The Carlos Tevez Ruling Remixed

I was reading an article about today’s ruling in the Sheffield United v West Ham/Carlos Tevez affair and was interested to read several responses from the general public.  In a nutshell the issue was that Sheffield United were well clear of West Ham in the battle to stave off relegation until Carlos Tevez hit a [...]

West Ham guilty, rubbish Tottenham and blind refs

As I write this blog in the company cafeteria, a long-haired techie is filling the otherwise-silent ambience with a string of confident babble about some multi-ring network stretching from Dublin to California via Virginia or something like that.  It’s all a bit of an exercise in self-satisfaction. A bit like the way this blog is [...]

Spurs Shambles (Part 3984)

I’m hardly the most positive or optimistic of Spurs fans.  The truth is I’m not sure I really care like I used to – but that’s a blog for another day.
Last night Spurs lost for the third time in four league games and were utterly, utterly hopeless in the 1-2 home defeat to Aston Villa.  [...]

Making a bad situation worse

Newcastle are nothing if not consistent; consistently disappointing on the pitch, consistently failing to reward their fans and consistently tripping over themselves in public.
The latest faux pas is a public broadside, launched on their website, aimed at former boss Kevin Keegan.  Keegan maintains that he could not manage while the board continued to interfere in [...]

The Fall Guys

It’s hard to know where to start these days given the mentalness of the Borebatov saga, the takeover of Manchester City, the departure of Alan Curbishely from West Ham and the resignation of Kevin Keegan at Newcastle.
Fall guy #1: Mark Hughes
I do think the most pertinent place to start is with the biggest story – [...]