Fight Night
‘ITS Manchester United v Glasgow Rangers tonight in the Champions League. And that means… YES! It is the cue for the Sun to scream Battle of Britain.
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| Renaissance Man |
Pavlovs dogs, or whoever works as the sports sub-editor at the Sun, are wagging their tails like mad at the prospect of another fight for British footballing supremacy.
And a fight it is. The Sun talks about Roy Keane having the bottle and being the ULTIMATE WARRIOR. And the Star, never one to run from a scrap, wants Keane to BITE EM.
But the biggest news in football is not the impending bout at Old Trafford, but the Mails story that Tony Adams has taken a job in football management.
Later today, the former Arsenal captain and prisoner at Brixton jail will be confirmed as the new boss of Wycombe Wanderers.
And if the fans of that club want to blame anyone for this decision they should look towards their former hero Martin ONeill, who convinced Adams to make the move.
Perhaps the locals should worry less. Tonys drinking and bed-wetting days are long behind him. These days hes studying for a degree in sports science.
Sports science is a hot topic at the moment, and were interested to hear from Tony what hes learnt. Dwain Chambers, Marion Jones and many other sportsmen and women might be interested too.
Meanwhile, in Australia, the Express cocks an ear to the goings on at the World Cup, now entering its seventeenth week of competition.
Having heard from the South Africans and the Australians, its now the turn of the French to say a few bon mots about England.
Olivier Magne, the France flanker, says that if England are to win the World Cup they will have to be more like France.
By inference, its not to hard to see that Magne thinks his own sides chances of winning the big one are pretty high, and greater than Englands.
It is difficult for England its not in their culture to play like that [with French flair] but in the last three or four years they have done so and played like France.
And being so very much like the French has brought success.
So there you have it. If you want to win in sport, be like the French. Hoof ze ball, as Toni Adoms might zay.’
Posted: 4th, November 2003 | In: Back pages Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
