Posted in comment on Jun 7th, 2010 34 Drinks »
A weekend spent largely in the garden is over, and how. The rain lashes down as I type. I am grateful though for the mini-break, as well as the huge quantities of fine wine that flowed in the sunshine. Returning to blogging is not easy, particularly as the stories that were big last week remain […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 3rd, 2010 76 Drinks »
Twenty-four hours on from Arsenal’s stern warning shot across Tapelona’s bows, and the lower forms of journalistic life are clutching at straws. Some second-rate, low-ranking, Catalan nobody has made utterances about how ‘easy’ it will be to get Cesc Fabregas to the Camp Nou. Manna for those praying to keep the pot artificially boiling. I […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 2nd, 2010 84 Drinks »
“Everybody knows that Cesc wants to sign for Barca and that we also want him to come here.” Barcelona director general Joan Oliver. We have tapped him up to high heaven and brainwashed him into believing if he doesn’t sign for us now it may not happen in the future. “I’m optimistic that he’ll be […]
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Posted in comment on Jun 1st, 2010 113 Drinks »
A year ago England couldn’t get enough of Theo Walcott. Not content with including him in the world cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra at senior level, he was also called up for the U-21 European Championship, against the wishes of the manager of the club that pays his wages. Not surprisingly they sent him […]
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