Long-term view: How does ‘failure’ feel, Buffon?
Of course Gianluigi Buffon is not a failure. But there must be dark nights when it feels like that…
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Long-term view: Arsenal do not deserve Sanchez
Sanchez has wasted his prime at a club that has absolutely failed to match his ambitions. Let him go.
Long-term view’s awards of the season
It’s probably the only Manager of the Year gong heading to Slaven Bilic. Plus, Dembele, Mane, Rashford…
Long-term view: Moyes and the Man United moment
Would he be happier, now, if he’d turned Fergie down? Is it better to find out that you can’t?
Long-term view: ‘Spursy’ tag destroyed by Pochettino
The concept of Spurs being ‘Spursy’ is nonsense. It disappears with a truly great manager.
Long-term view: Confessions of a Blackburn gloryhunter
When you start supporting a team just after they win the PL, you don’t expect this…
Long-term view: The night Fernando was king
Was there ever a more wonderful night? How much did it mean to the boy from Madrid?
Long-term view: Rio opened his mind; so should we
That Rio Ferdinand documentary should remind us that footballers are a) real and b) badly equipped for life.
Long-term view: Ronaldo, Messi, Spotify and Mozart
It’s lazy to say that they cannot be compared. They really can. It’s the machine v the magician.
Long-term view: Where should Arsenal’s rejects go?
Because if Arsene Wenger ever does leave, there’s no way this lot are staying at Arsenal…
Long-term view: My kingdom for some insight
Not Martin Keown kind of insight but Toby Sprigings wants to know what’s in their heads?
Long-Term View: Only Fergie did control and freedom
“Never fall in love with them because they’ll two-time you.” And yet Fergie was both loved and successful.
Long-Term View: Leicester could never defend magic
And they could never begin to understand what magic can do to a simple brain…
Long-Term View: Where are the good guys?
There was a time when seeing a full-back in the bakery was the stamp; horizons have shifted.
Long-Term View: Has Zlatan the footballer done enough?
The moment that defines him came in a game that meant nothing. What does that say?
Long-Term View: Man City’s broken footballers
Well, they’re not broken. It’s just that their wings have been clipped with platinum shears…
Long-Term View: Football survives, but will we pay?
As long as there is life, there will be football. But will there be sports broadcasters?
Long-Term View: Will oligarchs ever get bored?
Or, if we were being clicky, ‘Five reasons oligarchs won’t get bored’. Until there’s nothing but oligarchs, maybe.
The Long-Term View: A Russian World Cup
Toby Sprigings wants us to boycott. Like, really boycott. We need to send a message to Russia and FIFA.
Long-Term View: The Incredible Hulk story
He seems to be conducting a kind of experiment for modern football. How does it feel? Does it matter?
The Long-Term View: Arsenal, Arsene and desire
Does he still really want it? No Nike slogans can touch a man like Arsene Wenger…
The Long-Term View: Wor Al and ‘world-class’
Al can only think of three world-class players; he can only measure in goals and positive affirmation…
The Long-Term View: Leicester’s pyjama party
It’s difficult to do the washing-up when you are suffering a terrible hangover from the night before…