Posted in Match Preview on May 27th, 2023
Apologies – well, not really – for the rather awkward title. It’s two titles actually – two song titles – and the fact is I couldn’t decide which one to consign to the digital bin. They are closely related but just don’t mesh comfortably into one. Sunday 28th May, at home against Wolves, marks the […]
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Posted in Match Preview on May 19th, 2023
Embed from Getty Images In a parallel universe, Everton thrashed City last weekend, we beat Brighton, and hopes of a Premier League title remain vibrant. In the harsh reality of the City Ground, Nottingham, late Saturday afternoon, a crestfallen team must pick itself up, knowing that anything less than a win against the hosts will […]
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Posted in Match Preview on May 13th, 2023
Embed from Getty Images I was having a discussion the other day with Arsenal-loving friends when the spectre of gridiron football arose. It led to a remembrance of great quarterbacks and their receiver pairings (Montana to Rice, Bradshaw to Swann), and that led me to the team I most enjoyed behind my hometown Rams, when […]
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Posted in Match Preview on May 6th, 2023
Embed from Getty Images Two or three months ago when I was looking at the end-of-season fixture list, I noticed Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle (all away) within a few weeks of each other and wished we could have replaced those three with a string of easier fixtures. The first two of those didn’t go exactly to […]
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Posted in Match Preview on May 1st, 2023
“A bugger’s muddle is a colloquial military term for a disorderly group – either assembled without formation or in a formation that does not meet the standards of the commentator” – and the only way Dorset farmer Tim Gelfs could describe the current egg producers market, but it reminded me of a couple of London […]
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