Tag: Tottenham Hotspur
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Same clubs, same methods, no solutions
Nobody must have informed Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis about Einstein’s proclamation that the definition of stupidity was repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Except, for the time being, that would be tantamount to closing the stable door when the horse has already bolted. Because, you see, the grumpy Greek has…
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Nothing bubbling yet but the glass is half full
Rep. Of Ireland… 2 Hungary… 2 Analysis of anything needs context. For example, if you just saw the above scoreline without having seeing the match or any details thereof, you might consider it a poor result. Indeed, were it not for a heroic stop from Caoimhin Kelleher shortly before the break, whatever morsels of positivity…
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Eze to forget about loyalty or is it common sense?
No matter how many straws one attempts to clutch at, sometimes you’ll never find the one you’re looking for. Or the one you’re hoping might be there somewhere, buried in a stockpile. Go back to a piece on these pages within the last week, and you will find reference to the fact that Dermot McCabe…
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Meath men on the move
The wheel of the sporting year turns again as one segment closes off with the playing of the All Ireland SHC Final, and those in men’s and Ladies football and Camogie imminently awaited, while in other sports things haven’t even kicked off. Quite literally. In recent week’s we’ve seen the brightest star in Irish Basketball,…
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Is Kelleher about to buzz into The Bees?
Speculation is mounting that Republic Of Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is on the verge of signing for Brentford just days after the Corkman collected a Premier League winners’ medal at Anfield with Liverpool. The Irish stopper has made no secret of his desire to leave the now champions in order to get more first team…
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What a difference a day makes… If your name is Josh Keeley
Did you ever notice how one occurrence in life can often lead your thoughts to somewhere else entirely? Recently, the mind here was drawn to when my sister had a set of football goals in her garden when her ‘kids’ were, well… Kids. You know the type, plastic, collapsable, built in such a way that…
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If you have the belief you must have the patience
On July 7th, 2023, a post was published in this space heralding Manchester United’s annexation of the services of Mason Mount from Chelsea as a sign that the club were serious about mounting a challenge for honours at that time. Remember, here we have a guy who had just scored the winning goal for his…
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Keeley keeps up Cup heroics
That momentum is often the biggest game changer in sport is surely indisputable at this stage. Just ask Josh Keeley. What doesn’t seem like all that long ago, the Dunboyne lad was on the bench with Leyton Orient and had, as a result of same, lost his berth between the posts with Jim Crawford’s Republic…
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God help the janitor with United like a toilet seat
I have little or no recollection of the 1991/’92 English soccer season, other than that it was the last in the format of the old First Division prior to the inception of the Premier League. That a Leeds United side managed by Howard Wilkinson and backboned by players such as Tony Dorigo, David Battie, Gary…
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Tuchel takes the poisoned chalice as United are cut further adrift
A Manchester City fan account on X posted a skit video on Tuesday night purporting to show Pep Guardiola celebrating Thomas Tuchel taking the England job. The inference being that the ex Chelsea boss now won’t be able to take the Manchester United job. Accompanied by a photo of Gareth Southgate, giving the current champions…