Tag: UEFA Champions League
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Magpies draw short straw on return to Champions League
Eddie Howe and Newcastle United were left to rue the Champions League draw living up to the club’s nickname (The Magpies) after the black and white stripes were dealt the short end of the stick on their return to European football’s top competition. The Geordies have been pitched into Group F, wherein they are domiciled…
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Losing the plot over Potter misses the point
When Andy Cole took what felt like an eternity to score his first goal for Manchester United, you can be sure there were plenty wondering had Fergie lost his marbles shelling out what was a whopping £7M on the then Newcastle United striker. The wily old Scot seldom got decisions wrong. And, eventually, Cole would…
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Back, out or sideways?
At some stage in our lives, we’ve probably all been told two topics never to enter discourse about in a pub were politics and religion. The latter is not something yours truly would be bothered about anyway. Simply because, if there really was a God, what is currently transpiring in the world wouldn’t be, would…
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The only predictable thing is their unpredictability
ATHLETICO MADRID… 1 MANCHESTER UNITED… 1 Manchester United currently resemble a volitile backside – you just don’t know what they’re going to do next. In truth, that has been the state of affairs at the Old Trafford club since Sir Alex Ferguson vacated the dugout. On and off the pitch. The second part of that…
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Take tonight for what it is and no more
You just knew it. The minute the under siege manager is shown the door, his erstwhile players come out and record a crucial in the Champions League. Not with a worldly performance by any means, but a damnable improvement on what they’d been producing in the closing stages of Ole Gunnar Solksjaer’s reign. Coincidence? Let’s…
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Will it always be sunny at the Racecourse Ground?
Several times in recent months mention has been given to the fact new avenues have to be unearthed and explored in a sometimes vain attempt to maintain some degree of emotional strength and hope. Horizons have had to be broadened. With farming out of the equation by circumstances beyond my control and NPHET/the ‘Government’ making…