Curbing Your Enthusiasm: UEFA Super Cup Final on Faroese TV
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: Roy Hodgson at Liverpool
Last time on Bad Management we looked at how David Moyes flopped spectacularly at Manchester United but today’s subject arguably did even worse at their rivals Liverpool. Yes, its time…
Fantasy Football Unplanned: Gameweek 1 Preview
It’s back! Oh my how it is back. Weeks of trawling through the player lists, trying to find that bargain that is going to be the difference between an average…
Mission impossible for bit part Mourinho
Not sure if you knew that Jose Mourinho has begun writing a new autobiography – as ‘Made in Portugal’ sounds a bit parochial now and so last decade? A book…
Where’s the beef? The truth behind the Premier League’s biggest conflicts
July 20th: Alexis Sanchez considers his future with Arsenal. Alexis: (Calls his agent, Fernando Felicevich) Dude, Mesut tweeted some really cute dogs at me so that I would stay with…
Alexis has a poorly tummy so won’t be going to work on Friday and Diego plays with a different Brazilian circus act leaving David Luiz gutted
Having played the “manflu” card a little too early into the season, Alexis Sanchez needed to come up with some creative solutions to avoid actually having to play and football…
The Greatest XI: I, I, what’s going on Ian here then?
Yeah, they get worse. They really do. But I’ve been looking forward to I since at least G as I knew that I could pick some Ians. And boy, have…
Zlatan: “Even with one knee I am better than Lukaku!” and the rest of today’s brumours
See, I told you preseason friendlies don’t mean anything. Real Madrid, having not won any of theirs within 90 minutes, casually rocked up and played Manchester United off the park…
Match of the Days: What’s on this Week?
But you said it was the last one!!! I had consigned Match of the Days to a box under the sink but I’ve been persuaded by a certain editor-in-chief that…
The Magnificent 7: Penalties, VAR, Robert Lee and b*****s from Kloppo all feature!
Whisper it quietly, but real football is back. Well kinda, if you ask Arsenal fans the Community Shield is the only thing worth winning in August, even more important than…