Tag Archives: England
The missing man: Dean Ashton and what could have been
In a new post on PNIG, Jonny Sharples looks at a forgotten England international who would have been in his prime at this World Cup and asks whether he could have given England something a bit different… With the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil just around the corner, many pundits, writers, and fans will begin […]
Fight Cup: a literal World Cup Part 4
Fight Cup continues, as Doug Starnes paints himself in a figurative corner with the Group of Death (for him, creatively and stuff, at least)…
Sabotage Times and Baylor S3
I don’t just write here, you know. Two new pieces on Southampton and Juventus’ digital strategy, on Sabotage Time and the Baylor S3 report
The striker who didn’t need to score
In this new piece on PNIG, Jonny Sharples discusses the much-maligned Emile Heskey, who, it was said by one commentator, “couldn’t trap a sandbag”, and re-evaluates Heskey’s often crucial contribution to club and country “Some people like to criticise Emile, but I can produce plenty of facts and figures to back up how important he is […]
It’s a squad thing – Part 1
In the first of two posts, Jonny Sharples picks his favourite squads, from the nearly men to the gloriously overachieving. Managers are often heard discussing the importance of having a squad: the depth of it, the balance of it, the blend of it. If you get the right mix of players and you could challenge […]
Put Niels In Goal 