Here at Pitch Invasion, we think limiting the number of foreigners on Premiership teams would do nothing to help England, and quite possibly would make us even worse (if that’s possible). But the debate over quotas rumbles on. One of the arguments against it comes from those who simply laugh it off as absurd due […]
And so it ended, with Steve McClaren standing inane and inert underneath what Simon Barnes aptly called an “enormous and comic umbrella”. It will symbolise his failure, just as a turnip did for Graham Taylor.
As Dave Warner satirically put it, “The Croatian victory, which effectively eliminated England from qualifying for the EURO 2008 Championship, […]
Remarkably, Israel have just beaten Russia 2-1 in Tel Aviv. So it’s now quite possible England will sneak into next summer’s European Championships after all, and the last week of handwringing over the quality of England’s footballers will be forgotten and replaced by gibberish about the “golden generation”.
Then we’ll lose on penalty kicks in the […]
Steve Coppell said today that “We must protect our identity by having a limited number of English players [in the Premier League].” Steve, my friend, there already is a very limited number! Of course, he means minimum quota. Steve’s a smart man yet I can’t argue with Gramsci’s Kingdom when he brutally points out […]
Since Setanta Sports wanted to extort $20 out of me to watch England blunder along for another game under Steve bloody McClaren, I decided instead to watch it via Sopcast, which for those that don’t know is something of the Napster (circa 1999) of internet television. That is, it provides content for free when it […]
The Booing of Frank Lampard is, according to Reuters Soccer Blog (generally a great blog, by the way), a reflection of the worst of English culture over the past several hundred years. Mr. Frank Lampard, the Victim, has been randomly selected by England fans to be the subject of bizarre and unjustified criticism.
The case against […]
