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Final scores may be dramatic but they are not much help to the sporting flutterer, like me. Everton at evens seems a juicy lay to me. Things are not good in the state of Goodison, they have had the Rooney debacle and rumours are emerging that the team don’t care for the disciplinarian Ronnie [...]

October 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report / Fulham 2 Preston 2

One of the most compelling of any sporting dramas is the late score. At Fulham we recall John Mitchell’s last minute off-the -shoulder number to beat Birmingham which achieved us our first appearance in a Cup Final in 1975. Older fans will remember an incredible game against Everton in 1966 [...]

October 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

International break

Most fans I speak to are concerned and irritated that the momentum of a  new season is twice interrupted by international breaks. Time was that for England these were competitive fixtures, one recalls a heroic 0-0 draw in Rome to achieve automatic qualification to the 1998 World Cup, but these [...]

October 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sporting behaviour and team discipline – on or off the pitch

When it comes to sport – one of the main interests of columnists on this website – the Rust has a number of recurring subjects, issues and themes. Currently there’s plenty happening on the world stage – no surprise there – but today I’ve decided to post some personal reflections [...]

October 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: QPR 1 Fulham 2

My previous post, arguing that things were not as bad as many fans felt, proved correct with 2 away wins in a week and these accomplished with a growing injury list. Added to long term absentee Lucas Piazon, and we don’t know when he will return, Tom Cairney and yet to start Soares, we have [...]

September 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Newcastle 0

After grinding out this win, Brighton have 7 points and need another 31 to survive. Home form should do it as we are capable of beating Huddersfield, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Swansea, Watford, Stoke, West Ham, Leicester, Burnley,  at home and picking up the odd point on our travels. All the [...]

September 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

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The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Middlesbrough 1

Two problems have prevented Fulham from challenging higher up the table: 1) the absence of skipper and heartbeat Tom Cairney 2) the failure to defend a lead. No one seems to know what exactly is the injury of Cairney hence the difficulty of treating it other than by rest. He will certainly not be [...]

September 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wow! The opening night of a brand new season

The currently-embattled Football Association’s new Women’s Super League season kicked off last night with the female version of a famous ‘city derby’ match between Everton Ladies and Liverpool Ladies played at Widnes. Reports of the match will testify that the match ended in a 0-2 [...]

September 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Mixer/Michael Cox

This book is fully titled The Mixer: The Story of Premier League tactics from Route One to False Nines which in one sense sums it up but in another does not give justice to the engagingly anecdotal style with which the writer approaches the topic as this far from being a dry flipboard account of [...]

September 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Flying down to Rio

No doubt those Rusters who are sports fans will have done a double-take over their muesli bowls and toast & marmalade this morning when chancing upon the media story that Rio Ferdinand, legendary former Manchester United and England defender, is switching sports to become a professional boxer [...]

September 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

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