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Archive for July, 2010

Well there can surely be no doubt about the biggest footballing surprise of the day. Arsenal announced the signing of Lorient centre-half, Laurent Koscielny, this afternoon. I really didn’t see that one coming! I see around the web there is already a fair spread of ‘experts’ passing opinion about a quality player, or a cheap […]

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As members of parliament are required to declare any interests, so should I point out that I reached for an orange shirt and matching socks when getting dressed this morning. Not that anybody in work seemed to cotton on to the reason for my bright appearance. So you won’t be surprised to hear I celebrated […]

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Good morning ‘holics. I should have known that the England/Capello backlash would fill most of the available space in the Sundays. For once we are indebted to Manuel Christian Andersen, the little known Spanish descendant of the ‘teller of fairy stories’ for his piece in Marca about Robin van Persie heading to Real Madrid for […]

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Well first of all, congratulations to the Dutch. I don’t mind admitting I am left with the slightly un-nerving feeling that the biggest divers and cheats were triumphant this afternoon, but that is probably going to be the lasting memory of World Cup 2010. You need to have something out of the ordinary to come […]

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