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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

Sussex Sharks don’t make it

Notwithstanding a comprehensive victory over Essex Eagles, we failed to qualify in the southern section of the T20 as Somerset, equal on points after a bigger win over Hampshire, had the better run rate by 0.063 of a run. Inevitably “if only” comes into play. We only needed 5 runs with [...]

August 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

La Traviata

The role of Violetta the tart with a heart in La Traviata is one of the most demanding in opera. She is on stage virtually the whole opera first as a good time girl, then as a the responsible lover of Alfredo – but initially deemed not worthy enough by his family – and finally the [...]

August 19, 2017 // 0 Comments

The business end of the t20

The Southern section of the t20 is so complicated and so compact as to which of the sides will qualify for the four positions going into the final round of matches tonight that you need to be a mathematician to work out the various permutations. Clearly the person in the Sussex marketing [...]

August 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Wine: does it pay?

When I first was approached to write for this esteemed organ I asked the editor: “How do I pitch my copy … to the connoisseurs or to the guys looking for good value plonk in Tesco?” Miles replied: ‘You are a cricketing man, Algy?” “I have been a member of the [...]

August 17, 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

Fiorentina file

In the football section of the Rust Alan, Ivan, Michel and I are forever emailing our aspirations for the season. Alan is a typical football pessimist and thinks Fulham will not maintain their form of last season, Ivan is looking forward to Premier football but worried that poor results could cost [...]

August 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

Rod Steiger/Hollywood Legend

I have been offered a gig with a satellite arts programme on a series on the Hollywood Legends. We film critics get a bit sniffy about such work – it’s banal, trite, audience-driven but the reality is that few of us are that well paid or off to refuse the lucre, and most of all there is [...]

August 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

The US PGA

Justin Thomas became the second 24 year old in succession to win a Major. He was not considered by the analysts and I do not necessarily criticise them as in the post-Tiger Woods era no golfer has really asserted himself as a serial winner. Much was expected of 28 year olds Jason Day, Ricky Fowler [...]

August 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Welcome to the Premier: Brighton 0 Manchester City 2

All week the city of Brighton has been agog with the opening game of our Premier campaign against Manchester City. It’s the hottest ticket in town and not even T20 skipper and Kiwi international Ross Taylor could get one. In the end Brighton were well but not decisively beaten. We held City [...]

August 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

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