05 May 2012
FA CUP FINALWEMBLEY STADIUM, LONDON Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1 SO Kenny Dalglish’s dream of winning two domestic cups bites the dust – and it is his own fault.The Liverpool boss was far too cautious in his starting line-up. Why did he not start Andy Carroll up front with Luis Suarez? Carroll’s late goal when he [...]
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02 May 2012
I WAS right about Bayern Munich beating Real Madrid to make it to the Champions League final.I thought that the Germans might just have too much in their locker for the Spanish side – and so it proved.As soon as it came to spot kicks you didn’t need to be a clairvoyant to predict that [...]
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02 May 2012
I BELIEVE that Manchester Citywill now go on to win the Premier League after their convincing win over neighbours United in the week. Many pundits reckon they will fall at Newcastleon Sunday, but I think they will win 3-1 to go a step closer to winning their first top-flight title since 1968. The Blues are [...]
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02 May 2012
IN THESE very pages I told you a few weeks ago that Roy Hodgson would become England manager – after my spies at FA HQ told me that he was their No 1 choice above Harry Redknapp and Martin O’Neill. The FA didn’t dispute Harry’s achievements at Tottenham nor his ability to man manage. But [...]
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25 April 2012
FOOTBALL THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE EVER BY AN ENGLISH TEAM IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE I THOUGHT that I’d seen it all when Man United beat Bayern Munich with those two wonderful late, late goals in the Champions League final in Barcelona in 1999. Then Liverpool came back from 3-0 down at half-time in the 2005 final [...]
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18 April 2012
GOT one right last week – as Liverpoolbeat Everton 2-1 in the FA Cup semi final at Wembley, just as I predicted. Looking at next week’s return semis in the Champions League, I’m going to shy away from predicting the Chelsea result in Barca, as I don’t want to put the curse on John Terry [...]
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18 April 2012
I ALSO hear that the Football Association may play hard-ball over Harry Redknapp as they head towards finally appointing the man who will become the new England manager. Apparently some of the behind-the-scenes power-brokers do not like the idea of having to slug it out with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy for ‘Arry’s signature and do [...]
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18 April 2012
WHISPER it quietly for now, but my sources at Manchester United suggest that Sir Alex Ferguson would be keen to snap up Mario Balotelli should the Italian finally run out of chances at Manchester City. My information is that the man who could claim to be the greatest manager ever sees the firebrand Italian striker [...]
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10 April 2012
FOOTBALL - TIME ROMAN ABRAMOVICHMADE JOHN TERRY MANAGERAND FRANK LAMPARDASSISTANT MANAGERAT CHELSEA OK, I accept I have been critical of the old-timers at Chelsea over the last few month. I felt that Frank Lampard, in particular, was not supportive enough of Andre Villas-Boas, and that both he and John Terry had acted as though they [...]
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04 April 2012
FOOTBALL CITY WOULD BE MAD TO SACK MANCINI I HEAR rumblings of discontent emanating from Eastlands in Manchester. Apparently the fans and the owners are none too happy that Man Citymight not win the Premier League after all. That they thought they had it all sown up – and cannot comprehend why the Sky [...]
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