Employee in “sicky” shocker day after holiday ends…
Now, I am sure we have all called in sick the day that we were supposed to return from holiday, haven’t we? And, to be fair, pulling a sicky has…
Tales From Not The Top Flight: The Big Championship Preview – Part One
The Championship season is almost upon us friends so its time to preview the most exciting league in the world – well arguably. Of course the best way to preview…
Match of the Days: What’s on this Week?
We’ve made it! This is the final week of scratching around trying to find some decent football to watch. Next Sunday (spoiler alert) is the Community Shield and that means…
The Greatest XI: Jesus H Christ, it’s getting difficult
I knew a letter would screw this up eventually, but I didn’t think it would be the letter H. Not for one second. So, I am thinking on my feet.…
The Real Football Man Review Of The Week: I Hate Transfers
“Football, It’s a funny old game” that may well have been the case but now you need to swap the word funny for expensive. I go away for the week…
Curbing Your Enthusiasm: Sean Dyche and his gravel bag
A former Premier League manager approached us here at Tales and asked that we publish his diaries, so he could show the public what life is like out of the…
Bad Management: David Moyes ruins Manchester United
So far we’ve looked at the disastrous managerial spells of Bob Bradley and Joe Kinnear at Swansea and Newcastle, these two managers joined their clubs at times of crisis as…
Star Wars: The Dreamer fights back
You may already have realised that Pep Guardiola enjoys theatrical moments on the great football stages where the best players perform. As a young boy – when not learning the…
Antonio Conte wants Harry Kane for £100m, Morata calls Jose to see if he can stay with him for a while
Antonio Conte has added a lot to the Premier League. Passion, energy, drama, and, er, man management are the words that spring to mind. In just over a year Conte…
The Manchester City defender debacle
Can we just take a step back and realise just exactly how much money Manchester City have spent on defenders over the years? I mean, they’ve spent a ridiculous amount…