August 2007 Archives

SOMEWHERE in the back of my memory, back in the days of football birthday parties and regular cup finals, I remember things being very different.

SO we’ll never get to see if Manuel Fernandes would have blossomed from a skilful if slightly raw talent into the next Vieira.
I’m inclined to ignore the Kenwright conspirators and blame this transfer collapse on agents, Benfica and the lure of Champions league football.

THE tributes to Rhys Jones describe a young gentleman, a talented and dedicated footballer, a blue-blooded Corinthian.
The world has lost a “good guy�, his dad said in the rawest press conference I have ever seen.

LOUD and positive noises were quite rightly made this summer when the best little Spaniard we know and Tim Cahill signed hefty contract extensions.

IT was a vintage Moyes moment which underpinned why interviewers must find his dead-eyed gaze and poker-face demeanour such a tough nut to crack.

TABLOID chatter tells us Steve McLaren is going to hold talks with Jamie Carragher (i.e. the only RS player it’s OK not to hate) about coming back to the England fold.

OUR Summer transfer trip takes another surreal twist with an £11m (borrowed from the bank of WTF?) bid for Lucho.

I’M still trying to get my head round the ground move debate.
It was reassuring to catch up with the lads I go to the match with on Tuesday, and hear many of them are the same.