Archive for July, 2009

Loss of a true legend

July 31st, 2009

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8177945.stm

 
All football fans will be saddened by this news.

At Bloody Last!

July 30th, 2009

http://www.leedsunited.com/news/lorimer-the-facts-about-smith-move-20090730_2247585_1738586

 
A lot of so called supporters should be ashamed of themselves, this five year delusion has to stop.

The misunderstood genius of Mike Ashley.

July 29th, 2009

Reading the national press over the last few months you’d be forgiven for thinking that Newcastle United were owned by a idiot who found the club in a lucky bag. You wouldn’t know Ashley was one of the most successful British businessmen of this decade or that his Newcastle are actually in a more stable [...]

Glass Half Empty Original

July 28th, 2009

This post was originally written for www.thescratchingshed.com under the cover of “Grumpy Older Man”.
I tend to find it is difficult to express a reality analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of our squad without provoking a stream of arguments very rarely productive. People rightly want to think the best of a forth-coming season, want to [...]

That time of year again….

July 26th, 2009

As the close season gets shorter and television saturation beams games involving Premier League clubs live from every Asian city that would host them it becomes important to have a fixed point where it’s appropriate to start getting excited about the new season. In my case it isn’t the first pre-season friendly I attend (which [...]