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There is a fundamental flaw in employing a high profile manager to manage Engerland. He can only pick English players.
I would suggest that the three most successful England managers have been Sir ‘Alf Ramsey, Sir Bobby Robson and Sir Gareth Southgate. Could that be accident or coincidence?
Bampot
www.skysports.com/share/13372623
I pay Sky a chunky amount of money, in spite of Paul Merson. It’s been said that he’s a cult, but only to people with spelling issues.
Only an excuse
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c626jxp0yz3o
Gary Lineker isn’t a journalist. He’s a sports presenter. He’s been scapegoated.
Action required
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c9qw3dxjv9zo
The arrogance of Real Madrid offsets its class.
Miracle
Looking at last night’s finish again I take back every bad thing I ever said about Casemiro. The layoff to Mainoo was perfect, then he dropped the ball on Big Harry’s forehead.
Whatever Ratcliffe still owes on his transfer fee, he paid it off in under five minutes.
Jurgen
Watching the Trivago ad, okay I know it’s scripted but I’m wondering whether Coote might have been right.
Question
What idiot at Old Trafford authorised the sale of Scott MacTominay?
Duncan Edwards
A story. When I was little, my dad, who was a teacher, was heavily involved with schools football, at local and national level. I think he was a selector for a while, as there were a couple of occasions when he went to away games in England with the Scotland boys’ team.
One of those, in the early 1960s, was with the senior squad, the Under-16s, to Wembley. I might have been six or seven at the time, but I remember this as clear as if he was still telling the tale.
My dad was a reserved man. He observed, he praised sparingly, and he never went overboard. Apart from one occasion.
He came back from the Wembley trip absolutely raving about one of the English boys, who was he declared, the best footballer he had ever seen, any age. He never changed that opinion. A couple of years later, that boy was a full international. And only a few years after that, he died in the Munich disaster.
Geoffrey?
In 15 minutes the England cricket team (such as it is 😉) will take the field against Afghanistan. There has been a debate about the game given the persecution of women in that country. The general view seems to be that a boycott would do nothing to help them, therefore it will go ahead.
But here’s a thought. If England brought in a couple of players from its women’s squad, wouldn’t that send a very clear message to the Taliban? (I doubt that it would weaken the side.)
Unbalanced
I invested £20 in the Saudi boxing card last night. Before every fight the announcer made it clear that the event was being overseen by the British Boxing Board of Control.
If that’s so, how the hell did they allow a guy to fly in from Africa, arriving less than 24 hours before his fight, and get in the ring against a world level opponent? When Martin Bakole, the Coatbridge Congolese, finally stepped on a set of scales in Riyadh he weighed 22 and a half stone, and was clearly nowhere near the fitness level of his opponent. When he was knocked over by a glancing blow to the top of the head, he could only just heave his bulk off the ground and his trainer chucked the towel straight in.
No governing body should have permitted that, least of all one that may be the oldest and most respected on the planet. I guess that everything has its price, including integrity.
Muppets
I watched the game on Sunday. As I said to my mate, Ronan O’Gara and Martin Johnson are the punditry equivalent of Stadler and Waldorf. Neither seemed to understand the effect of losing both Darcy Graham and Finn Russell. Had that collision not happened, it would have been and even game, and one that we could have nicked.
I love Lucy
Let’s say I am a traditionalist, one who isn’t too impressed by the flood of femininity in Sky and TNT coverage of a boys’ game, in the name of political correctness.
But that doesn’t prevent me from saying that in my opinion there is no better pundit and co-commentator than Lucy Ward.
Why not?
I read this morning that Cristiano Ronaldo is open to a move. Mmm. So here’s my plan. Swap him for Marcus Rashford.
It’s a no-brainer. Rashford is warming the bench at best. CR7 would play, he would score, Hojlund, Garnacho etc would learn from him, and he would be the ‘big’ player that United lack at this moment. And, he and Bruno Amorim played together for Portugal.
Who is this clown?
When the commentator begins the game by saying that the referee has sent off players in each of his first two games, you know that you’re in trouble.
Football-speak?
Lifted from BBC News on line:
‘The Aberdeen fan apologised last week in a ministerial statement and conceded he should have went to a “wider range” of football matches.’
Disgrace
It appears that ITV has no interest in showing the Scotland Euro matches anywhere on the network, nor has STV picked it up. is that not a scunner?!?
When Boydy sings the Blues
I am sick to my tits of the bleating about the current fortunes of Rangers FC, even from pundits who are supposed to be knowledgeable and objective.They are third in the league, ffs, with nine clubs behind them.
I’ve been listening to this crap all my life, from friends and enemies. I’ve even heard it from family members. Really they know nothing about being a true football fan.
If I had my way they would all be forced to follow Motherwell for a few years. That would show them what life is really like.
Go Joe.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/c629qx5e6plo
The haka is a fine tradition, but isn’t Psycho entitled to question whether it remains appropriate in high-risk, full contact professional sport?
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