“But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate presence for the past 12 months - where the money has gone? You know, the £30m or so in prize money that every team, even the one at the bottom of the table from August to May, automatically receives by being in the Premier League... So what happened to that money? Or put another way, why was such a meaningless fraction of it spent on recruiting new players? It's one thing not to compete; it's quite another not to even attempt to do so.” KnowsWayMindMayPastGonePlayerHappenedOne ThingTeamFootballMonthsTablesBottomSoccerAnalysisLeaguePrizeMeaninglessAnother WayInadequateAugustFractionsPremier LeagueDerbyPrize Money Author:Pete Gill
“In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for, in Real Madrid's opinion, "peanuts", and the never-explained departure of Jaap Stam appear to be the rational acts of a sage and far-sighted manger. To offload a player because he could not be reconciled with a role within the squad is a failing of management.” RealGoalOpinionRolesPlayerFailingFootballSeasonsManagementRationalSoccerAnalysisComparisonSageVansDeparturePeanutsSquadMadridBeckhamStrikersReal Madrid Author:Pete Gill
“Titus Bramble: The only explanation for his existence in the Premiership is that he is already here.” ExistencePlayerFootballSoccerExplanation Author:Pete Gill
“Mauricio Pellegrino has the pace of a tricycle with a flat tyre ridden by Luciano Pavarotti, and the turning speed of an oil tanker with its anchor set.” PlayerFootballSpeedOilSoccerFlatsPaceAnchorsTyresTricyclesPavarotti Author:Pete Gill
“A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness.” PlayerFootballOrdinaryExtraordinarySoccerDirtiness Author:Pete Gill
