Recent content by Cloughie

I already subscribe to the athletic and must admit that it’s far surpassed what I initially envisaged. I joined for their NCCA football & basketball coverage but have been really surprised by the quality of their proper football articles and profiles too. If you do read a lot about sports in...

It’s just some fans that aren’t. Wind me up

double post.

This is getting boring now. Why domwe always need a scapegoat? Stephens is a “bad” player simply because we’re not winning games. His job is to shield the back four, keep the ball ticking over and effectively manage the game. He’s bloody excellent at this and we are lucky to have him. I must...

Unless you have some sort of road-runner type up front, you’re never going to look lethal when the sole forward is isolated 4 to 1 30/40 yards away from the midfield and, more often than not, at least 60 yards away from the ball. The thing that I found so utterly frustrating yesterday was the...

Touché. Although, in terms of what we’ve previously had he is far, far quicker. He won’t be put through on goal and turn back like GM did last year against Arsenal for example. His game isn’t about occupying defenders and drawing fouls either. Without purposely attempting to bore you to breath...

Think a lot of people are missing the point here. Truth be told, we have absolutely no idea how good he could be because the team isn’t set up to play to his strengths. The team have been playing without a pacey CF ever since Gus had GM the first time round. They don’t look beyond the line of...

I’m glad someone has mentioned this as a mate and I did that ride for the BHF last year - I can certainly vouch for its difficulty. Kudos to anyone that does that - I severely doubt we shall again! I did the etape in France last Sunday. The pros do that stage tomorrow from Annecy to Grand...

Herein lies the problem. There have been COUNTLESS examples of councils upgrading the facilities at permanent camps for Travellers, only for them to be ruined (all of the copper etc stripped so the facilities are rendered unusable). The issue is that if there is a site which has to necessary...

The correct answer is..... Amanda Holden. Ricky Gervais did a great thing years ago questioning her ability to be a judge on a talent show, when the most memorable thing she’s ever done is suck a piece of Neil Morrissey’s anatomy.

John Barnes?

NSFW https://youtu.be/KgRZF9j9lgA Saw this from a comedy called 'Tour de Pharmacy' the other day and was so odd it I thought I'd share it. Just to clarify THIS VIDEO IS NSFW

Is everyone forgetting that the fella had a major operation not long ago? I suspect he wants to see how he holds up playing each week and to keep improving too, as it was not too long ago that he made a step up to the championship. This is a sensible move from the club - give a young and...

Poyet cancelled two meetings with Murray to discuss a contract renewal after the season had ended. This led to him signing for Palace. Point the finger elsewhere but Poyet could’ve sorted that out if he’d have really wanted to.

Think it's got more to do with his 'dubious' improvements during the last year of his Sky contract and surprise podium finish in he Vuelta that year. And then his insistence that it was down to his wife's cooking and diagnosing his Bilharzia despite it being 'impossible' (according to many...