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We might as well assume the position right now, brace ourselves and get ready for the fallout that will inevitably come from the lesson in possession that will be unleashed at Wembley tomorrow afternoon. Nothing excites us English pressmen more than a Continue reading →

“We have no players”. As a vote of confidence in the England squad ahead of Saturday’s friendly with Spain, Fabio Capello’s comments in an interview with an Italian newspaper weren’t exactly of the ringing variety. Though he has a point. Shor Continue reading →

It is not necessarily what you expect to hear from this source, but of all the gushing that has accompanied Sir Alex Ferguson’s 25th anniversary at Old Trafford, it is former referee Graham Poll who provided the most pertinent anecdote.Poll had, apparentl Continue reading →

Roberto Mancini will have had worse weeks as a football manager. There was the club backing him over the Carlos Tevez issue (albeit obliged to tone down the severity of the fine after the comical intervention of the PFA).There was a handy Carling Cup vict Continue reading →