State Of The Game

Will They Never Learn? Listen up Ronaldinho and Kaka!

Imagine my despair as I find that two of the most well respected and talented footballers currently plying their fabulous craft in Europe are linked with a high profile move to Stamford Bridge. When oh when are modern day footballers going to finally wise up and realise that a move to a club that are [...]

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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems For Jol: Who Comes Next?

I went back through the SOTG archives before starting to write this and realised it took me until the 23rd of September last year to reach a similar conclusion that Jol was unable to take us that extra step to the next plateau of Champion’s League qualification / FA Cup winners. Regardless of whether I [...]

Same Old, Same Old - Bleeding Hearts Crying Over Jol

It’s hard to believe that none of us have posted anything to State of the Game in the past six months. Maybe last season took it’s toll, maybe we’ve been flogging our logs elsewhere (and for other competing sites!) or maybe the spark for football just left us a little. The start of the new [...]

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Why the FA Cup is So Good: Manchester United vs Reading

It’s not often that a truly awe-inspiring match comes along. But the FA Cup has run a little stale since last years final, disappointingly not held at Wembley. AGAIN. But this time, the FA Cup apple tree finally produced some ripe fruit for me to pick at. The game started with two lacklustre teams put out, [...]

Liverpool and Northern Ireland: Quality Over Quantity

When Jim Magilton was a trainee at Anfield, it was hoped that the boy would be able to break into the first team. Instead he found himself transferred to Oxford, having been as close as any Ulsterman to turn out for the Reds since the 1930s. It is now over 70 years since [...]

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The Morning After The Night Before - What Went Wrong For Spurs?

The morning after the night before is often a sobering occasion. Why am I chained to a lamppost? Who is this not particularly attractive lady sleeping next to me? Why the f*ck aren’t we in the League Cup Final? That kind of thing. For the long suffering fans of Tottenham Hotspur, last night was just another [...]

We’re in a Crisis! What Crisis?

During a lengthy lay off after my shoulder operation I took a back seat in the footballing world. I have listened and read what football pundits, the newspapers, rival supporters and indeed fellow supporters had to say about my team, Chelsea. Without a shadow of doubt I have never seen so much rubbish spoken and [...]

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January Transfer Window Merry-Go-Round: Ipswich Style

It is that time of the year again when all 92 league managers are able to re-jig their squad, shipping out the players who are failing to shape up and bringing in replacements who are going to make their squads stronger. Ipswich boss Jim Magilton and his scouting team are busy eyeing up signings that [...]

Questioning Lucas Neill Is Like Insulting Bobby Moore’s Memory

Or so the not at all money orientated Lucas Neill would have us believe. Best of all it isn’t only the dearly departed and much lamented Bobby Moore who it insults, just for good measure (and to show he’s been reading the Short History of West Ham United 1966-2007 before his press conference) Lucas tells [...]

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What Does £9.65m Buy You These Days? Not Ashley Young For Starters

Working on the internet as I do I’m well used to overuse of the phrase “bubble” and the scaremongering tactics that go with it as those with memories that run back to 1999 cower in fear of another financial meltdown based on over exuberant acquisitions at ridiculously inflated prices. Watching football as I also do is [...]