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The Tanner Report: Fulham 1 Manchester City 2

For an hour of this game only inspired goalkeeping by Bernd Leno of Fulham prevented a bigger defeat but by the end, with only a one goal margin, City had to close the game out to get the points. Fulham can therefore draw satisfaction from their performance against arguably the best team on the [...]

May 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

Brighton 6 Wolves 0

The remarkable thing about this thrashing of Wolves is that it was achieved in the absence of arguably Brighton’s three best players – Mitoma, Caicedo and Mac Alister – and young tyro forward Evan Ferguson was injured. That is the strength of Brighton; the ability to adapt. These [...]

April 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

The state of rugby union in England

On  this organ we have covered on numerous occasions developments in the administration and running of the sport of rugby union around the world, most often with reference to the English Premiership and the competitions in which the top tier professional clubs play their rugby at home and abroad. [...]

April 29, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report: Fulham 2 Leeds 1

Fulham’s third victory over Leeds this season was a tad unconvincing. There definitely is an air of complacency as the key target of staying up has been achieved coupled with the absence of Alex Mitrovic. One might also add a gutless Leeds side whose performance reminded me of many in [...]

April 23, 2023 // 0 Comments

OGC Nice 1 Basel 2 (1/4 final Europa Conference)

Two events foreshadowed Nice’s elimination from the Europa Conference. The first was ‘L’Affaire Galtier’. Galtier was a successful manager of Lille, recruited when Jacques Rivieère was President of Nice. Jim Radcliffe of Ineos then acquired Nice and PSG poached Galtier. It is alleged [...]

April 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

Legends not Maketh Managers

There is a large sign at Stamford Bridge – ‘Welcome back Super Frank‘ – notwithstanding he has lost his first five games and was sacked from Chelsea. Lampard had early success at Derby largely because, through his Chelsea connections, he could get on loan youngsters like Mason [...]

April 20, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report : Everton 1 Fulham 3

There was a certain irony as well as immense satisfaction after Fulham’s away win at Goodson Park. Irony as not so long ago Fulham head coach Marco Silva was sacked by Everton and spoke of seismic club problems at that time. Silva is back at Fulham who have never flirted with relegation whilst [...]

April 16, 2023 // 0 Comments

Jon Rahm‘s Green Jacket

Jon Rahm was a worthy winner of the Masters. The weather played a big part – at one point trees were felled by a storm. Rahm’s game held and he easily overhauled Brooks Koepka in the final round. It was an intriguing contest, not least as Rahm has not signed up for LIV, for whom Koepka [...]

April 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

Nice 0 PSG 2

I felt honoured to join the Rusters for their annual pilgrimage to Nice and – after consulting the sporting calendar – thought I would go to Nice v PSG in the football and Toulon v Perpignan in the rugby. PSG are by far the best team in France thanks to their super-wealthy Gulf owners. [...]

April 9, 2023 // 0 Comments

What is – and is not – equality in elite sport

My effort today – which will no doubt make me few new friends or fans from the section of the community that might self-describe itself as the young, the diverse and/or the “woke” – is a simple statement of some of the factual and indeed inevitable practical issues faced by the general [...]

April 5, 2023 // 0 Comments

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