Editorials

Middlesbrough and the Football Association say they are “disappointed” a Newcastle fan who racially abused Mido has escaped a banning order. I would say that “disappointed must be one of the under statements of the year! I would have thought that “frustrated”, “angry”, “confused” or “furious” might be better words to use.Cancer As Football in […]

A couple of days ago I was writing an article about the biggest winners and losers of 2008 in preparation for the end of the year. Amongst the biggest losers I included Juande Ramos. I wrote that he had gone from hero to villain over a very short space of time during the year and […]

Somebody once said that you shouldn‘t believe everything you read in the newspapers. Yesterday gave us a pretty good example of why that is particularly true when it comes to the Sports pages.ConfusedFormer Sunderland manager and current boss of the Thailand national team Peter Reid was a very confused man yesterday if you believe everything […]

This morning’s Daily Mirror has an interesting, if unlikely story.They report that Tottenham are keen to buy Robbie Keane back from Liverpool. Their story suggests that Harry Redknapp is willing to part with Aaron Lennon and Jamie O’Hara as well as £5 million, in order to seal the deal.Whilst Liverpool may be keen to offload […]

t Hot team They might just get into the top four. Yesterday Aston Villa had a great 3-2 win at their main rivals for fifth place, Everton. They did so with style, determination, and a real spirit and fighting quality.Make no mistake that this is a good side. Arsenal, you better keep looking over your […]

Ten games into Joe Kinnear’s reign at Newcastle United I think everyone would agree he has done a great job to reinstall some spirit and fighting quality into his team and stop the rot that was in danger of blowing the club apart.Lost twiceThe team have only lost twice in Kinnear’s ten games and considering […]

I handed over the prediction duties to my nineteen year old son last week after a spell of only getting one or two right each week. He stepped in and got three right. A bit better, but hardly staking a claim to take over from me though!It’s back to me this week and I have […]

Just a couple of days ago I wrote an article saying that Sunderland needed Roy Keane to get back some of the fighting spirit, will to win and passion that he has always possessed by the bucket load.Walked awayYesterday, after five defeats in six games and with the side sitting third from bottom of the […]

My Wembley dream is over again after my beloved Watford lost 2-1 to Tottenham in the Carling Cup quarter-final last night. Watford were outclassed but not humiliated, so in these fairly desperate times for the Hornets, I’ll settle for that.‘Nice prediction’With my team out of the cup, at least I’ve got my world renowned skills […]

The Carling Cup just got interesting! Not just because my beloved Watford take on Tottenham in the quarter-final tonight on the hallowed turf of Vicarage Road, but because unusual and weird things are starting to happen.UniqueIn last night’s two quarter-final ties things happened the like of which we have never seen before. The two that […]