The more things change, the more they stay the same

So, England head home earlier than expected and once again everybody’s clamouring for the manager’s head. Continuity is key in football and to keep changing managers after World Cup disappointments just ignores the problem. England simply aren’t good...

So far, so good?

The nineteenth World Cup has certainly been different. There’s a distinctive African flavour to football’s great showpiece – you only have to watch the spontaneous congos that spring up around the stadium and less sterile responses to television...

Curse of the Captains

The 2010 World Cup starts in 7 days. However, I cannot believe the amount of captains being declared unfit due to injuries recieved so close to them having the highest honour of pulling on the armband on a national scene. Being from Northern Ireland, I...

Zamora puts England ahead of himself

A very noble, but sensible decision from Bobby Zamora. Capello said before that his decision to leave our inform striker out of the England squad was one of his last decisions. It sounded to me like he was quite disappointed and said that Zamora made his own desision....

Bobby doesn’t make the cut

No Bobby Zamora in the provisional 30-man England squad for the World Cup finals, but that’s no surprise. Fabio Capello never really looked like picking the Fulham striker and, with his recent injury problems, Bobby’s got enough on his plate in making sure...