The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
In the wake of England's flattering win over Kazakhstan, one fact remains: Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard just don't work together. Get over it
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Late wins, comeback wins, lucky wins: Liverpool are ticking a lot of the boxes of the potential champion
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
A selection of the most volcanic managerial funks, featuring Big Ron, Fergie and Baron Greenback's sibling
SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
I can’t help to think that the Guardian’s Rob Smyth said it best the other day when he blamed overly-high expectations for England on two things: the mass-marketed ‘Golden Generation’ featuring the usual suspects, Gerrard, Lamps, Becks, Rio, Rooney and so on, and more importantly, on England’s famous 5-1 brutalization of Germany in Germany back [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
From Colombia's unlikely demolition of Argentina, to that win for England over Germany, relive six of the greatest qualifying games with Rob Smyth
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Barry Davies deserves to be remembered as much more than just John Motson's understudy, says Rob Smyth
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Can England wrap up the one-day series in quick fashion? Find out with Rob Smyth's over-by-over report
SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Rob Smyth (we disagree on a lot of things) thinks that Curbishley should be given a chance at West Ham with his first-choice XI and a full-season so that he can be ‘judged’ on merit. He’s right about a lot of things (Rob, not Curbs) - West Ham fans want to be entertained (for the prices [...]
Can't Stop the Bleeding (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
... a Worthless Cup early-rounder. Observing home supporters tear into their manager, the Guardian’s Rob Smyth surmises, “he is everything West Ham fans aren’t - undemonstrative, equable, impassive - and, as with Sam Allardyce at Newcastle, they never warmed to him from the start.” As well as being obviously counter-productive, booing your own team shows an utter lack of class and cool. But...
