http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=61 Ian Wright has left the BBC punditry team saying that he was sick of being made to feel like a court jester ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1729 On current form, Sunday's clash at the Emirates Stadium between Arsenal and Manchester United must surely be the most eagerly awaited confrontation in Europe ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1066 I am a Blackburn fan ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1072 Steven Gerrard is the Matt Le Tissier of his generation of footballers,He's just lucky that Liverpool are better than Southampton ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1115 Chris Coleman's a bit of a character ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1139 If Jose Mourinho is appointed England boss, there's going to be some lonely nights on the bench for Stevey G, methinks ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1173 I remember a time, as a lad, when English teams used to struggle in the Champions League ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1214 Another week, another impressive performance by Blackburn 'spanking' Rovers ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1226 There is something fundamentally wrong about the way Italian football fans conduct themselves ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1247 Even the solidity and general decency of Blackburn Rovers couldn't keep Arsenal's kids at bay last night ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1267 Reputations, major competitions and relegation battles are decided by late goals ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1277 It's almost as if Rafa Benitez doesn't want to win the Premiership ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1295 I'm talking commentators and pundits from television and radio ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1305 If Newcastle United steal their second manager in five years from Blackburn (after Graham Souness, and look where that got them) I will cry ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1340 Tottenham's mauling of Arsenal is comparable to a younger brother finally coming of age and standing up to his stronger, older sibling ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1373 Sam Allardyce might have been expelled from St James' Park, but all of his bad signings remain ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1408 As an ever so gentle comeback to Soccerlens, I think Tottenham have bought well and it has the hallmarks of a classic Juande Ramos team in the making ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1443 Well I never, Egypt Vs Cameroon in the final ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1461 As if Rafa Benitez's job wasn't hanging by a Champions League shaped thread already, he now has Steven Gerrard saying that being champions of Europe isn't good enough for Liverpool ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1557 Sepp Blatter has said he wants to review the disciplinary file surrounding Martin Taylor's tackle on Eduardo ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1602 On Wednesday morning England had four teams left in the Champions League, and three (plus Rangers) in the UEFA cup ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1615 Suggestions that Thierry Henry could be on his way back to England were only exciting because we remember the way it used to be ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1628 ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1668 Theres an air of inevitability surrounding Man Utd's Champions League progress this season ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1682 It was the best game of football I’ve seen in a long time, but something else happened at Anfield tonight, something with even greater repercussions than Arsene Wenger’s penny pinching transfer policy ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1698 12 days ago Arsene Wenger said that the next 12 days would be the "highest challenge" of his career ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1706 It is time, the business end of the season ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1787 On Match of the Day last night, Harry Redknapp gave a rare interview, looked visibly upset by the Portsmouth crowd booing the team ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1792 I'm not a Man Utd fan, but I'm definitely a Christiano Ronaldo fan ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1804 Some teams deserve success, however small ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1810 That's right, the kings of ruin are about to ruin more stuff ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1814 Football is gone ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1836 Romania, like Lembit Opik says?Italy, because they're cool?France, because you're an Arsenal fan?Holland, because surely, they must win something soon?Spain, for similar reasons, and because we heart Fernando Torres in this country?Greece, to do a remarkable double?Switzerland, for never upsetting anyone?Germany, because, you know, of something?Croatia? Sweden? Poland? Aaaaaaaaah!The only answer is ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1841 Before Euro 2008 started, Germany were many people's, and bookmakers favourites ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1905 Word has it that some European broadcasters are considering sueing Uefa after a balls up during the Germany Turkey game that saw millions of viewers have their TV signal affected by a storm ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1930 Like the poster 'Andy' pointed out in response to The Moose's article about Harry Kewell, I don't think Galatasary should be held eternally responsible for the actions of a couple of maniac fans ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1974 Not only is she young, talented and a double Olympic gold medal winner ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=2075 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=66 Snooker is awesome, for many reasons ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1110 Northern Ireland Open, November 2007, Belfast; and Ronnie O'Sullivan breaks another snooker world record, becoming the first player ever to score five centuries in a best of nine game,One of them was a maximum 147 break ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1128 Mark 'Jester from Leicester' Selby (looks like a maniac, probably isn't) has Ronnie 'the Rocket' O'Sullivan (underrated as a Liam Gallagher lookalike) in trouble, almost ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1255 Mark Selby, the jester from Leicester, is 5-3 up in the first to 10 frames final of the masters against Stephen Lee ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1362 Ding Jun Hui's approach to killing time when playing an opponent involves keeping his head down, chin against chest, and not watching the action ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1746 The grace and poise and elegance of Ronnie O'Sullivan?The greatness and centuries abd record-breaking of Stephen Hendry?The "too much booze" of cheeky scot Stephen Maguire?The scampiness of Ronnie's training partner Ali Carter?The way Shaun Murphy looks like Adrian Chiles?The steely eyes of the Chinese insurgence?The majesty of the commentary?The utterly mundane in-between-frame chats between Hazel Irvine, John Parrott and Steve Davis?The lovely Hazel Irvine?The lovely Ray Stubbs?The highlights not until 11 ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1751 Sport, right, can be divided into those that can and cannot reach a tangible level of perfection ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1767 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=67 Nothing quite matches it, methinks ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1119 After the Ashes victory in 2005, the much loved (at the time) English test cricket side were invited to 10 Downing Street for a celebratory booze up with Tony Blair ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1221 Off the back of a 143 run win at Bramall Lane, Australia wanted to consolidate their fragile 1-0 lead in the 1902 Ashes tour by showing England what was what in the fourth of five tests at Old Trafford ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1319 The stage was set ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1322 Hooray for the England cricket team! Won the first twenty over match, on the verge of winning the second, Shah and Collingwood are batting well, Collingwood has captained well, Sidebottom is bowling well, Mascherenhas is bowling better ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1456 What's going on? What's happened? Why is everyone suddenly so bad at cricket? Why can't Peter Moores pick a cricket team that can play together? Why isn't Kevin Pietersen good anymore? Since when were we better at twenty over matches than any other form of the game? Why are we totally incapable of getting any wickets? Why does everyone keep running themselves and everyone else out?I could go on, but I shan't ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1485 As I write, England are 98 for 0 in the fourth one-dayer against New Zealand ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1519 Pietersen got a 50 and we posted a massive total ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1521 It’s tempting to suggest that the England cricket team are like Manchester United in European competition: always making things hard for themselves, never doing things the easy way ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1595 In 1999 Dayle Hadlee, then New Zealand's cricket academy director, describe Ian Bell as the best 16 year old he'd ever seen ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1636 Pietersen as England captain is a bold move ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=2050 Wow! How good it feels to thrash one of the best one-day sides in the world ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=2109 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=69 Is Sid Waddell ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1154 Phil Taylor was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the PDC World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace yesterday ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1287 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=74 ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1237 Joe Calzaghe, The only man that deserved it, Woop ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1239 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=82 I raise this question now for I have only just realised that it hasn't been on this weekend ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1502 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=86 ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1692 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=93 I don't care that he's British, I don't care that he's our great white hope, I don't care that he's the most likely member of the home countries to be the first player to win Wimbledon for hundreds of years, or whatever ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1932 You know what I'm talking about ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=1960 http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&category=107 Or is everyone just excited?I, for one, am totally excited ... http://www.4sportsake.com/blog.php?user=TomHoward&note=2041