The Price of Nostalgia
2020-10-07
Milan’s transfer market began and ended in identical fashion—a position of need was identified then chased in a protracted case of the blue balls.Continue Reading
The Donnarumma Renewal
2020-09-14
Gianluigi Donnarumma must not be allowed to exit for a pittance. Giggio can decide when and if he wants to leave. Milan get to decide the fee.Continue Reading
We are Milan. We don’t sell.
2020-09-04
Meanwhile, Milan still doesn’t know which rightback to dump, but look set on keeping the experienced Conti over the younger Calabria.Continue Reading
A Gripe about Modern Soccer Programming
2014-12-10
Last night I’ve mustered enough of the inconvenient will to go to the common TV room at work to see if maybe, a big IF, they had the game I wanted on. This doesn’t happen often. In the past that usually came with the risk of that proposition (of theContinue Reading
Brazil’s World Cup: Coroner’s Report
2014-07-16
With the deafening silence of 28 teams and a daily games slate now a bygone, a certain nervy evening, today, has the feel of a distant memory. As we fixed the dish and satellite receiver while a pandemonium thousands of miles away bellied to a festive behemoth, I thought toContinue Reading
World Cup ‘Round of Brazil’ plus 15
2014-07-03
There was plenty to both love and hate from this latest round of play in the World Cup. Indeed, 2014 has cooked up a storm of surprises. Consider the worst of the sport next… Of the eight games in the second round of this increasingly puzzling tournament, only three wereContinue Reading