A powder puff team in the powder-blue kit

The fingers may point accusingly at Michael Dawson following his fifteen minute horror performance against Fulham this afternoon. But the seeds for the 0-4 thrashing (and the margin of victory was harsh on Fulham) were sown by Harry Redknapp’s game plan.  On paper the Spurs personnel looked strong – only Sandro has lacked playing time this […]

Is Hodgson’s move bad all round?

I don’t know why I held off writing this piece when Roy Hodgson’s move to Liverpool has been the worst kept secret since Dickie Rock removed his wig. Liverpool announced today that the former Fulham boss signed a three-year deal to become their new manager and his first task will be to convince the club’s […]

Premier League Preview 2009/10 [Part 2]

Part two of my Premier League predictions.  Yawn, etc. 11th Fulham Last season: 7th Transfers in: Stephen Kelly (free, Birmingham), Bjorn Helge Riise (£2m, Lillestrom) Transfers out: Moritz Volz, Julian Gray (both released) I enjoyed Fulham’s charge to the UEFA Cup last season – even as a Tottenham fan who saw his team pipped at […]

Race For the Title and Other Tittle Tattle

It’s not over I certainly don’t want to add to the great Sky hype machine but this weekend’s Premier League race could go down to the closing minutes. I did suggest during my relegation preview in February that Wigan could give Man United a problem if they needed a win to stay up on the […]