Five Reasons Jack Wilshere Should Join Manchester City
The promising career of Jack Wilshere is in danger of stalling. The quality is still there for all to see. Yet the quality is appearing in glimpses rather…
The Premier League Needs The Rooney Rule+
On November 13th Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink took over as the new Burton Albion Manager. Six days later, on November 19th Malky Mackay took over as the new manager…
Time and Money – My Grassroots Review
"English football is a tanker that needs turning" Those were the words of Greg Dyke when he began his tenure at the Football Association. An expensive, far reaching…
Gimmicks
The lights go out. The bell tolls. Eerie, funereal music plays. The druids line up holding flaming torches to light the path for a giant of a man draped…
Geometric Football
"It's a geometry lesson" I vividly remember leaving an FA course and saying those words. The focus was on how the shape of an area will change the…
Mercenaries – Loyalty of Football Coaches
Listen to football on the radio. Wait for the phone in. You won't have to wait long to hear someone, a pundit, an irate caller, decrying the…
No Suarez, no future?
The world transfer record is a strange thing. At the moment the world's most expensive footballer could be Cristiano Ronaldo. Or Gareth Bale. Real Madrid have been very…
What The World Cup Group Stage Taught Me
Before the World Cup began I had intended a short, sharp blog on the group stage. There was no way that anyone could have anticipated such an enthralling,…
From Gerrard to Shaw – A New Cycle Begins
The England squad for the 2014 World Cup. Controversial to some. Expected by many. A rebirth to others. What it is, in reality, is change. The start of…
Legacy
When a host nation is chosen for a major international sporting event one of the most used words is legacy. I first became aware of it when the reason…
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