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When I joined the Rust, I explained to the editor that chess is a hard game to describe and animate, he said write in terms of your personal experiences. Chess is not a sport and a chess article is hidden away in the recesses of a newspaper – normally with a bridge and countryside column. [...]

February 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

A way to go yet

Last night, after supervising our family evening meal 45 minutes earlier than is normal, I settled down in the study to watch the Irish Wolfhounds rugby match against England Saxons being played in Cork on Sky Sports 2. In particular, I was keen to assess the progress of the latest ‘Great White [...]

January 31, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

In Florence we believe the deal of Cuadrado to Chelsea for €32m is all but done. He will fly to Chelsea on Saturday for the medical. Although he is not the player of last season, he joins the line of our midfielders tempted by big offers and champions league success. However, in the case of the [...]

January 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Appointing a legend … not really

The appointment of local lad John Carver will go down well with the Newcastle fans after the southern duo of Alan Pardew and Mike Ashley. I heard that great sage Mark Lawrenson say that with Ashley it’s all about money. Well actually he inherited a Newcastle club in a financial mess which [...]

January 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

Albion 2 Arsenal 3

A record crowd of 30,250 witnessed a first half when the Seagulls were blown away by the pace and passing of the Arsenal. However we regrouped at half time and made a fist of it. Speaking to John Pargiter who wanted some betting tips I have to be disloyal and say Arsenal to win to nil was the stand [...]

January 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Amongst the felling of Chelsea, Manchester City and Spurs, cup giants all, our spirited draw at Sunderland has been rather overlooked yet it was a great achievement. One of the features of recent months is that we have tightened up in the defence. Kit Symons maintains the same defensive  unit [...]

January 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Desperation alone is not enough

Last weekend – as regular readers will need no reminding – in an extraordinary game against at the Stoop in which they enjoyed 70% possession of the ball but contrived to lose 3-23, the Harlequins had also surrendered the control of their Rugby Champions Cup pool group that they had [...]

January 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Albion assessed

There were extraordinary similarities between our game and Fulham’s. Both ended 3-2, all six goals came from wonderful strikes from outside the box and both  teams after dominating play were hanging in and on at the end. This was Brighton’s best game of the season and without Lewis [...]

January 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

The art of tournament winning

All team sports become like chess, or ‘sports manager’ fantasy computer games, when it comes to a major tournament. In terms of soccer, rugby, field hockey (you can add your own further examples) we’re talking mostly European and World Cups, or possibly – if they’re admitted to the fold [...]

January 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

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