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Fiorentina 2 Torino 2

The word “casino” (crisis) could have been invented with Fiorentina in mind as throughout my support and my father’s there was rarely a period of calm. After conceding 4 second half goals v Borussia Monchengladbach and exiting the Europe League, Paolo Sousa’s job was on the [...]

February 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

Brighton 3 Reading 0

Brighton’s victory Saturday night took us to the summit of Championship which position will be tested next Tuesday with the biggest game of the season in the Championship when Newcastle come a-calling. It was a typical cagey opening start. Sam Baldock hit the post with a twenty yard curling [...]

February 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

[Over to you, Frank] … “And so, the end is near … “

Friday 24th February: Aviva Premiership Round 17: Harlequins v Leicester Tigers at the Stoop, kick-off 7.45pm: Result – Harlequins 18 Leicester Tigers 27: Leicester Tigers 4 league points, Harlequins 0. Hitherto, as regular readers may have been aware, Quins were unbeaten at the home in the [...]

February 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina 2 Borussia Monchengladbach 4 (3-4 aggregate)

Quite how Fiorentina contrived to lose this game after being 3 up on aggregate is beyond me. Our passionate fans, whilst urging Fiorentina on during the the game, booed them off at the final whistle. I can’t see Paolo Sousa surviving as the club reacts badly to defeats like this. With a one [...]

February 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Oooops!

We recently featured a short piece on UK Sport’s refusal to change its mind on the appeals over its Olympics sports-funding policy decisions in which, given the limited resources at hand, the gap between national priorities – medal-winning versus general population sports participation [...]

February 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sporting issues …

In keeping with the widely-held in some quarters that the whole world has gone bonkers in recent times (Brexit, Trump etc.) these days there’s also plenty happening in the world of sport. Here are some examples, selected exclusively from reports in the media today: UK SPORT Yesterday UK Sport [...]

February 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report/ FA Cup 5th round: Fulham 0 Spurs 3

When your defence concedes 2 goals at home to the likes of Wigan and Nottingham Forest you do not hold too much hope that they can keep a clean sheet against a Spurs side currently sitting in third place in the Premier. Within the first few minutes our defence was sliced open only for Spurs’ [...]

February 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Keep up, those at the back!

It’s ironic how swiftly long-held views and perceptions – either positive or negative – can be altered if not reversed. From a personal view, if I’m being honest, my lifelong interest in cricket began in the late 1950s, reached its full bloom between about 1963 and 1993 and [...]

February 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

On The Road Again*

[* = with apologies to the American band Canned Heat] Saturday 18th February: Aviva Premiership Round 15: Bath Rugby v Harlequins at The Rec; Result – Bath Rugby 22 Harlequins 12: Bath Rugby 4 league points, Harlequins 0 league points. So that’s it, then. Harlequins remain one of the most [...]

February 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

3 attacking midfielders of whom you may not have heard but you will

Federico Bernardeschi Stefano Ursolini Last night Federico Bernardeschi hit a 25 piledriver of a free kick into the corner of the Borussia Munchengladbach net for Fiorentina who won their away Europa league tie 1-0. Aged 22 with 9 international caps he is not just an established talent but I would [...]

February 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

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