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Please, wrap Modric and Van Persie up and send them on their way

Please, wrap Modric and Van Persie up and send them on their way

COMOX, BC   ●   First it was Fabregas who revolted so in the end he could play for his first love Barcelona, right now Robin van Persie and Luka Modric are pulling a ‘Fabregas’ to force a transfer from respectively Arsenal and  Tottenham Hotspur. Both players claim they want to move on to other teams to [...]

Louis The Builder can set the record straight

Louis The Builder can set the record straight

COMOX, BC   ●   The Netherlands have appointed Louis van Gaal as their new head coach. Well, in fact not that new, as the 60-year old already had a stint with the Dutch twelve years ago, when he became the last coach who failed to qualify with The Netherlands for a major tournament, in [...]

‘We need the Evil Germans’

‘We need the Evil Germans’

COMOX, BC  ●  After three weeks of football, we are at the eve of the final of EURO 2012. The endgame will be between expected Spain and not so expected Italy. Let’s be honest, who would have thought Germany would be put to shame like this? The Germans who in the past always did get [...]

No more human error: Let The Machines Rise

No more human error: Let The Machines Rise

COMOX, BC   ●  A referee who I still consider as one of the world’s best ever, still is not ready to embrace goal-line technology. Even after another totally disgraceful decision by not allowing Ukraine an equaliser against England, former top referee and today’s boss of all referees Pierluigi Collina still says technology has no [...]