Belated thoughts and ill-conceived early predictions for World Cup 2010 South Africa… FIFA missed a gilt-edged opportunity to enliven the draw and make it more a media sensation: instead of drawing from pots, the orbs could have been strategically placed about the undraped and vulnerable form of hostess Charlize Theron a la naked sushi fetes in [...]

We’re off on holiday. Not quite the type of Caribbean excursion that would be most welcome, but a nice one nonetheless – the American Midwest beckons. So no summary of the Forest encounter, or even a time-saving, link-rich effort. We return after the conclusion of Saturday’s crucial tilt w/ Peterborough…

Change, not love, is exciting and new. Everyone in the Boro extended network is acclimatising to the new action-oriented approach to personnel dealings. Gone are the days of endless conjecture and pontification – Gordon Strachan operates like a thief in the night, undermining rumour mongers everywhere. Isaiah Osbourne is now in the fold through the [...]

What’s an unknown benefit to flogging off your best players? No international duty disruptions, or the senseless and damaging injuries that seem to trail them, that’s what! We take a break from the post-transfer window prevarications to outline where the current squad lay on their respective home country’s footballing radars: (patterned on the squad for Bristol [...]

Stoke Fucking City swoop for two of our better players, and get them at a bargain price. £11m for the Teuton and Turk…6 for Huth is job done – we recovered the original fee to Chelsea and don’t need to worry about more inevitable injury woes…but 5 for Tuncay? The comparisons to other summer [...]