I’ve been thinking some more about the whole issue of player agents.
A friend who works in football said ‘why would a club pay a player’s agent?’ I thought about this, and the only answer I could come up with was because its e[…]

Germans Flagging
Whilst watching Italy play Sweden in Euro 2004, several TMFD writers pondered the relationship between flags and national team strips. In a fit of procrasturbation, here’s the answers to those questions:
Why do Germany play in […]

what took you so long
Emma Bunton sprang to mind when reading this piece on the decline of Formula One by Richard Williams. I had a similar feeling when reading a piece by ITV presenter Beverley Turner on the gross sexism in the sport. A sport that s[…]

More Shirty Thoughts
This is an extremely obvious point. So obvious in fact, I had to check I hadn’t blogged it before, but it seems not.
It is far easier to view an offside position if a team’s shirts matches its socks. All the linesman […]

Faint Praise: blimey I thought those money-grabbing game-bleeders were supposed to talk up their clients? Glenn Hoddle’s agent, discussing his charge’s inexplicable link with the job of managing the French football team, says (according t[…]

Pete’s kind of right about football shirts in that they are all, pretty much, as horrible as each other. Even if some team somewhere happens on a pleasing combination of colours, the material always looks nasty. Me, I don’t wear them: I s[…]

The Second Tale of Glory from Copa America
I was off sick yesterday. I needed something to restore my health and ease the grogginess. I needed Copa America.
Argentina brushed aside Ecuador, turning on some second-half style to win 6-1. Javier Saviol[…]

There’s a huge streak of bitterness running through this, but I’m surprised no-one has really analysed the winning goal by Greece in the Euro 2004 final.
Take a look at these pictures:

There’s several things to note. Firstly (and t[…]

Oh ha ha – fashion victim alert. Problem with taking the piss out of horrible football shirts is that from a crowd perspective it is a bit of a Kylie calling a Britney a flirt. Acres of large bellies stuffed in sports wear, face painting and ju[…]

Player agents – greedy money grabbing bastards bleeding the game dry, or necessary evils to help players counter the clubs always out to shaft them? It’s a debate that generates much heat, and until now, very little light.
Following on […]