Rob Parker | September 5, 2009
1. Wayne Rooney would never, ever dive to win a penalty. Ever. You could have seen that coming after his comments this week!
2. It is a shame he didn’t tell a press conference that he was too honest to score a goal for England so that might have acted as an omen too. Wazza had [...]
Rob Parker | June 24, 2009
Economically astute midfielder won’t be happy with manager’s revelations
Rafa Benitez risked the wrath of Xabi Alonso after freely admitting that he paid over the odds to sign Glen Johnson from Portsmouth. The Spaniard paid £18.5 million to get his man (around £1.5 million more than he had originally bid) and put the England full-back on [...]
Rob Parker | June 19, 2009
Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before
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A careless web designer has once again left a football club red-faced after Liverpool’s official website put Glen Johnson personalised shirts up for sale last night.
Rumours that the Portsmouth and England right-back is on his way to Anfield in an £18 million move [...]
Rob Parker | June 16, 2009
With Liverpool tipped to make a bid for Portsmouth’s Glen Johnson, OTP looks at Rafa’s problem position
1. Jan Kromkamp
Plucked from Villarreal where he was struggling to come to terms with the Spanish language, the Dutchman came to Liverpool where he struggled to come to terms with English football. Spent around six months watching Steve Finnan [...]
Rob Parker | May 22, 2009
The top-flight players who were not as crap as we expected
1. Titus Bramble
We are not sure whether Dr Steve Bruce prescribed a pre-season course of Ritalin, but Bramble’s concentration has improved beyond recognition. And because he is making fewer mistakes, he is now more confident and beginning to fulfil his early promise. He has capped [...]
Rob Parker | April 2, 2009
1. Late is better than never. England looked they had let two points slip, but John Terry’s late goal puts them back on track.
2. Either Fabio Capello is a lucky manager or England have inherited his winning mentality. That is the sort of game that would have gone badly under Steve McClaren. England were not [...]
Rob Parker | March 23, 2009
Unusual looking backline to face Slovakia
There are a few surprising calls in Fabio Capello’s England squad to face Slovakia this weekend, and most of them seem to revolve around the defence. I was under the impression that the Italian set himself certain parameters to avoid too many selection headaches. The message I always got was [...]
