By Gary on March 11, 2010
Today, I am feeling the effects from the Wigan game even more than I was yesterday. This is mainly down to the 5 – 0 spanking that Arsenal gave Porto. This, then, gives me absolutely no reason to want to write about football - instead, I am going to take a day off and write about [...]
Posted in Asia & Oceania | Tagged aquilani, content, game, independent level, Lille, Liverpool, nbsp, old faces, Porto, Portsmouth, Preston, video diary
By Gary on March 9, 2010
“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free,” is the famous tag line to 1994’s The Shawshank Redemption , one of the greatest films ever made. It also offers the greatest insight into the current perils of Portsmouth football club.
For those of you who have yet to see the film, based [...]
Posted in Asia & Oceania | Tagged Andy Dufresne, Birmingham, club, gross mismanagement, human notions, moment, Portsmouth, portsmouth football club, Shawshank, Stephen King, Tim Robbins, Wembley
By Gary on March 9, 2010
That was fun. Minus the fun. In fact, to say it just ….’was’ is probably just about the fairest and perhaps considered opinion.
I was half dead after being subjected to that Portsmouth and Birmingham business. I predicted the nature of the first goal about ten minutes into the match. ‘Bundled’. The second goal was a real [...]
Posted in Asia & Oceania | Tagged Birmingham, birmingham business, Charlie, Fulham, fun, goal, gooner, Highbury, loose talk, nbsp, Portsmouth, tahn
By Gary on March 7, 2010
It’s that time again. Get out your crystal ball, wipe the dust and cobwebs off and then take a deep staring gaze into it. What do you see…
With 3/4 of this season’s games gone, we have had a chance to look into the future and guess the possible outcome. While some teams are dominating, [...]
Posted in Asia & Oceania | Tagged Barcelona, Carling Cup, Chelsea, golden glove, Hull, League, league winner, Liverpool, Madrid, Man City, Manchester, Mr Rooney, nbsp, Portsmouth, Reina, s games, Till, top scorer, Van Der, winner, Wolves