Tags: john nicholson
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Johnny NicTalking to (ex?) racists about racism in football…
Johnny wants to understand the men who chanted racist things in the 1970s. So he talked to some...
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Johnny NicWhat’s the f***ing point of chasing a distant seventh?
Johnny wants to see the ridiculousness of a Seventh Place Trophy. Why not?
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Johnny NicOle success feeds the ‘knows the club’ brigade
Some are already using this utter nonsense to suggest Frank Lampard to Chelsea...
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Johnny NicShall we rile The Army of Annoyed in a quiet week?
Or 'Stupid People Are Spoiling Everything'. Or 'Postmodern Media Cynicism Promulgates Ignorance'.
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Johnny NicManager in the media: The criminally-ignored Chris Wilder
Commands respect from PFMs but not because he's one of them. Looks like a war-time butcher but the Blades boss is bloody brilliant.
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Johnny NicWe’ve found the one man who welcomes the international break!
And that man is John Nicholson, who is greeting the international break as sweet relief from the Premier League.
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F365 SaysF**ked-up fans are football’s symptom of societal disease
No-one runs onto a pitch to lamp a player unless they are f**ked up. And that is just part of the wider problem.
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Johnny NicTony Pulis: PFM Rating of ‘Intercontinental Ballistic Missile’
Manager in the Media arrives at Tony Pulis, a man who looks weird when he is not standing and wearing a cap...
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Johnny NicFrom Celtic to Leicester is undoubtedly a step down…
There is no doubt in Johnny's mind that Brendan Rodgers has been influenced by money and marketing...
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Johnny NicFootballers don’t need more than 200k a year…
The wages of footballers are extraordinary. Can they be justified? Can they balls...
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Johnny NicThe future of Premier League football on TV: The blueprint
Actually, they will be no more Premier League, once it has been broken. Johnny has a plan.
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Johnny NicNuno Santo is the Ole Testament prophet we love already…
Or rather we all love his beard. Everybody loves his beard. Johnny takes a look at the man...
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Johnny NicThe future of Premier League football on TV (Part Two)
This extraordinary mini-series continues with Johnny calling 1992 the date of a 'coup' in football. Can it be undone?
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Johnny NicThe future of Premier League football on TV (Part One)
Hardly anybody actually watches on Sky or BT Sport. Surely this model is unsustainable?
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Johnny NicReferees could strike over abuse…and we should back them
Why should they be abused by players, fans and coaches? Without them, the games does not happen...
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Johnny NicCould Brexit actually be good for football?
Probably not, but Johnny is desperately trying to shine light into this self-inflicted darkness...
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Johnny NicLet’s see Warnock v Carragher go head to head on Brexit…
Let's have more politics in football. Let's see them debate and argue. Let's talk Brexit and money and more...
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Johnny NicLet’s not f*** a dead horse; kill off the FA Cup now
To pretend the FA Cup is still alive and well is to abuse the cadavre in an act of sporting necrophilia...
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Johnny NicA manifesto for football fans in 2019
Let go of the negativity and embrace the joy of football. It worked for Johnny...
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Johnny NicKlopp and Pochettino scream success without trophies…
Success is the antidote to the dull, leaden, practical or functional, says Johnny (and Bruce)....
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Johnny NicRaheem Sterling, racism and the problem lying with people…
...because the tabloid media simply deliver what people want. We have to resist divide-and-rule tactics...
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Johnny NicManager in the media: Everyone’s favourite, Rafael Benitez
Johnny loves him, you love him, everyone loves Rafael Benitez. Don't they?
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Johnny NicWhy can’t Jose Mourinho find his own Eriksen?
It's embarrassing that Jose Mourinho's only option is to buy 'first level' players...
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Johnny NicWhy middle-aged men need to be less Jose Mourinho…
...and more tolerant of the young people with their young ways. Don't be a grumpy old man...
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Johnny NicThe truth: We have gained nothing from the Premier League
Are you with Scudamore and the £5million, or are you with the people? Johnny is an angry man...
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Johnny NicDoes the craving for victory obliterate conscience?
Monied owners are not Santa Claus come to give presents of expensive players. John Nicholson says there is a line...
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Johnny NicWelcome to the weird world of football’s abuse culture…
...where being struck by a coin can be your fault! Why are we enabling fans to behave like neanderthals?
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Johnny NicSo, how good is the BBC’s new ‘goldmine of ear pleasure’?
'BBC Sounds' is the new replacement for their radio section. Johnny Nic takes a deep look at what it offers.
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Johnny NicLet’s be modern and abolish transfer fees in football…
Our Johnny wants a revolution. To be fair, our Johnny always wants a revolution...
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Johnny NicEngland fans abroad: Are they simply tw*ts?
Or does the key to their behaviour lie in toxic masculinity or a lack of identity?