Just as brown is the new black, the goalkeeper position is the new left midfield as far as England is concerned - except England never really sorted out their left midfield problem. Some decidedly square-looking pegs were forced into suspiciously round-looking holes by a number of England coaches in the past, such as the times Nick Barmby and Frank Lampard were stuck wide out on the left and told to run like Ryan Giggs. Of course, Ryan Giggs is Welsh - well, about as Welsh as Inzamam Ul-Haq is - and now, just as we're forgetting about that part of our team because Joe Cole seems to be doing alright, step forward Paul Robinson. No, not the actor from Neighbours or that left back who plays for West Brom... Paul Robinson, Spurs' Number 1 and somewhat controversially (and sadly) England's Number 1. It was his gaff that led to Germany's equaliser on Wednesday night in a friendly that everyone termed 'not a friendly'. Personally, I didn't care about the performance or the result because a) I wasn't watching it, and b) it didn't matter. Give me a couple of wins against Israel and Russia and then everyone will forget about the Germany defeat.
Anyway, that's about as much as I'm going to say on the small matter of football for now. Your Spy has to pack his things for Leeds festival this weekend and will, as a result, be totally detached from all football news. So until next week, Ta'ra!
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