Joe Cole has suggested Fabio Capello was not fully committed to his role as England manager and criticised the Italian for referring to David James as “Calamity”.
In an interview with the Guardian this month, Capello said England had “played without conviction” during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as they were eliminated by Germany in the last 16. But Cole, who came on as a substitute in the 4-1 defeat against Joachim Löw’s side in Bloemfontein, has questioned whether Capello fully embraced his role in the same way as the incumbent England manager, Gareth Southgate.
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Christian Eriksen’s return will rightly take centre stage at Brentford Community Stadium. Anything he can produce in his minutes on the pitch would be a bonus. This has the feel of a classic six-pointer and the Bees will be in what had once seemed an unlikely battle against the drop if Newcastle take the points. Newcastle are unbeaten in six and will fancy themselves for another huge win that would drag them towards safety. Nick Ames
Saturday 3pm
Venue Brentford Community Stadium
Last season n/a
Referee Mike Dean
This season G17 Y54 R1 3.24 cards/game
Odds H 20-13 A 2-1 D 23-10
The former Sunderland academy player Jak Alnwick kept his old club at bay before Mark McGuinness headed home a late winner for the improving Cardiff at the Stadium of Light.
The 30-year-old goalkeeper, who left Sunderland to join Newcastle in 2008, made a string of fine saves to frustrate Tony Mowbray’s men. And with three minutes remaining the centre-back McGuinness headed in the only goal of the game to make it four wins from five for the visitors. That was enough to bring an end to Sunderland’s five-match unbeaten and they remain fifth in the Championship.
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Cardiff, who move up to seventh, had a couple of earlier half-chances but t…
The former Sunderland academy player Jak Alnwick kept his old club at bay before Mark McGuinness headed home a late winner for the improving Cardiff at the Stadium of Light.
The 30-year-old goalkeeper, who left Sunderland to join Newcastle in 2008, made a string of fine saves to frustrate Tony Mowbray’s men. And with three minutes remaining the centre-back McGuinness headed in the only goal of the game to make it four wins from five for the visitors. That was enough to bring an end to Sunderland’s five-match unbeaten and they remain fifth in the Championship.
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Cardiff, who move up to seventh, had a couple of earlier half-chances but t…
Astute NFL fans already knew which opponents their team would play in 2024, but thanks to Wednesday’s schedule release, we know the order — more to the point, the all-important times and broadcast information.The league’s national TV lineup turns out to be a mix of stinkers and legitimately entertaining games. Recently, it’s been more of the smelly stuff on Thursday nights in particular.The Baltimore-Kansas City season opener is a rematch of the AFC Championship Game, but you don’t need us to tell you that will be appointment viewing. Here are three other picks for 2024 primetime games we will drop everything to watch.Week 1, Monday Night Football: New York Jets at San Francisco 49ersThe Jets opening the season on Monday night for the second year running caused ESPN’s Mike Gree…
It is not very English to win semifinals at major tournaments. Glorious defeat is kind of their thing, and has been for decades. It is even less English to fustigate an opponent at that stage. And it is not English at all to do it with a swagger and panache that goes beyond taking the largest amount of piss possible out of whomever you’re playing. Alessia Russo didn’t much care for what’s English and what isn’t, as she put the sword to Sweden like this yesterday in the W Euro 2022 semi (won by England, 4-0): That would be the definition of cheeky, and not something seen out of any England player…well, ever. And it wasn’t an odd moment, as it was far more exemplary of the swashbuckling nature that England played with yesterday and for most of this tourney. Sweden was the h…
Oh, anonymous sources … you've done it again. Those crazy "web logs" have reported that at least six football players failed pre-draft drug tests, which the players naturally deny. So whose pants are on fire? At different times last week, NFLDraftbible.com—your source for draft bibles!—reported that Raji, UTEP kicker Jose Martinez, Florida wide receiver Percy Harvin and Illinois cornerback Vontae Davis all tested positive for marijuana. They also said that USC linebackers Clay Matthews Jr. and Brian Cushing had failed tests for steroids. Various representatives for most of the players have denied those rumors. In fact, the agents for Raji (who also work for Matthews) were quite adamant about it, offering a very lengthy and detailed rebuttal. "Last Thursday, at …
By now you are entirely on board with Iceland, the most surprising, most exciting, most likable team at the European Championship. More Jörmungandr than minnow, Iceland is still undefeated and has now dispatched Austria and England in consecutive matches. After each win, the team has celebrated with the massive Icelandic contingent on hand with a clap-chant, led by captain Aron Gunnarsson: That’s fantastic. It’s hard to see our large Nordic sons keeping the magic going in their quarterfinal date with host France, but the entire world is rooting for them—and win or lose, this is the nation’s greatest accomplishment since the Prose Edda. …
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It has to be weird to be a member of the Raiders right now. Your team is moving to Las Vegas but not until 2019, which means there are a couple of seasons to come in the Oakland Coliseum. Older Raiders fans have dealt with a relocation of the team before, but in many ways this second relocation is more depressing than the first one. Fans were too bummed to even protest the move, and players still have to answer questions about it, which means they have to toe the company line and try not to anger the fans you’ll play in front of in Oakland. It’s a question reporters would ask, and one a Raider would want to dance around. But while center Rodney Hudson (“We’re just trying to focus on right now”) and defensive end Khalil Mack (“[it] feels weird now”) were diplomatic, Derek…
data-mm-id=”_tajbrnb7k”>Rutgers has brought little to the table since joining the Big Ten in basketball, though significantly more than the painful football program has produced. The Scarlet Knights posted a 16-76 conference record over the past five years, eclipsing three wins only once — last season, when they put together a somewhat respectable 7-13 mark. But folks, the times are a-changing. Steve Pikiell has his side in top form. Last night they took down 20th-ranked Penn State, 72-61, to move to 12-3. The Scarlet Knights have won six straight and are 3-1 in the Big Ten, second behind Michigan State. That stretch included a 20-point win over in-state rival Seton Hall.Rutgers is the only unranked team in the country to have two double-digit victories over ranked opponents on its le…