The Tales Team of the Weekend
GOALKEEPER Claudio Bravo – This lad would never have heard of Huddersfield before Saturday. And whenever I go to a strange place I normally pull a sicky and say I’ve…
Pan the Pundits wonders if it was just a repeat of the Football League Show?
With the Premier League on the back burner for the weekend, it was time to roll out the special graphics package for the FA Cup. We even got a rare…
Tottenham disrespect FA Cup by picking full strength side
You see, I like Sean Dyche. A lot. I don’t like Joey Barton. A lot. I like non-league teams remaining in the FA Cup one hell of a lot. Therefore…
Wolves vs Chelsea according to PES
Anyone for another round of a computer game hopelessly simulating a real life match? Of course you are. Why else would you be here? We’re dipping a toe in the…
The Forgotten Footballers of the Top Flight
There always seems to be some forgotten football players, the sort that genuinely never get a game and you didn’t even realize were still alive. It actually turns out that…
Why I Love Football (aka Reasons to be Cheerful…)
Oh, the things that give me pleasure about football – the Beautiful Game throws up such wonderfully unexpected and entertaining curved balls (who has?) – and it never fails to…
Stranger Things and Pep
Pep Guardiola has an outstanding record as a manager, twenty one trophies in seven years, as he never ceased to tell the media when appointed. I often wondered how the…
FA Cup: May the 4th Round be with you…
We had to look a little bit further afield for our 3rd Round shocks, but one way or another our 20 top flight teams have been reduced to 13 as…
The Makelele Role 2017
That gives a whole new meaning to the Makelele role, doesn’t it? The Chelsea legend, the guy that was N’Golo Kante before N’Golo Kante, the player that made Frank look…
The January Transfer Window – what could possibly go wrong?
Put on your yellow ties and bust out the 60-inch touch screen monitors, because it’s January Transfer Window time! We have twenty teams armed with more cash than sense and…