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May 24, 2012
England’s fortunes will need more than just a change of manager to improve
England go into the Euros with no great hope of success. Even getting out of the group may be difficult but surely the England fans can draw some comfort that Roy Hodgson will change the culture of the national team?
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Alan Pardew believes that English coaching methods are only just getting to the levels they should be.
But here is one man who thinks it would be a dangerous mistake to hope for any such change in the culture of English football just because the team has a new manager.
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Alan Pardew believes that English coaching methods are only just getting to the levels they should be.
But here is one man who thinks it would be a dangerous mistake to hope for any such change in the culture of English football just because the team has a new manager.
May 22, 2012
Alan Pardew: My plan to land the England hot-seat
The double manager of the year tells Mihir Bose about his desire to follow Roy Hodgson, his hopes for next season, his fight to sign thrilling striker Papiss Cisse ... and why Joey Barton can’t keep out of trouble
Evening Standard
Pardew on England
Alan Pardew would like to manage England one day. The 50-year-old is still celebrating the rare double of being named Barclays and League Managers’ Association boss of the season and his pride in bagging the award from his peers ahead of Roberto Mancini is immense. “To be recognised by people who do the job and understand football is fantastic,” he says.
Evening Standard
Pardew on England
Alan Pardew would like to manage England one day. The 50-year-old is still celebrating the rare double of being named Barclays and League Managers’ Association boss of the season and his pride in bagging the award from his peers ahead of Roberto Mancini is immense. “To be recognised by people who do the job and understand football is fantastic,” he says.
May 21, 2012
The Olympic torch sale: taking the magic out of sport
I have a replica torch, but I wouldn't dream of putting it on eBay. The buying and selling of Olympic products demeans the Games.
guardian.co.uk
A few years ago a dear friend of mine celebrated his 50th birthday. For weeks I could not think of what to get him. Then I remembered that he had played for his school cricket team and his performances had featured in Wisden, the game's bible. My problem was solved. I got him the Wisden that recorded his schoolboy bowling feats.
For me this was the ideal use of sport memorabilia linking a person to a particular deed. What I cannot understand is why people would want sport objects when they have no link with the event the object commemorates. I cannot for the life of me understand why people who have not taken part in the 2012 torch relay want to acquire a replica torch. And I am even more dumbfounded that those taking part are prepared to sell their replica torches on eBay, even if their profit goes to charity. Read more...
guardian.co.uk
A few years ago a dear friend of mine celebrated his 50th birthday. For weeks I could not think of what to get him. Then I remembered that he had played for his school cricket team and his performances had featured in Wisden, the game's bible. My problem was solved. I got him the Wisden that recorded his schoolboy bowling feats.
For me this was the ideal use of sport memorabilia linking a person to a particular deed. What I cannot understand is why people would want sport objects when they have no link with the event the object commemorates. I cannot for the life of me understand why people who have not taken part in the 2012 torch relay want to acquire a replica torch. And I am even more dumbfounded that those taking part are prepared to sell their replica torches on eBay, even if their profit goes to charity. Read more...
May 15, 2012
Grounds for optimism as the ex-banker applies a safe pair of hands
Plans for a radical overhaul of Lord’s split the MCC but new chief Derek Brewer says slate is wiped clean with work starting on a fresh vision
Evening Standard
Derek Brewer knows how to avoid bouncers but then the new chief executive of Lord’s has had some practice. Before taking charge of Nottinghamshire in 2005, he was a banker for 24 years with NatWest and RBS, so talk of bonuses is a constant topic of dinner party conversations.
In his first interview since arriving at the home of cricket last week, the 54-year-old is quick off the mark.
Evening Standard
Derek Brewer knows how to avoid bouncers but then the new chief executive of Lord’s has had some practice. Before taking charge of Nottinghamshire in 2005, he was a banker for 24 years with NatWest and RBS, so talk of bonuses is a constant topic of dinner party conversations.
In his first interview since arriving at the home of cricket last week, the 54-year-old is quick off the mark.
City can avoid Chelsea pitfalls by allowing Mancini to rule like Fergie
Manchester City’s plan to start an Alex Ferguson sort of rule at the Ethiad will depend not on how much money they spend, but how they succeed in managing the club. And by making sure that they keep hold of their management team, manager Roberto Mancini in particular, who has taken them to this wonderland. The initial signs are optimistic that they will avoid the problems Chelsea have had.
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The comparison with Chelsea is very relevant. Remember back in 2005, we heard a similar vision of the future from Chelsea. Then, Peter Kenyon, chief executive of Chelsea, spoke of his vision to turn the world blue. Chelsea went on to win two more titles, indeed, they did the coveted double of League and Cup under Carlo Ancelotti and have won other trophies. The club could still crown it all with what its Russian Tsar dearly wants: the Champions League on Saturday. But if they do not, this is a season with only an FA Cup and sixth in the League, and that domination over United, taking over from Old Trafford in the way Ferguson took over from Anfield, has not been achieved.
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The comparison with Chelsea is very relevant. Remember back in 2005, we heard a similar vision of the future from Chelsea. Then, Peter Kenyon, chief executive of Chelsea, spoke of his vision to turn the world blue. Chelsea went on to win two more titles, indeed, they did the coveted double of League and Cup under Carlo Ancelotti and have won other trophies. The club could still crown it all with what its Russian Tsar dearly wants: the Champions League on Saturday. But if they do not, this is a season with only an FA Cup and sixth in the League, and that domination over United, taking over from Old Trafford in the way Ferguson took over from Anfield, has not been achieved.
May 11, 2012
Blackburn Rovers fiasco shows football is just too big and too important to self-regulate any longer
Insideworldfootball.biz
This may not come as much comfort to Blackburn Rovers supporters, but one result of their relegation and how Venky's, their Indian owners, have managed, or rather mismanaged, the club, is that, at last, high profile politicians may be persuaded that self-regulation in football does not work.
This could even lead to legislation. I am given to understand it might it, and if it does, it will mark a significant development in British football.
This may not come as much comfort to Blackburn Rovers supporters, but one result of their relegation and how Venky's, their Indian owners, have managed, or rather mismanaged, the club, is that, at last, high profile politicians may be persuaded that self-regulation in football does not work.
This could even lead to legislation. I am given to understand it might it, and if it does, it will mark a significant development in British football.
May 9, 2012
Michael Vaughan on life beyond the boundary
Mihir Bose talks to the former England cricket captain about retiring from the game, and his documentary, Sporting Heroes: After the Final Whistle
Radio Times
A few hours after Michael Vaughan had shed tears as he announced he was giving up the England captaincy, he was celebrating at a family barbecue. So which was the real Michael Vaughan? We are in a room at the basement of BBC Television Centre talking about his documentary, Sporting Heroes: After the Final Whistle , for which he has interviewed famous athletes coping with retirement. For Vaughan the tears that fell during his August 2008 press conference did not represent fear of life after his sporting career was over. They were an unplanned reaction to a very different feeling...Read more
Radio Times
A few hours after Michael Vaughan had shed tears as he announced he was giving up the England captaincy, he was celebrating at a family barbecue. So which was the real Michael Vaughan? We are in a room at the basement of BBC Television Centre talking about his documentary, Sporting Heroes: After the Final Whistle , for which he has interviewed famous athletes coping with retirement. For Vaughan the tears that fell during his August 2008 press conference did not represent fear of life after his sporting career was over. They were an unplanned reaction to a very different feeling...Read more
Blackburn’s decline displays lack of realism from all sides
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The world and its dog have descended on Venky’s following Blackburn’s relegation. Yet even as this is being done, I wonder if Blackburn’s fans should not ask some hard questions about their own ambitions. How realistic are they? I can understand their righteous indignation, but is it not time these fans realised that Jack Walker’s millions gave them a vision of paradise which is never going to be repeated?
As the old song went, for one brief moment there was a Camelot. And the Camelot of 1995, when they won the Premiership, is not coming back for Blackburn. They would be much better off having the sort of hard-edged realism that shapes Wigan and its chairman.
The world and its dog have descended on Venky’s following Blackburn’s relegation. Yet even as this is being done, I wonder if Blackburn’s fans should not ask some hard questions about their own ambitions. How realistic are they? I can understand their righteous indignation, but is it not time these fans realised that Jack Walker’s millions gave them a vision of paradise which is never going to be repeated?
As the old song went, for one brief moment there was a Camelot. And the Camelot of 1995, when they won the Premiership, is not coming back for Blackburn. They would be much better off having the sort of hard-edged realism that shapes Wigan and its chairman.
May 8, 2012
Moz Dee: We’re not a guilty secret now that we talk a good game
talkSPORT chief explains how station has evolved, cutting down on phone-in ranters and hiring hosts who ask the key questions
Evening Standard
There is much for Moz Dee, programme director of talkSPORT, to be happy about. Next Monday, for the second successive year, he could win the prestigious Sony radio programmer of the year award. Last year talkSPORT was also Sony radio station of the year.
We are meeting in a restaurant not far from Dee’s offices near Waterloo station, where he has been overseeing the building of 18 studios to prepare for next season. Then talkSPORT will broadcast all 380 Premier League matches in Spanish, Mandarin and English to Latin America, China and Indonesia.
Evening Standard
There is much for Moz Dee, programme director of talkSPORT, to be happy about. Next Monday, for the second successive year, he could win the prestigious Sony radio programmer of the year award. Last year talkSPORT was also Sony radio station of the year.
We are meeting in a restaurant not far from Dee’s offices near Waterloo station, where he has been overseeing the building of 18 studios to prepare for next season. Then talkSPORT will broadcast all 380 Premier League matches in Spanish, Mandarin and English to Latin America, China and Indonesia.
May 2, 2012
The Media Show
BBC
Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world. In this programme, Steve discusses the future of BSkyB with or without Rupert Murdoch, and discusses the new England manager with Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: Section with Mihir starts at 24:00)
Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world. In this programme, Steve discusses the future of BSkyB with or without Rupert Murdoch, and discusses the new England manager with Mihir Bose.
Click here to listen to the programme (Note: Section with Mihir starts at 24:00)
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