Let me set the scene for you. You’re in work, whether that be an office, a shop, a building site, what have you. You’ve had enough of your manager, he or she has pushed you too far one too many times. So, how do you overcome this problem?
Whether we like it or not, football has long since enjoyed a close association with gambling. Players and fans alike love a regular punt, and of course there’s nothing much wrong with that, provided it’s all done sensibly and within the rules.
Just over a year ago, Arsenal’s talisman Robin van Persie signed for old rivals Manchester United. Just ten months later, the Dutchman lifted the Premier League trophy, and his goals were instrumental in a campaign that saw United stroll to the title.
As highlighted Monday night by a rowing Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, there seems to be somewhat of a transition taking place when it comes to defending. What once made a defender great may no longer be what makes a defender great. And it was highlighted perfectly as Chelsea came unstuck against Everton at the weekend.
Greg Dyke has laid out the FA’s master plan. England are going to win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, that’s the plan anyway. Not, of course, that it wasn’t the plan to win it in 2010, or 2006, or 1998, or 1970 for that matter. But Qatar will be different. This is the aim laid out by FA Chairman Greg Dyke at his recent press conference and it starts now.