The merry-go-round starts its spin once again

With the summer transfer window’s merry-go-round in full swing, we take a look at some of the top talent on offer for England’s respective football clubs.

Avram sacked – But the timing was all wrong

It has been confirmed this evening that West Ham United manager Avram Grant has been sacked in his position at Upton Park.

The time is now.

With the proposed deal seeing Vladimir Antonov and Convers Sports Initiatives taking over Portsmouth Football Club seemingly on the verge of collapse, it seems the time is now for Pompey’s loyal supporters to make their feelings known to the current regime.

Chainrai isn’t the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!

With just four hours left of the January transfer window, it seems likely that Portsmouth will have to go on for the next four months with just nineteen players, including Nadir Ciftci who is unlikely to feature having admitted to wanting out of the club in the summer.

Portsmouth’s protest postponed – the right decision by all?

It has been confirmed in the last few minutes that a protest by Portsmouth Football Club’s fans’ against the owner Balram Chainrai has been postponed until after the transfer window, after a meeting with chief executive officer David Lampitt next week.

Russian Roulette begins, but Portsmouth are no game…

After 239 days of being in administration, it had seemed that Portsmouth Football Club had crossed every ‘T’ and dotted every ‘I’ in their attempt to regain pride on the South Coast, moving the club forward from the dark days which saw them relegated from the Premier League, and ridiculed by both the football and business world.

What a difference a fortnight can make…

After what had seemed to be the start of back-to-back relegations for Portsmouth, fans’ of the club can finally look at the league table whilst able to count more than a handful of teams below them.

The tide is turning…

This afternoon saw Roy Keane’s Ipswich at Fratton Park, taking on a Portsmouth side bouyed with four new options to the squad, including some familar faces.

Leave ‘em Alone!

For too many seasons to number, much media attention has been focused on the private lives of our nation’s sporting personalities. For reasons unknown, the wider public are fascinated by the goings-on of those who represent their clubs and countries alike, more commonly passing judgement about their off-field antics than what the positive influences they show.

For Fax Sake…

In the modern age, which inhabits such technological advances as touch screen telephones, peer-to-peer video conferencing and streaming television on mobile devices, it still bewilders me to how the Football Association operate throughout the transfer window using a fax machine.