Jelavic
-
The deafening noise at the end of this fourth round FA Cup tie was the sound of scores of internet match reporters furiously pressing ‘delete’. When John Heitinga replaced Nikica Jelavic on 81 minutes the reaction at the match was certainly the old one of ‘typical negative Moyes’, however the move ended up looking positively…
-
We’re Bolton and we’re barmy and we’re on the piss tonight. A short jaunt up the road for this FA Cup fourth round tie is a good opportunity to see how bleak things can get awfully quickly even for teams who look like Premier League fixtures. Bolton Wanderers, and especially their chairman Phil Gartside, were…
-
Look on the bright side, at least we can’t complain that Everton dominated this one but just failed to score. It has become extremely boring writing that story every week, so the Blues very generously offered up something a bit different this time, performing, in the words of L’Equipe, ‘like 10 pounds of shite in…
-
What promised to be a feast of football between sides managed by two of the most progressive managers in the Premier League actually ended up something of a bore. Michael Laudrup’s Swansea City didn’t exactly come and park the bus at Goodison Park; it was more as if they drove it slowly and deliberately around…
This is not football 
You must be logged in to post a comment.