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The Beatles Top 25

Last night I was divided at 8pm between The Moral Maze on radio 4 examining the latest athlete drug revelations, Cuffs and a programme showcasing the best 25 most popular Beatles songs as selected by ITV watchers. I was put off The Moral Maze when presenter Michael Buerk attacked the taking of [...]

November 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner Report

Kit Symons go the chop and significantly the person that announced this was the Chief Football Officer Mike Rigg not CEO Alistair MacKintosh. Looking back over Kit’s reigns, temporary and permanent, as manager few individuals or groups emerge with reputations enhanced. Kit is a decent bloke, [...]

November 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

A domestic eruption

On Friday through to Sunday each week – from about 22.00 to 0100 hours – Northern Ireland broadcaster Stephen Nolan hosts a Radio Five current affairs/news show on Radio Five Live. As my bedside radio is permanently tuned to said station and when I retire each evening I always press its [...]

November 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file: Lech Posnan 0 Fiorentina 2

Fiorentina, whilst top of the serie a, have not covered thèmselves with glory in their Europa League campaign losing at home to both Basel and Lech Posnan. A victory last night at Lech Posnan was crucial and achieved but manager Paolo Sousa had to rest key players like Kalinic and Valero with [...]

November 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file: Fiorentina 4 Frosinone 1

With an away win at Varona on Wednesday and a comprehensive victory at home yesterday over Frosinone the Viola are back on top of the serie a. There had been some unrest amongst the fans. The most partisan gather at the Curva Fiesole. One a “Lanciatori” (a supporter who turns his back [...]

November 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Tanner report: Bristol City 1 Fulham 4

Fulham maintained their high scoring form with another 4 goals in a half, this time in the first 30 minutes to put the game well beyond City’s reach. We switched to a 5-3-2 formation. This does seem to conform with our strengths as our full backs are better coming forward and we can play [...]

November 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Fiorentina file

Fiorentina have now lost 3 successive games in a row, two against top serie a sides, Napoli and Roma, one against the weakest side in their Europa League group, Lech Posnan. Whilst this is cause for concern, it’s hardly a crisis as we stand  third in the league. It is difficult to see why we [...]

October 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

Rosie and Smylie

It was a good weekend for Justin Rose who won the UBS Hong Kong Open and Smylie Kaufman who took the Shriners US PGA. It was a good weekend for me as I backed Rose, Matthew Fitzpatrick who finished 3rd and Yang who finished in the top ten, plus Jason Bohn in the top 5 in the Shriners and the 0-0 [...]

October 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sometimes it comes to this

Life is what it is and, of course, it touches every one of us. Even the royals go to the toilet. Every relationship has its ups and downs. We all fail upon any absolute standard of the ‘ideal’. We are all inconsistent, hypocritical, tell lies, fly off the handle and act irrationally at some [...]

October 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

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