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Birmingham 1 Brighton 2

The Seagulls after this victory are now 8 points ahead of Reading in third place and set on the promotion so cruelly denied last season. Alan Tanner posed the question after we spoke after both our games last night why did I think Brighton are doing so well? I gave him two linked explanations: [...]

December 18, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Rotherham 1

Given our uneven home form (wins over Newcastle, the thrashing of Huddersfield and Reading, both play-off contenders, and losses to QPR and Bristol City) I was pleased to take 3 points off Rotherham. Most teams coming to Craven Cottage will get 10 men behind the ball and hope to get an early goal [...]

December 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Day Two

England’s lack of a test class spinner was never more apparent than yesterday. Whereas Ashwin teased and tormented with flight, bounce, trajectory, pace and placement, Mooen Ali, Joe Root and Rashid served up predictable fare which set no challenge. Thus after making a more than respectable [...]

December 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

What’s it all about … anyone?

There’s no doubting that the retirement decision of newly-crowned world champion Nico Rosberg 24 hours ago came as a bolt out of the blue not only to Formula One but to the world of sport generally. Judging by the reaction of former greats, pundits and the media generally it seems that most [...]

December 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Brighton 2 Fulham 1

Ivan Conway, with whom I watched the game, was sweet enough to say that a  draw was the right result but if you do not capitalise on your dominance – as we failed to do in the first half and Brighton did in the second – then you will not get even a point. Fulham started the better and [...]

November 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

Oh what bad luck

Almost every gambler I have met blames his bad luck: what has he done to deserve this(?) is a frequent cri de coeur. Conveniently they forget when Lady Luck is on their side as happened to me last weekend. Late goals in the Milan derby and Manchester United v Arsenal game provided a result when all [...]

November 21, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report; Fulham 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1

For the third weekend Fulham emulated the Brighten result – and the performance was not much different. After two inspiring wins over Huddersfield and Brentford, once again our home form was unreliable and Sheffield Wednesday deserved their draw. They came with a plan to frustrate Fulham by [...]

November 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

Brighton 1 Aston Villa 1

Brighton were not exactly outclassed by the resurgent Villa side unbeaten since the appointment of Steve Bruce but we were grateful to come away with a point. From the start Villa harried and pressed the Seagulls. Villa took the lead from a glancing header from Nathan Baker which David Stockdale [...]

November 19, 2016 // 0 Comments

Bristol City O Brighton 2

Once again the Seagulls emulated Fulham with a 2-0 away win against an aspiring side. The match will be remembered for the goal of Steve Sidwell. The ex Fulham man was only a yard or so in the centre circle when he noted the City keeper Richard O’Donnell was off the line and duly lobbed him [...]

November 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/Don Giovanni and a Derby win

Our editor is always keen that contributors from sport comment on artistic performance and vice versa. There used to be a music critic called Hans Keller much parodied by Private Eye who was a massive Spurs fan and these days David Mellor will go to Stamford Bridge as often as the Royal Festival [...]

November 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

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