The look of love!
It’s safe to assume that the vast majority of football fans might not be too familiar with the name Alfred Harmsworth, who was the late 1st Viscount Northcliffe. However, following the shambles that unfolded on ITV last night, they’ll concur with one of Lord Northcliffe’s most famous quotes that “News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” Read more…
In the end, perhaps, it was right as much as it was unavoidable.
Gareth Bale held off Luis Suarez and Robin Van Persie to pick up his second PFA Player of the Year Award in three seasons, adding the Young Player of the Year Award for good measure, sparking a predictable debate about the righteousness of the verdict.
As Thomas Mueller hammered the final nail in Barcelona’s coffin last night, many among the viewers would have found themselves grinning amiably, if not really celebrating – unless you were a Bayern fan, obviously, in which case going completely berserk was the only plausible response – as the mighty Barcelona suffered their heaviest defeat in Europe since 1997.
Not many players could be shortlisted for the PFA Player of the Year Award on Friday, provide an assist and scoring a last-gasp equaliser on Sunday and still be talked about for the wrong reason.
Forget about tiki-taka…Barcelona’s revolutionary approach to the game has become increasingly tedious – crafty playmakers and a ‘False number 9′ are not a necessity for every team, strictly speaking that is. As football fans we welcome a nice passing game by any team, besides a passing game is the only option available to teams that don’t have the luxury of having Andy Carroll in their starting XI, those neanderthals!
Walk through the streets of Cardiff trying to find somebody who considers Swansea as a model to emulate is a bit like trying to find the proverbial needle in a haystack. People in Cardiff never took their West Glamorgan neighbours too seriously, until Swansea reached the Premier League while Cardiff kept falling short of promotion.
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