http://lookupsport.com/blog Thoughts on UK Sport by Lookupsport.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:37:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 3 down and no real sign of Pieteresen's boys making an impact in India in the one day series.  Off the back of a total humiliation in the Stanford Cup Final, England have so far failed to pick themselves up in India. The most worrying thing is that even with a ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/223 Just a few short months ago Harry Redknapp turned down the Newcastle job, stating that he was happy at Portsmouth and "this would be his last job till he retired".  A couple of months later and Portsmouth have won the FA Cup, had a solid start to the season, are ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/222 Kevin Pietersen has come out and said his side will not be "flash Harry's" should the win the $20M prize in next months Stanford Twenty/20.  He has also said that should they win he will be giving a lot of it to charity. These are both noble sentiments especially from ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/221 A good weekend for British sport and a chance maybe to wax lyrical about the successes of Andy Murray, winning his second ATP Masters, or Lewis Hamilton's steady victory in China yesterday, which takes him to withing touching distance of the F1 World Championship.  However, my mind is drawn sadly ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/220 So despite a poor first half performance, England managed to run out 5-1 winners over Kazhakstan this weekend.  However, such was the performance, that the biggest talking point is that Ashely Cole was booed for gifting the Kazhakstan team a goal. For those that haven't seen it an over casual back ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/219 I've not posted for over a month now thanks in part to holiday and then to having a broken hand (hockey is such a girls game!).  But what a few weeks we have had in the World of sport, with the usual highs and lows. The highs have to be the ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/218 Team GB are having their best Olympics for decades and the thanks could be laid at the feet of an unlikely source - ex-Prime Minister John Major. It was John Major's government that instigated the National Lottery (since renamed the "Lotto") and this has been the primary source of funding for ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/217 I'm not one to knock the team I support especially early on in the season, but I feel the need to vent my frustration over Pompey's lack lustre performance yesterday. Yes, Chelsea were good and yes they have World Class players in all positions on the pitch, but they backed this ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/216 So its time for a change it seems.  Having been hounded by the press for months both Michael Vaughan and Paul Collingwood have both resigned their England captaincies, the latter despite an gutsy 134 knock to give England a chance of victory.  The fact that they ultimately lost against South ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/215 Much has been written but who is actually to blame for the England's current form?  Selectors or Players?  Well here's a thought.  Maybe it's the media. Not only in cricket but in all sports we heap untold expectation on the players and coaches.  With cricket, whoever is selected as wicket keeper ... http://lookupsport.com/blog/214