Bitter and Blue (Free subscription) | 31/03/2008
I had a conversation this week at work in which the topic of respect to referees was discussed. My argument was that the problem was not solely down to petulant and spoilt theatrics from Premier League players, but a large part of it is down to inept and incompetent refereeing decisions, which you can understand why players feel the need to challenge a referee. And yesterday we had a case in point....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 30/03/2008
Alex McLeish started the season dreaming of the European Championship and the former Scotland manager would be loath to finish it by dropping into the Coca-Cola equivalent. However, if his Birmingham City team carry on playing like this he will stay in the spotlight.
Purely Man City (Free subscription) | 01/04/2008
I think it was the ‘Return of the City Slackers’ for this one. Little urgency from the kick-off and too much laughing on the pitch for my liking. The MEN claims Sven read them the riot act after this performance, though it sounds more like they were threatened with Thaksin’s wallet. With Lukas Podolksi’s agent, Kon Schramm, recently claiming that City bid £15.9m for the player in January, a summer...
