Category Archives: Sports

The Premiership Quarterly Report – Part One

Posted on 29/10/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

We’re a quarter of the way through the Premier League season, and at this point we start to get a reasonably accurate idea of who’s what and who’s not…well, particularly good. One of my vices is watching football, sadly, and … Continue reading →

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Manchester United have a problem: for David Moyes read Roy Hodgson.

Posted on 01/10/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Manchester United fans should be petrified, as the similarities between David Moyes and Roy Hodgson are becoming patently clear When David Moyes was announced as Manchester United manager this past summer, I immediately thought of the speculation that had occurred … Continue reading →

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The miserable truth behind Sky’s coverage of ‘Transfer Deadline Day’.

Posted on 01/09/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

With each passing year Sky’s coverage of ‘Transfer Deadline Day’ seems to get bigger, more preposterous and above all peculiar. Peculiar in that ‘Transfer Deadline Day’ is now marketed and sold as its own event. That in itself is alarming, … Continue reading →

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Why now, more than ever, Arsenal are lucky to have Arsene Wenger.

Posted on 25/08/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I don’t particularly like being an apologist for Arsene Wenger. In failure, or relative mediocrity to be more precise, he’s become a parody of his old self. And yes, the ‘old’ Le Professor tag was profusely annoying. Admittedly it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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