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Campione campione, ole ole ole!
By: Martyn |While others were away on international duty this week (the way Stephen Ireland discusses it, the 21st century’s equivalent of national service), Peter Whittingham was digging out his tux and hastily penning an acceptance speech. Awards don’t come much more prestigious than being deemed (October’s) Coca Cola Football League Championship Player of the Month. Alright [...]
Barer than a Liz Hurley dress
By: Martyn |McPhail is out for three months. Curses! It’s been a running theme during the Dave Jones era to operate with a squad thinner than a Vicky Beckham and Jarvis Cocker love-child. Not only is the group light in quantity, it’s also saddled with a paucity of quality. As a way of furthering my point, let’s [...]
Why intercity derbies don’t really mean anything
By: Martyn |As anybody living in these parts probably knows by now, the entire South Welsh Police force will be having a paperwork-free bonding session at the Liberty Stadium this Saturday lunchtime. The itinerary will include separating lager-breathed Danny Dyer lookalikes hell-bent on manhandling one another, lots of human-barrier forming akin to portraying the Berlin Wall in [...]
Two can play that game you’re playin’
By: Martyn |Due to work commitments, I missed the opening zwanzig minuten of debt-free (?) Cardiff City’s Beeb-televised clash with Nottingham Branches and Leaves. Fans and the TV bigwigs were salivating at the prospect of this encounter between the Newcastle-chasing duo: it was whole vs skimmed milk lids; Walker’s Ready Salted vs the same brand’s Cheese & [...]






