The Curious Case of Mourinho’s Meltdown 10 games into the season, as you no doubt know, Mourinho’s chelsea sit an absurd 15th place in the league table. Now, there are a couple of interesting things here. The first of course is the meaninglessness of football predictions. Go back to the pre-season predictions from almost every football […]
Tag: Manchester United
What Would Fergie DO?
Nick Hornby spoke of the perils of trying to explain most of life’s problems with football analogies, in his book Fever Pitch. Albert Camus went further and said “Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football”. I often finding myself pondering how Sir Alex might approach […]
Moyes, The Epilogue.
I thought I would write a piece about Moyes when he was appointed. Then I thought I would write it when he was beleaguered and under pressure. Now that he’s been fired, I’d better put these few thoughts down before irrelevance really sets in. Because I think despite the few million column centimetres covered on […]
5 Observations. Man United v Sunderland.
1. Every great team has a strong spine. Look at Hart, Kompany, Yaya Toure, Silva, Aguero, Negredo, all playing down the middle. Or remember Cech, Terry, Lampard and Drogba. Or even, last year, De Gea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Carrick, Rooney, Van Persie. Now think: Evans, Smalling, Carrick, Welbeck and Chicharito. See what I mean? 2. Janusaj […]
The 2 Shinji’s
Watching the Man United v Swansea game, I discovered a curious phenomenon. There were 2 Shinji Kagawas that played. One in the first half and another in the second half. It was as though he had a twin brother, much like the Da Silvas and Moyes made a secret substitution at half time. The First […]
3 Transfer Myths To Bust
Now that the hoo-haa of the transfer window has died down, and the all consuming, incessantly earth shattering and delusionally life-affirming big bang event is over, I see a lot of myths being perpetrated in the aftermath, as everybody tries to jump onto the bandwagon of deeper meaning and the crazed hunt for game-changing events. […]
Moyes Has To Climb The Himalayas With a Rueful Smile
David Moyes must vacillate between feeling like he’s walking on water, and feeling like he’s tightrope walking across the grand canyon with vultures flying around him. For some his crime is not having refused the Man United top spot. For others he’s unproven in the Champions League. Through pre-season, United have not hit any […]
