by John Gibbons | Mar 2, 2016 | Footie
THE players and manager deserve great credit to go from Sunday to that. Perhaps the Manchester City players, just like their supporters, failed to turn up. But they are still big and good and need beating — and how they were beaten. The tone was actually set by...
by John Gibbons | Mar 1, 2016 | Footie
ONE of the things lamented as lost from the game of football is the bond between players and fans. Supporters talk about it, old players too. We used to be the same and now we are not. This is mainly put down to money. How can you identify with anyone who earns more...
by John Gibbons | Feb 28, 2016 | Footie
THE easiest way to win a cup final is to be the better team. Even if you can’t be the better team on the pitch in the 90 or 120 minutes, you can have the better players to win a shoot-out. Despite what people tell you about it being a lottery. Manchester City...
by John Gibbons | Feb 25, 2016 | Footie
I MISSED the first 15 minutes because six o’clock kick offs are daft. Left poor old IT Matt on the side of the street waiting for his ticket while I sent him pictures of traffic jams. Good at penalties though Jimmy Milner, isn’t he? Maybe he should imagine...
by John Gibbons | Feb 23, 2016 | Footie
THIS week Danny Ings put a video of his rehabilitation process online. If you haven’t seen it yet, it opens with footage of the innocous way Danny picked up his injury with Rocky Balboa telling you how tough the world is. Rocky carries on telling you how the...
by John Gibbons | Feb 16, 2016 | Footie
I’M glad the ticket protest is over, for now at least, because it was stressful. It’s not what you’re into footie for — I’m goals over walk-outs any day of the week. It was also a time, all those days ago, that we all fell out a little...
by John Gibbons | Feb 14, 2016 | Footie
A REALLY strange day. The game had a feel of a friendly first half as Liverpool strolled into a 2-0 lead without much effort and Villa looked pretty disinterested. Maybe it was the fact we all had the sun in our eyes throughout the first half so it was all a bit...
by John Gibbons | Feb 9, 2016 | Footie
AHHHH, what a heartbreaker. We have deserved to lose many games this season, but that wasn’t one of them. After a slow start, Liverpool took over the game and I could only see one winner. West Ham looked done in and we looked destined to score, or at least win...
by John Gibbons | Feb 9, 2016 | Footie
CAN’T wait for tonight. Train leaves at four. Cans are in the fridge. Just need to write this nonsense, and we’re all set. In the current climate, it is probably worth pointing out that adult tickets for tonight’s game are £20. With a cheap advance...
by John Gibbons | Feb 6, 2016 | Footie
IF you leave on 77 minutes it’s hard to do this. If you leave on 77 in THAT game it’s even harder. We were 2-0 up and playing well and then, by all accounts, all that went out the window. It shows a mental weakness in the team and a defensive fragility we...
