Author: Lanterne Rouge
Please don’t come back and bore us
Having previously trained our collective microscope on the departed Wolves and Burnley and their chances of avoiding rejoining us all in a year’s time, it’s now Birmingham City’s turn. Few articles that have featured the Blues in recent times have omitted the phrase “yo yo club” and this close season’s column inches will be no different. I must admit to being thankful for the second city side’s most recent parting …
Promotion for Palace?: That’s Preposterous
Neil Warnock’s recent capture of Darren Ambrose after a short drive across the boroughs of Southwark and Greenwich appears to be a sensible enough purchase for Crystal Palace, even if the 25 year old’s career is on the wane. A starlet at Ipswich, Ambrose was on the fringes at Newcastle before a five year spell as an Addick that has seen him relegated twice. The brylcreem using utility man has …
Wily Blackwell?
“You’re just a shit Neil Warnock” was the refrain aimed by Burnley fans at Kevin Blackwell in the television gantry as the Clarets roared into the Play off Final in May. A week and a half later and his jocular reaction was no longer in evidence. Wembley distress must have come harder for the Boston United goalkeeping legend than anyone, still smarting as he was from his Leeds’ side’s 3-0 …
Faurlin in love again
Say Alejandro Damian Faurlin’s surname too quickly and images of the near synonymous Diego Forlan might spring to mind. That golden locked striker became a byword for expensive under-achievement during his time in English football. Will Queen’s Park Rangers’ new 3.5 million pound midfielder prove to be equally as legendary?
As a midfielder, at least the newcomer from Instituto AC Cordoba won’t have the pressure of having to find the …
Back in One Season?
Six clubs departed our league in May, and after Lloyd’s assessment of Wolves’ top flight chances last month, it’s now time for Burnley to be thrust under the spotlight. I was at Turf Moor on a cold October night last year and the sight of Owen Coyle patrolling the touchline in skimpy shorts and white sweatshirt made me shiver - here was a hard as nails, driven gaffer. Persuading Coyle …