Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The Latest Football News and Opinions From 90 Minutes Online

Rombling: Cigars, Centre Circles & Sex Tapes

In my opinion, one of the most overrated players in the Premiership is Richard Dunne. The guy is the master of the schoolboy error and is practically guaranteed to provide the opposition with one golden opportunity over the course of 90 minutes. His rather vacant eyes display the intelligence levels that lead him to repeatedly make rash decisions and if his simple, pudgy countenance was topped off with a scraggly bowl-cut then he would make the perfect village idiot for that long awaited Willow sequel.

 

He has the most Premier League own goals (tied with Jamie Carragher on 6) and the most Premiership red cards, clocking in with 9. Dunne’s most famous red was when he hauled down Tuncay in last season’s encounter at the Riverside. In a tribute to the hapless Irish centre-back, the City team that day all tried to emulate his skill level and as a consequence, Boro stuffed them 8-1.

 

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Hillsborough: Twenty years on but still no closure

There have been a lot of stories in the last few weeks and days about the impending 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster, which occurs this coming Wednesday. Clearly it was and still is a real tragedy that is rarely seen in the usually safe world of sport. Yet one of the saddest aspects about it is that almost twenty years on there remains a need for a campaign for justice.

 

 

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Spot the footballer

So, did you successfully spot the footballer last week?

Did you win the chance to write an article for 90minutesonline?

No, you didn’t, because it was Fulham’s Danny Murphy, not Phil or Gary Neville or Barry ‘two fingers’ Ferguson.

 

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Leyton Orient vs. Colchester United

Wetherspoons seemed a fitting location to meet before the match. Over a £1 pint in a dirty glass I perused the League One standings in a copy of the Sun.

 

It appeared that the result would mean as little to the teams as it would to me. Both Orient and Colchester were stoically mid-table. Their five remaining fixtures were of almost no consequence.

 

 

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Free kick champ or free kick chump?

In its own words Free Kick Champ requires the following of you: “Take your shot if you can shoot free kicks to surpass the defense. If you play good you will get bonus round.”

 

In real English, you have to see how many out of 10 free kicks you can score against a keeper with a one-man wall.

 

A one-man wall might sound easy but it’s a two-dimensional game and it’s actually pretty tough. There’s no possibility of curving the ball. All you can do is lump it, but you do get to control the angle and power of these lumps.

 

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