Author Archive for Guy Bailey
Jekyll and Hide: Guy Bailey on the Three Lions EURO Campaign, and Becks Return?
By Guy Bailey Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish writer but his text on schizophrenia – the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – was acted pitch perfectly by an England team in the space of 96 hours. Firstly, they dismantled an admitedly limited Bulgarian team in their own house on Friday with [...]
EPL In Focus: Wenger Responds To Manchester Massacre- But Is Damage Already Done?
By Guy Bailey Renowned motivational speaker Zig Ziglar once said “If you learn from defeat, you haven’t really lost”. Well I guess Zig wasn’t at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon to watch as comprehensive a defeat in every sense of the word handed down to an anemic Arsenal team by Manchester United. I have to re-emphasize, [...]
For one Glorious Season, Dan Should pick Blackpool
The Yanks Are Coming’s Guy Bailey needs no introduction as he’s been doing a fine job for the site for a long while now. Guy, a Middlesbrough fan, beckons back to a time before well-before Barclays painted their name on stadium walls in this contest-related piece. Sometimes you need to sit back and wonder as [...]
Joe Cole to Liverpool is Truly Boom or Bust
So Joe Cole leaves Chelsea and joins Liverpool for a no doubt whopping signing-on fee plus a comparable weekly wage and probably the promise of greater playing time. Since bursting onto the scene with West Ham nearly 10 years ago as the next big thing, Cole has flattered to deceive. Whilst obviously talented, Chelsea never [...]
Leave Our Beautiful Game Alone
Nothing renders the barroom bore more relevant than a real grievance or slight to the group he represents but if we are to move forward as a nation, species or race then sometimes you have to suck things up if they are for the greater good. Similarly if events happen that you don’t much care [...]
Time To Move To A Bigger Ocean
Whilst tinged with regret and remorse, the USA has nothing to be ashamed about when reflecting on its performance at the 2010 World Cup, unlike it’s more feted and illustrious group-mates from over the pond. They battled hard as a unit, stuck to the coaches gameplans and with a bit of luck, could well [...]
Quick Quips On Group H
Like an attractive older auntie who’s had too much yaegermeister at Thanksgiving, Group H is beginning to show a bit too much leg for everybody’s comfort. Firstly, the Rojas are still rocking at the top of the group as they came through their test against the suddenly serious Swiss. The 1-0 scoreline probably flatters the [...]
Group H Round-up
The Rojas have arrived in Group H and as I exclusively predicted, took off like a rocket, even if the scoreline didn’t reflect their superiority against the game but limited Hondurans. Jean Beausejour (who sounds like he’d appear if you say his name three times) scored for Chile with a tap-in on 34 minutes and [...]
Robert Green: England’s Bill Buckner
Bill Buckner was an all-star first baseman for five Major League Baseball teams including the LA Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox. He was the National League Batting Champion in 1981 and achieved over 2700 career hits in his 20 year career. All of this indicates a competent, reliable All-Star if not a million-dollar superstar [...]
Rehashing World Cup Memories
The first World Cup I can remember watching in earnest was Spain in 1982. I was nine years old and was given my first World Cup wall chart from my dad. This was an incredible device in itself and I got many hours of fun before the tournament recreating my own tournaments with dice and [...]
