If Spurs win in the cup and no one is…
...watching, does AVB get the blame? Spurs avoided an upset by overcoming Coventry City in the 3rd round of the FA Cup with a bit of ease. ...read this Blog post →
The BBC revenge mission didn’t quite go…
...as planned. In fact it probably couldn't have gone worse for them. Revenge, for that's what the Newsnight “investigation” they actually showed was. ...read this Blog post →
And that’s the England we know and…
...love. Hapless, hopeless, outplayed and technically exposed when up against a half decent side, as Ukraine are - it does take a major side to embarrass them - and ultimately lucky. Very lucky. ...read this Blog post →
How the BBC managed to make Cav’s disappointment…
...even worse to watch. It was excruciating watching Great Britain - no Team GB here - being thwarted by their own success in the men's road race on the first full day of the Olympics. Not just because Mark Cavendish didn't have a chance to win. ...read this Blog post →
England desperately need their red shirt…
...back. After England's latest one nil, uninspiring, victory if they are going to play like Switzerland they should at least look like Switzerland. ...read this Blog post →
When Metaxa brandy was advertised at…
...every football ground. The good old days of pre-Premier League football, where the box didn't resemble Come Dancing at corners. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Aston Villa, Blog, Brian Moore, England, Football, Graham Taylor, ITV, ManUre, Metaxa, Premier League, referee, Spurs, Steven Gerrard, Sunderland, The Big Match, Watford
‘Arry’s England audition went…
...well. FA chairman David Bernstein was at the fifth round Cup tie to watch his future employee seal the deal on the England job. And didn't 'Arry do well. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → England, FA Cup, Graham Taylor, Harry Redknapp, ITV, McClown, Sport, Sports, Spurs, Stevenage Borough, Tottenham Hotspur
A Vuelta of what ifs…
..for Wiggins, Froome and Sky. But we should overlook all the what ifs and marvel at a great Vuelta a España that ended with two British riders on the podium. ...read this Blog post →
You can't say "shit" live and exclusive on ITV…
...but you can broadcast it. ITV yet again do their best to hammer the final nail into the coffin of the F.A. Cup because everything turns to crap once it lands on that channel. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Adrian Chiles, crap, ESPN, FA, FA Cup, Final, ITV, Man Citeh, Mario Balotelli, Premier League, Spurs, Stoke
Spurs player survives England game…
...shocker. Well as of writing this that is, so far I haven't heard that Michael Dawson is suffering any career threatening injury due to his 67 minute outing as England beat Denmark, last night. ...read this Blog post →
Ah the romance is back in football…
... isn't that what ITV kept telling you? Nobody mentioned it at The Lane as Spurs beat Charlton with reasonable ease after the half-time introduction of Luka Modric which everyone had to suffer listening to on the radio. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Alan Green, BBC, Charlton, FA Cup, Football, Harry Redknapp, ITV, Jaqui Oatley, Jermain Defoe, Luka Modric, MotD, radio, Sandro, Sport, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur, Wilson Palacios
Argentina nil, England one…
...or should that be England 2. That's what it would have been on paper after the German's stuffed Maradonna's lot in the quarter-final on Saturday, of course on actual grass it probably would have somewhat different. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Argentina, Bobby Zamora, Dunga, Dutch, England, Europe, Fabio Capello, Football, German, Ghana, Holland, ITV, Joe Cole, Newcastle, South Africa, South Africa 2010, South America, Spurs, Steven Gerrard, Uruguay, World Cup, World Cup 2010
Did I write this…
...or have they been bugging me? A newspaper review of the World Cup TV coverage so far pretty much echoed everything I'd been saying, especially about the odious performance of the main ITV trio of commentators. ...read this Blog post →
Only thing worse than England…
...last night. Was ITV telling us how good England were. Unsurprisingly England were crap in the first game of a tournament, unsurprisingly Lampard and Gerrard didn't work and unsurprisingly ITV talked them up live and and exclusive. ...read this Blog post →
ITV should be banned from broadcasting…
...all football. They have the amazing ability to turn everything to shit, Hell they pretty much did it to Morecambe and Wise what chance has the game got. Still it's really the fault of the F.A. and the 30 pieces of silver they got. ...read this Blog post →