I'm not sure this will be a weekly occurence but I thought I'd try it out for a few weeks.
It’s been 1847 hours and 8 minutes since we last sat around this FT table to debate the latest sporting talking points. So what’s been the best minute/minutes of sports we’ve missed the chance to fight over?
Plain and simple it is goal line technology, one the great football debates that divide football opinion between a few old men at FIFA and the rest of the world. It was over the line! I am not bitter.
If it was there to win over the summer, Spain won it. So I want to know the second greatest sporting nation right now.
Where were Spain during the Winter Olympics? Alonso needed a Brazilian to move aside in the F1, they hosted the European Athletics Championships and finished a poor 6th. Let’s talk about Australia, World Snooker Champion Neil Robertson. World Hockey Champions. One Day Cricket World Number 1’s. Mark Webber leading the F1 Championship. Simon Whitlock Darts World Championship runner-up, Australia runners-up of the T20 World Cup, Sam Stosur French Open runner-up and as Mark Webber himself said, “Not bad for a number 2...”
Who now takes Beckham’s place as England’s number 1 international treasure?
We’re looking at the MVP of English Sport, and that has to be the entire English cricket team. They are some way off the top of the rankings but they are heading that way. Forget the fact that half of them are South African.
Who will be in a better position in 5 years time, Martin O’Neill or Aston Villa? (One-Liner)
Martin O’Neill, he’s guaranteed to get another job and retire rich, Aston Villa are not guaranteed success.
Which event of your own sporting life have you wanted to boo yourself?
For about 2 years from the ages of 9-11, I had this urge just to handball everything in the playground. I don’t know why. I would have bullied myself.
The Premier League starts today, but what state is it in?
It is still the best league in the world. La Liga has pulled it back last year, and probably a touch more this year in terms of the best teams, but no real depth. You could argue there is a big two in England now but I won’t go that far yet, we can call it a big two if nobody else wins it in the next 2 seasons. The depth is what really impresses me, up to a point. Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Spurs, Man City, Everton, Aston Villa and now Fulham have some sort of European pedigree. On the other side there are a lot of just rubbish sounding teams. Bolton, Stoke, West Brom, Blackpool, Wolves, Wigan, Birmingham. Not to say that all those teams are rubbish, they just don’t have that glamour. I think opinion is heading towards Chelsea, but I am not so sure. Arsenal for me.
Who’s the Naomi Campbell of sport?
Successful, mouthy, tall, likes a bit of a scrap, David Haye.
Who would we expect to turn into a cue ball (bald) in the next 6 months?
It has to be Glen Johnson, it is just a matter of time before he shaves that head.
A line to Sir Alex after his welcoming back of the BBC...
How’s Jason?
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