Injuries can absolutely ruin a good thing. So can short-sighted managers that accidentally don’t include the correct players in their UCL squads. This adds up to me having to get a bit creative with the crew we’re taking to Barcelona. Panucci is cup-tied. Hysen, D’Amico and Fotheringham didn’t make the…

Happy New Year! Frankly, celebrating a New Year is less common occurrence than celebrating being the Manager of the Month and — as we’re in the middle of a week off between Coleraine matches — we make the most of it. We begin 2007 with a very busy January. Eight…

The end of October brings another pair of regular occurrences. Someone meeting a minimum fee clause for a promising youngster… …and a monthly manager award for me.

Our Premier League season doesn’t begin for another ten days but we’ve got a Charity Shield and a UCL 3rd Qualfying Round match against Malmo to play before then. Having added Nedved and Pires to our squad this summer I was hoping some more almost-elderly stars might join us but…

The inscription on the Irish Cup trophy we just won has barely finished being etched before we start on our off-season dealings. On the evening of our Irish Cup winning match, Joe Ferguson is released. He was a promising young Northern Irish keeper that barely improved and kept dropping down…

As February draws to a close, it brings with it the traditional warmer weather and manager of the month awards. I’m pretty sure my golden retriever (Nutmeg) could lead this specific group of lads to at least a few domestic victories to be honest.

Recently, we’ve been selling a lot of our very good strikers that have been performing quite well. Cort (7.77), Mendoza (7.36) and Wake (7.97) have all left since being displaced by a trio of newcomers. And poor Lynch can’t even get a game despite his five goals in six matches. …

Many of you will remember that I built up our vast fortune (£30+ now) mostly on the backs of some ludicrous transfer offers from Kaizer Chiefs a couple of seasons ago. Well, add on another million as they meet the £975k release clause for McAdam. …

Not only does new signing Wake start up top, but Weber keeps his spot after the brace on his debut against Steaua last time out. …