Podcast: Episode 5 – No Country For Jol Men
Episode 5 of The False Nine podcast, No Country For Jol Men, is alive and well, and available to download now from Soundcloud. A bit of squad rotation sees James and Hugo drop to the bench for this one...
View ArticleAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain gunning for World Cup place
After an impressive individual display in Munich, Nathan Carr considers Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s role in the England team ahead of the World Cup… Arsenal left the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night...
View ArticleThe False Nine predict the World Cup
With the World Cup less than a month away the excitement is palpable. We at The False Nine have put together our own predictions for how the tournament will pan out with an almost universal consensus...
View ArticleGhana’s Albert Adomah & the World Cup’s Non-League Connections
TFN’s Hugo Greenhalgh profiles Middlesbrough’s Albert Adomah and looks at the other players with non-league connections at this World Cup… Ghana’s squad for this World Cup might be one of the youngest...
View ArticleEngland Expects…
Making his TFN debut, Alastair Nasmyth explores the paradox of expectations ahead of the 2014 World Cup… As we approach the World Cup (sorry Sepp, The FIFA World Cup™) the world’s media is unwittingly...
View ArticleThe Non-Redemption of Ricardo Quaresma
Ahead of Portugal’s opener against Germany, Hugo Greenhalgh looks at one player who didn’t make the cut… Ever since the appointment of Jose Mourinho as Chelsea manager, there has been an obvious and...
View ArticleLast 16 in sight for USA after hard-fought win over rivals Ghana
TFN’s Kyle Hulme analyses USA’s 2-1 victory over Ghana… The people of the United States are no strangers to history; they can proudly recall how they threw off the shackles of the British in 1776, name...
View ArticleLies, Damned Lies and Heat Maps
TFN’s Alastair Nasmyth is sceptical of football’s growing obsession with statistics… Football has always been surprisingly suspicious of new technology. How long after cricket did we finally start...
View ArticlePodcast: The False Nine review the 2014 World Cup
Host Greg Johnson is joined by James Dutton, Hugo Greenhalgh, Simon Smith and Francis Gene-Rowe as the False Nine gang look back the best bits of Brazil 2014. Was it a worthy final? Where does the...
View ArticleLouis Van Gaal: The Master Tactician
#452220700 / gettyimages.com In his first piece for TFN, Kammonke Obase-Wotta looks at why Louis Van Gaal is set to succeed as the new Manchester United manager… As the World Cup comes to a thrilling...
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