Tag: Jose De Sousa

  • Ferret burrowing his way to the bigtime one step at a time

    Ferret burrowing his way to the bigtime one step at a time

    The more darts the one seeing eye here takes in, the more it’s realised how a game can be turned on its head in an instant. Al Paccino might have said in an inch rather than instance and in the case in point here, he couldn’t have been more on the money. As Michael Van…

  • Variety keeps things interesting

    I would be very much a creature of habit. Owing mostly to superstition. When life was as I wanted it to be – before personal circumstances and Covid-19 made a horlicks of same – that meant going for a few pints on a Sunday, Monday and Wednesday night and getting a Chinese takeaway on a…

  • Lack of a gallop leaves Anderson searching for fluidity and answers

    March 2005, Cheltenham. Day one of the Festival. The race that’s not only the highlight of the day, but of that entire year for us that are hopelessly devoted to jump racing. Or maybe many years. Hardy Eustace, the venerable old Massey Ferguson 390T, the old dog for the hard road, turns for home with…

  • Two guys called Jose, two winning machines

    Jose Mourinho must be having a right laugh to himself. As only he could. While his Tottenham team at the very least keep pace with immensely endowed Liverpool, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer lurches from one disaster to the next. After it initially looked like things had fallen into place as predicted – Mourinho out of touch…

  • Even a genius is only human

    Two ballads by well known Irish performers are reverberating in my head. One very well known, the other possibly not as much so as could be the case. The first being One Day At A Time by Gloria and the other being Christy Moore’s version of Viva Le Quinta Brigada – relating to Irish involvement…

  • The Special One II lights up darting world

    BREAKING NEWS Move over Mourinho. Portugal has a new Special One. Jose De Sousa. No, up to a week or so ago, I didn’t know who he was either. However, with hotshots like Michael Van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Gary Anderson and defending World Champion Peter Wright out of the equation, naturally, it opened the door…