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A collection of 403 issues

Focus On The Now Yes, With Half An Eye On Tomorrow

Yes, I love watching footie on telly. And in pubs. Yet almost all our usually revered but patently overpaid wind-filled pigs-bladder bashers (past and present) are tragically silent as the world either enters or continues coronavirus lockdown. In England the chief culprit is Professional Footballers Association (known as the players’

A Ref Never Changes Their Mind

Listening to the experience of a former international rugby captain (robbed of his position after a tabloid sting back in the day), he tut-tutted at hearing his modern-day counterpart telling a referee that they’d got a decision wrong. To précis, his wisdom can be summed up as; > rather than

Football Throw-In Improvement Metric

The game of football has a set-piece that’s been shockingly overlooked on the training ground; the throw-in. You’ve had the odd ‘long-throw’ specialist down the years. Capable of creating havoc in the opponent’s box turning many a throw into a kind of corner kick. Yet that rare

A Kick Is Only As Good As Its Chase

Lovely to watch a dominant England display after three successive under-performances since bewildering New Zealand in last year’s rugby world cup semi. In their next home game, the Irish were duly steamrollered. England’s pair of first-half tries both came from defence fumbles around the Ireland in-goal area following

Never Let Up

As the deciding set got underway at the recent Men’s Aussie Open tennis Final, a moment from the tv coverage was caught by a broadcaster’s tweeted gif. Screenshot above as a full screen quote faded to show the legend of the game in the crowd who said it,

How Klopp Stays On Top

An outrageous EPL season is now beyond half-time. The runaway leaders Liverpool having the best ever run of any team in Europe’s so-called Big Five leagues, ever. 21 wins and 1 draw after 22 games. What makes it perhaps even more notable, is that the team suffered crushing disappointment

Spot The White-Ant

Thanks to continuing ripples from Aussie cricket cheating, I learn of white-anting [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_anting]; > …an Australian term for the process of internal erosion of a foundation. It is often used in reference to groups such as political parties or organisations where information from group insiders

Spanish Press 3 Prioties

> Wales, Golf, Real Madrid According the Spanish press, these are the current priorities and the order in which they rank of Gareth Bale. One time world’s most expensive footballer. Now derided by media and fans alike in his adopted land for the past six seasons. Worldie goals and trophy-winning

Presentation Fail For SA Legend England Cricket Coach Candidate

The next man in line got the job. There’s so often a tension between succession plan deputy promotion and new broom star parachuting. In the case of first-time world cup winning England this year, their new cricket coach came from within. Just. This was a surprise. The expected appointment

What's Your EPC Mentality?

Tomorrow sees the 2019 Rugby World Cup Final. England seek to avenge their 2007 loss – and incorrectly disallowed try, I’m telling you – from 2007 against S Africa. The week’s build up features plenty of mouthwatering mindset morsels. England’s Aussie coach Eddie Jones to the fore, mischievous yet