Every now and then, in the interests of balance, ying and yang, black and white or good versus evil, I might follow up a particular 54F with a subject that is directly contradictory to the original piece. Or at least offers a mildly alternative view. Last week, for...
In last week’s 5-4-Friday, I bemoaned the use of the phrase “BOOM!” in modern day parlance. I used Piers Morgan as an example of someone who makes excessive use of this particular phrase, especially on his Twitter feed. I was immediately pounced upon by one of my most...
I am fully aware that I have ranted in the past about the way people sometimes write or speak. I’m not sure what give me the authority to pontificate on this subject but, nevertheless, here are five uses/abuses/misuses of the English language that have been trying my...
The Ballon d’Or was awarded to the best player in the world this week, one Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid. Perhaps there was a slight surprise in some quarters that Ronaldo got the nod over Barcelona’s Lionel Messi but there was never any doubt that the winner would...
Following on from last week’s 5 good football managers, here is the promised list of 5 bad managers. But, whereas last week’s was a very subjective list based on those managers that I like, or liked, personally with no real regard to their actual track record, this...
