"Torres turns a whole team into a work of art"

[Ripley]

Full piece here:

 

Booker prizewinner better pundit than the Alans

 

Get her on the match analysis panel

[Knox_Harrington]

Cracking article that. AS Byatt is different class. Possession for those who haven't read it, is some read.

[Des]

"Luis Aragonés, the Spanish manager. It is very good to see someone almost 70 years old overseeing passionate, lovely football. His face doesn't change much - he has a Spanish kind of dignity. "

 

Does he now?

[Woodsyla]

Christ, that was a good read, really bring home how f***ing awful sports writers in general are.

[Woodsyla]

"Luis Aragonés, the Spanish manager. It is very good to see someone almost 70 years old overseeing passionate, lovely football. His face doesn't change much - he has a Spanish kind of dignity. "

 

Does he now?

 

From the article it appears to me that she doesn't follow the ins and outs so probably isn't aware of his racist leanings. The last phrase could equally be describing Rafa.

[Stevie H]

"Luis Aragonés, the Spanish manager. It is very good to see someone almost 70 years old overseeing passionate, lovely football. His face doesn't change much - he has a Spanish kind of dignity. "

 

Does he now?

iker casillas' pre-final anti-racism message could've just been read out directly at aragones.

 

good read by the way, thanks for posting ripley.

[stressederic]

That was a great piece

[Ripley]

AS Byatt is different class. Possession for those who haven't read it, is some read.

She's just handed in the manuscript of Zonal Marking too. Promises to be great.

[surf]

fantastic writing. it's good to read a piece about football that's well written and eloquent, makes the usual atricles seem mundane and brutish