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England white ball – top of the world

In the 50-odd years I have been following and covering sport the England international side has let itself and supporters down competitively. In international football tournaments we fail to beat the big boys, often as not losing in the quarter finals on penalties. In Rugby World Cups we produce [...]

September 14, 2020 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 0 Arsenal 3

Twenty years ago, when Fulham were promoted under Jean Tigana, we were comprehensively beaten 3-1 by Arsenal: yesterday it was 3-0 but the difference in class was just as palpable. Two years ago we lost 0-5 at home. I was not that dejected, not least as I predicted the result in a text to an [...]

September 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Fulham’s chances and others

Under the headline “Fulham look weakest team in the league” The Racing Post predicted Fulham would finish bottom. Another statistic I read was 57% of teams promoted in the play-offs get relegated first time as Fulham did two seasons ago. Scott Parker and Vice Chairman Tony Khan who is in charge [...]

September 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

My sporting weekend

For an avid TV sport watcher Sunday was manna from Heaven with cricket, the Tour and golf. The new kid on the block Hojgaard of Denmark won his second European tour victory in the Welsh Open at Celtic Manor in a play off with Julian Walters. The BMW  on the USPGA tour also went to a play-off with [...]

August 31, 2020 // 0 Comments

To accept it – or not – that is the question

Sometimes in life subjects to blog about sneak up you – as has mine today. When one gets to a certain age it is in the nature of things that human beings reach a point where, unless they are very careful, they begin to drop ‘off the pace’. From this spring such phenomena as the delusion that, [...]

August 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Bayern 1 PSG 0

You can pretty much know in advance that when the pundits talk in advance of a goal fest in a Champions League final it will be a cagey affaire. And so it proved. Only one goal divided the teams. In a game of few opportunities Bayern’s keeper Manuel Neuer – mainly with his right leg – [...]

August 24, 2020 // 0 Comments

Sevilla 3 Inter Milan 2

It was just as well for BT Sport that this match was a thriller as their pre-match coverage of it was dire. I had hoped, switching on at 7pm, that the issues of the game might be covered. There was an interesting Premiership element as Antonio Conte had managed Chelsea and now Inter with Lukaku, [...]

August 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

New season fixtures

The release of the the fixtures yesterday for season 2020/21 is always a highlight though at this stage you can only pencil these in as tv will make their choice. Fulham open with an enticing game v Arsenal at Craven Cottage and it’s likely to be televised. The choice – dilemma might be a [...]

August 21, 2020 // 0 Comments

Is Guardiola finished?

Pep Guardiola epitomises modern managerial cool: elegant, charming , fluent. Unlike some of his peers, he has also introduced tactics that have changed the game – like the goalkeeper who is so comfortable with the ball as to become an auxiliary defender. The stats say otherwise to the image. [...]

August 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

Sporting weekend

After my Collin Morikawa win, I salted away some of the dough to go on a shopping trip for garden furniture at B & Q with the missus but I still had enough in the war chest to lose up to last night. I backed Kevin Kisner each way for the Wyndhams who finished third and laid Manchester United [...]

August 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

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