Of course by its very definition the Football League is weak – comparatively. While it’s true that West Ham and Southampton skilfully negotiated the step up to the Premier League this past year, both enjoyed wage structures and transfer budgets way beyond the scope of second tier clubs. Yesterday’s opening post on this four day SWOT analysis salvo perhaps painted too rosy a picture of the League’s attributes. Today’s comes up with a decidedly different portrait. It’s clear that many of the competition’s strengths have their exact obverse on the weaknesses front and indeed, many of these issues are perilously close to the threats…
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How Low Will Phil Brown Stoop Before He Gets a Job?
We’ve swung both ways on these pages as regards Phil Brown. In assessing his League One bound Preston side towards the end of 2011-12, my co-editor presented the defence, arguing that he’s “guilty of nothing more than being occasionally annoying”. Give the man a break, dissenters were told. On the other hand, Ben – TTU’s resident Geordie – offered a retort, describing Brown as nothing more than “a varnished Mackem with a hot-air-balloon-sized ego who unleashed his karaoke Sinatra on the pitch in celebration of our relegation is anything less than a prize tosser.” As for this correspondent, my Dad…
Revisiting the Price of Football
There comes a point in every football fan’s life when the “sod it, I’m not going moment” occurs. For some Manchester City fans, contributing £62 to Arsenal’s coffers was a step too far. For me, spending £25 to sit in a rickety away end at Brisbane Road on a cold December afternoon watching Exeter toil against an equally uninspiring Leyton Orient side proved beyond even my levels of tolerance and fanaticism. Despite the game being only a short ride away on the Central Line and no other plans, it was too much. I stayed at home. But this isn’t about Arsenal,…
Can the rule of Laws be re-established at Scunthorpe United?
On Tuesday, two goals from Niall Canavan helped bring about one of the most surprising results of the Football League season, Scunthorpe United travelling to Walsall and returning to Lincolnshire with a frankly inexplicable 4-1 victory. Here, Max Bell assesses the recent changeover in managerial power at Glanford Park and the return of Brian Laws. Oh alright, not a great pun I confess – but at least I gave it a better fist than all the rest of the coverage on this topic. “Laying down the Laws” repeat ad hoc. But if you hadn’t guessed it, last week Scunthorpe United finally lost…
The Monday Profile: Tom Lees
For this week’s profile, we are made up to welcome David Wilkinson of the stunning Leeds United Blog, The Scratching Shed (indeed, ‘blog’ seems such a humble word to describe such a multifaceted treasure trove). Having spent this week pondering the controversy surrounding the Yorkshire club’s 3-2 win over Peterborough at the weekend, David turns his attention to a man who returned from exile this summer to bolster the Peacocks’ defence:After two successful loan spells at Accrington Stanley and Bury, Tom Lees returned to Leeds United this season to break into the first team and make his 100th professional appearance at…
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