Priorities in football: two utterly different views

By Tony Attwood The Guardian has an interesting piece: “Newcastle United: seven priorities for the potential new owners” in which it takes a pragmatic view of what the new owners at Newcastle will do.  It comes in a series of headlines, all of which are valid from one rather narrow point of view Make a …

Start dates for football without plans in place are worse than useless

by Tony Attwood People who like to think they have power but who actually don’t are prone to making crazy pronouncements which cannot be seen through, without any thought as to practicalities. It is rather like the fable of King Canute (which is actually the reverse of the truth but is passed on down through …