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A close shave

Yesterday I had lunch at le Bistro Nantais, currently Daffer’s fave Brighton restaurant though situated in Hove. Who should walk in but Brighton’s most skilful player Anthony  Knockaert. He may be skilful, but he is yet to score, nor has anyone else in the team. Chris Hughton has [...]

August 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Gambler’s luck

Going into  the final day of the Northern Trust I was well poised to a return to form. Jordan Spieth my main pick was some 4 shots clear and my top five choices Patrick Cantley, Kevin Chappell and Patrick Reed  were well up the Leaderboard. Sadly it was not to be. Spieth hit the drink and never [...]

August 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Ipswich 0 Fulham 2

Three seasons ago I took Bob Tickler’s son Jamie and his mother to his first Fulham game. He was a flag waver welcoming both teams on the hallowed turf. Fulham lost 2-0 and Ipswich made the play-offs. I don’t have that Fulham team before me but am fairly certain that not one was playing [...]

August 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The joys of maturity

It so happens yesterday that I was engaged upon a schedule that saw me setting off from the south coast to London at sparrow’s first fart in the morning, spending much of the day in town and then returning to the coast in the early evening. As part of my general scheme, I first [...]

August 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Let’s get back to … er … basics

Sometimes I find myself agreeing with the Rust editorial line of seeking to present alternative viewpoints or angles to those provided the mainstream media, simply because (1) well, that’s what we like to do; and (2) why bother to rehash or ‘report’ matters which professional [...]

August 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Insider information

To London yesterday for a much anticipated luncheon with my father and brother with one of the former’s oldest surviving friends. Our guest of honour was on remarkable form, given that he’s nearly three years older than my parent and has recently had some health issues. He held court as in his [...]

August 22, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file/ Inter 3 Fiorentina 0

On Sunday evening Alan, Ivan, Michel and I exchange emails and texts on our results. Only Michel could report a win, as OGC Nice beat Guincamp. Fulham lost 1-0, Brighton 2-0 and la Viola 3-0. We lost 7 players over the summer and Kalinic our main striker is see to join AC Milan. It was strange to [...]

August 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/ Fulham 0 Sheffield Wednesday 1

The Fulham programme tends to take an optimistic party line. 3 draws are treated as an unbeaten run rather than winless. The fanzine, in contrast, tends to major more on examining the issues troubling fans, notably the input on transfer policy by the owner’s son Tony Khan and his analytic [...]

August 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

There comes a time

As an oldie myself, I could not help sympathising with actor Tom Cruise four or five days ago when garish media stories went viral about a stunt that went wrong whilst he was filming a roof top chase sequence for the movie Mission: Impossible 6. I should add here that I don’t get out much these [...]

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Yesterday in the Rust Stefano described me as a pessimist. I would prefer “realist”as, after a disappointing summer starting with that defeat in the play-offs by Reading and following through with an apparent lack of concerted transfer policy and certain lack of strengthening in key [...]

August 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

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