Category Archives: Sport

Two Germans Explain Success and Failure

Posted on January 8, 2025 by odeboyz

Albert Einstein 1922 If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a … Continue reading →

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The domination of football by the Spanish

Posted on January 1, 2025 by odeboyz

Spain are the European champions. Real Madrid won the Champions League. Rodri won the Ballon d’Or and has only come to seem more important since suffering an anterior cruciate injury. Spanish managers won the Premier League, the Bundesliga and League … Continue reading →

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Football Review: Dagenham vs Rochdale 14th December 2024

Posted on December 18, 2024 by odeboyz

This is was a dreadful game apart from the result: Daggers 1 Rochdale 0 First Half Both defences believed that crossing the half way line was reckless folly. As a result. the default ‘action’ was back-passes to the goalkeeper supplemented … Continue reading →

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Brian Clough on Jose Mourinho

Posted on November 20, 2024 by odeboyz

“That Jose Mourinho’s got a lot to say for himself. He reminds me of what I was like at his age – but I was better looking.”

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Rafa Nadal discusses Equal Pay

Posted on October 19, 2024 by odeboyz
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Book Review: Roy Keane: the second half ~ Roy Keane with Roddy Doyle (2014)

Posted on September 4, 2024 by odeboyz

Two Irish giants coming together to translate the spoken word into an autobiography should end up with something great. Keane was a superb footballer playing at the highest level for 12 years at Manchester United. Roddy Doyle is an outstanding … Continue reading →

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Religious Intervention (wrong sort)!

Posted on July 13, 2024 by odeboyz
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Andrei Kanchelskis meets Sir Alex Ferguson

Posted on July 3, 2024 by odeboyz

“ They also taught me the correct way to address the manager of Manchester United. Almost the first time I came across Alex Ferguson in the corridors of the Cliff, he said to me, ‘All right, Andrei, how’s it going?’ … Continue reading →

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Robin Williams on cricket

Posted on May 19, 2024 by odeboyz

“Cricket is basically baseball on Valium.”

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Film Review: Challengers (2024) ~ (Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Conner)

Posted on May 8, 2024 by odeboyz

I regretted paying £7:99 to watch this drivel until I had a blinding insight. This was my first complete Artificial Intelligence (AI) film. The only human involvement was the ensemble. The script was ChatGPT pure and simple.  Even films with … Continue reading →

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