The Football Association – Given to Score

You know you’re something special and you look like you’re the best…

GTS regulars will know that we don’t put much stock in the England national team here, so the inclusion of Rio Ferdinand in Woy’s squad announced yesterday didn’t raise much of an eyebrow but it’s worthy of note that Hodgson is not doing Rio a favour by ending his exclusion, Ferdinand is back in the squad because he deserves to be and there’s no English defender equalling him at the moment.

However you look at this, Rio’s form has come good because he isn’t playing for England; either as an up yours to the people who unceremoniously consigned him to the scrap-heap not so long ago OR because he has been able to get fit and concentrate on club matters, his body benefitting from the extra space in his schedule and his form returning as a result.

Continue reading “Dance Across the Rio Grande”

THE festive period always throws up a few issues, it’s a testing time for the men in the hot seats at football clubs up and down the country. For some, (Mark Hughes, Arsene Wenger) the challenge didn’t wait for Christmas to arrive but in the most part it’s this time of year that will show you where you are going, what you need to do to get there and what kind of character you have to see it through to the end in May. If you have seen the film ‘Looking for Eric’, this is the part where you should imagine Eric Cantona stood in front of them all.. From your balls!

I look at the challenges approaching Harry Redknapp, who was so very wanted at QPR, and Rafa Benitez, who was so very unwanted at Chelsea and I say thank FUCK we have Fergie.

Continue reading “F.E.R.G.I.E That fucking spells Boss to me!”