The White Pele

January 31, 2007

    Explosive finishing, world class vision, bewildering ball control and an unquenchable thirst for victory: Wayne Rooney is special. More special in fact than any other British player these eyes of mine have had the pleasure of seeing play the beautiful game. After a period of relative anonymity (10h 37mins without scoring in the […]

more feral kids and chinese missile attacks…

January 23, 2007

The tarzan-esque arrival into the modern world of a Cambodian ‘half animal/half human’ female took the world news by storm last week. Described by police as ‘a feral beast with red like tiger’s eyes’, Rochom P’ngieng was apparently lost to unseen forces in the jungle many years ago when she was a 9 year old […]

Arsenal v Manchester United preview.

January 18, 2007

Since losing 1-0 away to West Ham on 17th December of last year, Manchester United have been back in title form; winning 5 out of their next 6 games, drawing 1, and scoring 16 goals in the process. With only four months of fixtures left to complete Alex Ferguson’s energetic and talented team is well […]

The Red Devils continue their march towards the title…

January 15, 2007

Martin O Neil and his players will be sick of the sight of Manchester UNITED after Alex Ferguson’s men inflicted their second victory over Villa in a week by stomping them 3-1 at Old Trafford on Saturday.   The Red Devils welcomed Van De Sar, Vidic and Scholes back into the starting line-up while Villa […]

Curbishley and the Argies…

January 7, 2007

When the Hammers defied all the odds and battled valiantly to beat the runaway league leaders, Man United, only two weeks ago, triumphantly heralding the arrival of the man charged with performing a miraculous rescue mission for the club, Alan Curbishley, an uplifting wind of optimism swept through Upton Park. But only one point from […]

Premiership New Year Report

January 1, 2007

Table above taken 31/12/2006 The leading pack Despite increased investment in players and coaching staff, those teams closest last season to challenging Chelsea for the title have once again all but fallen by the wayside. All except Manchester United. Mourinho’s major signings of last Summer have so far proven to be ,at best, in need […]

Britain at war with Iran???

December 25, 2006

“They seek to pin us back in Lebanon, in Iraq and in Palestine. Our response should be to expose what they are doing, build the alliances to prevent it and pin them back across the whole of the region.” said English Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in a speech delivered this week in Dubai, to a […]

Premiership review 16/12/06

December 17, 2006

Arsenal v Portsmouth Portsmouth, under Harry Redknapp, Tony Adams and Joe Jordan, have been in exceptional form this season and fancied their chances of upsetting Wenger’s Henry-less Arsenal. Both Campbell and the league’s top scorer, Kanu, were making returns to the former employers. The French boss opted for a Van Persie/ Aliadiere attack, with big […]

MF Grimm- American Hunger (review)

December 15, 2006

MF Grimm is a King. A man of impeccable integrity, undeniable talent and the kind of flow that can only be given to a mortal by the God of rhyme himself. I have been a growing fan of Percey Carey (aka GM Grimm aka MF Grimm), since hearing him on the tick-tock track with neo-sellout […]

Kanye West. Send him to the gallows…

December 13, 2006

At the recent MTV awards pop artist and RnB slime-king, Kanye West shocked the audience and fellow stars when he charged on stage to squeal like a petulant 8 year old about his failure to win the ‘best video’ accolade. Mr. West, always a talent-less tool in my mind, leapt onto the stage as Justice […]