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Bayern's 3 Amigo's do more harm than good
24 Nov 2009A packed Allianz Arena witnessed yet another shambolic display from the “Rekordmeister” as Bayern could only muster a 1-1 draw, leaving them in seventh place in the table and already six points off pacesetters Leverkusen going into December. Vice-Captain Lahm – who has already been handed a record fine this year for a previous outburst [...]
The arrival of Darren Fletcher
23 Nov 2009Finally, after years of trial and error, Manchester United have found the long term successor for their fantastic captain Roy Keane – and it’s the man who nobody expected to succeed: Darren Fletcher. United had to search long and hard to replace the Irishman and many were given the chance. Firstly Liam Miller, the Irishman [...]
Defoe books his ticket as Spurs run riot
23 Nov 2009Wow! Normally I wouldn’t bother writing a summary of a game but the amazing 9-1 victory by Tottenham was something special. What makes it all the more amazing is it was just 1-0 at half time, Wigan were ordinary for the first half an hour but started to get into the game as the first [...]
Powerplays and Mankads - for the good of the game
16 Nov 2009With a little encouragement from Vinay Verma and needing a new proposal to add to my recently mentioned application for a job at the ICC, I decided to take a second look at the issue of the batting Powerplay, and what tweaking this new feature could use. My initial piece on the topic was related [...]
And World Cup 2022 goes to... Qatar?
16 Nov 2009While there is no such thing as a sure thing, Qatar at 33/1 to host a World Cup could be the best long-odds bet you ever make. Preposterous? Idiotic? I was recently going through some old boxes and I came across some of my older books. One in particular I remembered to be quite a [...]
England, Brazil friendly for money, not football
10 Nov 2009Football sold its soul a long time ago with hyper-commercialism beginning as early as the 1950s. But surely England’s upcoming friendly with Brazil is one step too far? Fabio Capello has just selected a strong squad to travel to Doha. But with both teams having already qualified for it, and not lacking for match practice [...]
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