless
nothing new there then. During the first half against England in their Euro 2012 qualifier Wales showed exactly why they are ranked below Luxembourg on the world stage. read the rest of this rubbish
Captain Beaky and the trial of
Hissing Sid. The media got their target as cool, calm, collected Fabio folded under the pressure and stripped one scumbag of the armband to give it to another scumbag. read the rest of this rubbish
Whole lotta
naff. I can see why Jimmy Page would want to appear playing a classic Led Zeppelin track at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics but why agree to have that nobody caterwaul beside him. read the rest of this rubbish