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Richard Kurt

Flying high but still not sure if it’s for real

IT is always considered amongst matchgoing fans to be in extremely poor taste to revel openly in serious injuries to opposition players.

Wed, 18 Oct, 2006

His name is Rio; he wants the armband

GOOD grief, yet another international-enforced break and a particularly ill-timed one at that.

Wed, 11 Oct, 2006

Failing Fergie’s toughest test yet

WRITING as I am on Monday, en route to Lisbon, I don’t know how we did last night but surely to God it could not have been any worse than last December’s horrorfest?

Wed, 27 Sep, 2006

Big wins, big crowds, big problems ahead

WHY aren’t we Reds happier, hey? Consider the evidence.

Wed, 13 Sep, 2006

Winning start doesn’t Glaze over home truths

BEFORE I begin, may I just thank those who have occasionally sent in amusing and/or borderline-indecent proposals prompted by my photo byline? I should explain that it was taken 20 years ago and is there purely for page-symmetry’s sake; the 40-year-old grump now addressing you looks nothing like that.

Wed, 30 Aug, 2006

You heard it here first: the rumour mill churns

COME on, let’s drag out the old cliche now, upfront: “You can only beat what’s put in front of you.”

Wed, 23 Aug, 2006

Still unsure if our glass is half full or half empty

THAT Uncertain Feeling. A fine Manchester band of the early 1990s and also a sentiment we Reds have shared for an unprecedented three Augusts running.

Wed, 16 Aug, 2006

The medals don’t make the man

TYPICAL Keane — unpredictable to the end, he goes out with a whimper rather than the expected bang.

Tue, 13 Jun, 2006

It’s Wayne’s world and us fans are just not worthy

I NORMALLY hate international weekends, deeming them a damnable imposition on real, i.e. club, football but this past one was an exception.

Fri, 09 Jun, 2006

Our margin for error has been much reduced

CONGRATULATIONS Chelsea. You deserved it. There, I said it. Can I go home now? Of course, I can’t just yet.

Wed, 03 May, 2006