Do I want Pochettino sacked? No. I do not. My Twitter account has said “Pochettino Out” since the day he was appointed. It was a bit of a joke. But that joke is not funny anymore. Some real accounts are popping up suggesting that the guy be sacked, and they are proving divisive. True to […]
If Jose Mourinho’s in-match performance was his usual artful theater, his post-match turn had the whiff of a whodunit mystery with some B-movie conspiracy theory waffle thrown in for good measure. Despite his side conceding five goals at White Hart Lane (one win in nine league games for Chelsea now at so-called Three Point Lane), Mourinho chose […]
When I heard Richard Sadlier and Ken Early on @SecondCaptains talking about how their first World Cup memories were 1990, I felt very grateful that even though only five years their senior, I can still vividly recall golden moments from the 1982 World Cup. I’d only recorded eight years on the odometer at that point […]
Unless Daniel Levy is cackling away like a madman in his 100% leather-bound office, while putting the finishing touches to Frank de Boer’s managerial contract, it seems obvious that Southampton’s Mauricio Pochettino is about to leave the family-friendly south coast for a turbulent sixteen months in charge of Tottenham. I think it’s fair to say […]
“Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” crowed Tim Sherwood – for days on end – in to the ear of chairman Daniel Levy, swapping the phrase “are we there yet” for “can I have the job”. Like any overworked parent, Daniel finally acquiesced, giving Tim the keys to the kingdom, keys he previously […]
An unconvincing victory over Norway’s Tromso on Thursday night did not even paper over the cracks for anyone but the most optimistic Tottenham supporters. Spurs laboured to a 2-0 victory over a team to whom Shamrock Rovers would have given a good game. While the Europa League has been a relative success for Tottenham – […]
A lot of faith has been put in Andre Villas-Boas. Perhaps a little unfortunate to miss out on the Champions League gravy train in May, this season he was given a squad that is probably title-challenging quality but has the lower expectations of finishing in the top four. Twelve games in to the season, it […]
Gareth Bale. He’s very good you know. He’s so good that one of the richest clubs in the world want to buy him for a world record fee. It’s funny that for the longest time, football fans across England scoffed at the illustration of Bale as a superstar with charges of him being overrated […]
Defenders of Luis Suarez blame everybody but him for the challenges he faces: it’s the media’s fault, it’s Evra’s fault. It’s not – it’s Suarez’s fault. He talks about his treatment at the hands of the press, how he can’t even walk his baby. But Suarez has brought all of this on himself. Does Sergio […]
Spurs carried on much in the vein of how they ended last season – with a whimper. An opening day defeat at St James’ Sports Direct Park might not seem particularly newsworthy but for new boss Andre Villas-Boas it represented something of a setback. Much is made of Villas-Boas’ tactical nuances – the defensive high line, […]
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