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I’m not very good at predictions. I lucked out with one about Harry Kane, but last year I said that Nabil Bentaleb would be our main man and that Mousa Dembele should be sold to Sunderland (or the highest bidder). Essentially: I know nothing. But what I am good at, even if I say so […]
- WindyCOYS
- 5 minute read
- 6th August 2016 at 08:58
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During the England vs Wales match on Thursday, my Twitter-friend Dan Rattigan tweeted ‘England don’t deserve Kane’. I chortled to myself in the pub, hit the retweet button, and carried on my day. But then I came back to it later that night and realised how much it had resonated with me. England don't deserve […]
- WindyCOYS
- 3 minute read
- 18th June 2016 at 11:22
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70 points for 70 points. We’re a good team. An actual, properly good team. I’ve loved this season, despite the way it ended. In an article I contributed to last week, I said it’d be a 6/10 season if we finished below Arsenal. In hindsight, I can’t hold us to that. 7/10 minimum; so much […]
- WindyCOYS
- 12 minute read
- 20th May 2016 at 11:08
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On this week’s Fighting Cock podcast we had a lengthy discussion about the Chelsea match, specifically the ‘antics’ of our players. I felt I needed to get it out of my system — I was really angry at their behaviour, and I used some strong language — ‘ashamed’ being one such word. I stand by […]
- WindyCOYS
- 6 minute read
- 7th May 2016 at 14:35
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As I was collecting information for my weekly Fighting Cock Podcast youth update, I put out a call for club-specific info about our loanees. The responses were nuggets of gold, so I decided to form a blog from the bulk of them. And so, without further ado… DeAndre Yedlin – Sunderland (Premier League) @WindyCOYS Good player. […]
- WindyCOYS
- 3 minute read
- 3rd May 2016 at 22:21
- 6 comments