Johnny Nic

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April 25, 2021

All hail Fabio Cannavaro, too short and handsome to be THAT good

You have to be bloody good to win the Ballon d’Or as a defender. Canny Fabio is one of only three to…

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April 21, 2021

UEFA and Premier League still self-serving greed merchants

The dysfunction of the status quo is real and it hasn’t gone away. UEFA are not the heroes here. Power to the…

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April 19, 2021

Big Six can f*** off to European Super Jerk Off League now

On Monday, UEFA was set to approve the new, awful Champions League format: one big league of 36 teams playing 100 extra…

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April 16, 2021

Why is Samuel Eto’o so under-appreciated on these shores?

Johnny Nic raves about one of the century’s most-deadly hitmen, Samuel Eto’o. Someone here has to…   Who’s this then? Samuel Eto’o…

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April 14, 2021

VAR is both salt in the wound and the knife that cut it

Next season will be the last we see of VAR, at least as it is. Most fans opposed it from the start;…

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April 12, 2021

Social media boycott will only work if a week becomes forever

Swansea and Rangers are boycotting social media for a week in a respectable but futile protest. We must consider stopping using it…

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April 7, 2021

Parachute payments are evil leaking from Premier League

With Watford and Norwich City poised for promotion and Bournemouth a point shy of the play-off place with a game in hand,…

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April 5, 2021

The Haaland greed auction exposes football at its very worst

Erling Haaland does not need an agent and whichever elite club signs him this summer will be activating an expensive and divisive…

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April 4, 2021

Edwin van der Sar might just have been the perfect keeper

Edwin van der Sar was serenity personified and the ideal replacement for Peter Schmeichel at Manchester United, just a few years too…

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March 31, 2021

England v Poland: The fear is almost 50 years old

We always seem to be playing Poland, don’t we? In fact, we’ve only played them four times in the last 22 years….

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