And so to the big sports questions of the week..Byline: BRIAN READE Brian Reade is an award-winning writer who has two weekly opinion columns, one on sport, in the Daily Mirror. He is a left-wing republican with very outspoken views, and has interviewed many well known people, including Mohammed Ali. A FEW thoughts have been whizzing through my mind this week faster than Steve McClaren's attempt to rise from the dead... Why was Paul Robinson Paul Robinson is the name of: In sport:
The Pope imploring football's rulers to tackle greed and corruption. For someone who lives in a palace filled with the world's finest art treasures while millions starve every day, isn't that a bit like FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f delegates calling for an end to all gravy trains? Robbie Fowler becoming the latest high-profile player to be burgled. Surely if you own 4,567 houses the law of averages says you're going to get hit eventually? And Sam Allardyce needing a 20- strong back-up staff of expert coaching advisers, fitness gurus, psychologists, nutritionists etc to prepare his Newcastle teams. Can we now change the famous Shanklyism to "football is a simple game made complicated by fools with meaningless certificates"? |
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