Football

Like Ivan’s Brighton, Fiorentina have had a problem scoring. This is hardly surprising as our two main strikers are injured: Gomez and  Rossi. I was critical that we did not buy another experienced striker but the owners were more intent on hanging onto Juan Cuadrado with Real Madrid and [...]

“We’ve got our Fulham back!” sang the Hammersmith End and this was the happiest Cottage I have seen for over a year. Almost anyone replacing the hapless though supremely self-confident Magath would be an improvement but Kit  Symons as an ex-player and present coach doubly so. [...]

We are now unbeaten in our last 4 games, 3 in the Championship, but in the league we have both conceded and scored just the one goal in this sequence of draws. Last night against managerless Cardiff we started brightly and clearly under orders to be more direct in the final third. This did result [...]

Last night I was invited to a reception hosted by Lord Ouseley to promote anti-racism in all its forms in football. There has been recent debate over the paucity  of black managers. The cause is a worthy one and few would question the fact that football is in much healthier state than 24 years [...]

On the Rust we supporters are encouraged to be subjective about our team, let our hearts rule our head. My head says that new but temporary manager Kit Symons does not have the skill-set to achieve promotion but my heart so wants him to succeed. After the fiasco of Magath here is a nice guy steeped [...]

When a manager leaves, inevitably stories emerge like cockroaches coming from the woodwork. They should be, not to mix up too many metaphors, treated with a large dose of salt. However Magath has not denied that he advised Brede Hangeland to treat an injury with alcohol soaked cheese. He ignored [...]