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 net. Faurlin was a World Youth Cup winner in 2003 and had earned a pre-contract arrangement from another West London property owner Jose Mourinho and his Internazionale paymasters. It’s a notable…
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 to stay loyal in the teeth of a rumoured approach from his boyhood heroes Celtic is the crucial move of this Summer for Burnley - and will overshadow any transfer…
Minor News
We’re in denial. The transfer of Michael Owen to Manchester United is technically something we should be commenting on. Only, it seems like we really shouldn’t. We propose forgetting that he has been on the books of a Coca Cola Championship club with an airbrushing of history that would have made Nikita Khruschchev proud. The co-architect with Sven of that 5-1 win in Munich doesn’t currently belong in our league.We’re used to whipping up interest in the fortunes of Darius Henderson, Karl Duguid and Marcus Tudgay, not men who once graced the white of Real Madrid. Sure, I remember Stuart…
Johnson and his 4-5-1
For two seasons now, Bristol City have pleased the senses with the grassbound style favoured by the wily Gary Johnson, supplemented by the occasional hump forward to towering Dele Adebola. Though some way short of prolific, with just 16 goals across two seasons, the Nigerian born front man’s power was ever a menace to the opposition and the extent to which he will be missed is underlined by a mischievous wikipedia poster claiming his move to join Billy Davies’ Nottingham Forest revolution will ruin the striker’s career.This is unlikely to be the case and conversely, there is now a gaping…
4 Times a Bluebird
Cardiff City may have paid a very large four million pound fee to at long last secure Michael Chopra permanently but his excellent record in the Welsh capital means that this is likely to be a no brainer of a deal. Perhaps more than any other player in recent seasons, Chopra epitomizes the large roster of stars who are electric at the lower level, but flounder at the higher. If Bluebirds are promoted, he may need replacing, but in the meantime, their faithful can rejoice in the likelihood of guaranteed goals.Technically, it’s the diminutive front man’s fourth spell at the…
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Lanterne Rouge: I didn't know these nuggets - cheers for enlightening us Alexandriang...
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P Squires: Interesting read, but '...which by train is comfortably further from L...
Lloyd: An enjoyable, snappy piece of writing Will.
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