The Secret Fan
25 May, 2012
Cometh the hour, cometh the £35m man?
I’m hoping that “the damned if you do, dumped if you don’t” attitude of the English media will work in Carroll’s favour and we get to see a bit of the cavalier English centre forward who set St James’ Park alight
Articles
The Secret Fan
22 May, 2012
Chelsea: My hate affair
I refuse to have any sneaking admiration for them or their fans or their money. I think that they are the luckiest club to have won the competition
The Secret Fan
18 May, 2012
Chickens come home to roost
The truth is we are all paying a premium for helping to line the pockets of foreign agents
The Secret Fan
10 May, 2012
Conspiracy theories and Rovers
With the crazy “spend now, pay later” ethos of football clubs, we must eventually come to the fine tipping point of stay and fight or cash-in and flight
The Secret Fan
30 Apr, 2012
Usual suspects made to work harder
Moyes has a very good record over 10 years and a cash injection could easily see Everton finally reach their potential as major contenders
The Secret Fan
25 Apr, 2012
Boring Barca up the wrong tree
With the overconfidence of 11 verses ten, Barca have become so committed to laying siege to Petr Cech that they have forgotten to make any provision regarding defence
The Secret Fan
24 Apr, 2012
Reasons why Wolves are a Yo-Yo club
Now let’s get this clear. The reason I place them in the yo-yo group is my belief that they will bounce up next season but if they do, how long will they remain there?
The Secret Fan
18 Apr, 2012
The Reward of Loyalty
With their last foray into the Premier division suffering the dreaded Second Season Syndrome, Reading have a chance to set the record straight.
The Secret Fan
16 Apr, 2012
Chelsea crush not so hot Spurs
I don’t remember ever seeing a classic game between these teams and the cagey, slow first half-hour was about par for the course
The Secret Fan
13 Apr, 2012
Kenny and Cruyff
A vocal vote of confidence is anything but that in the glorious game
The Secret Fan
11 Apr, 2012
No thriller at the Villa
Maybe I shouldn’t be too surprised as nothing much exciting has happened here since the days of Ron Atkinson and Graham Taylor and the start of the 2010 season when Martin O’Neill departed