First Person View - Book of the Month Fail

    If I had been honest with myself from the off, I never would have allowed for such a rigid time frame for such an endeavour. Rushing is not my forte and how I am partaking of this pleasure is not benefited by such a crunch.

Book of the Month – Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair – Chapter Seven – The Vagabond 3: Marseilles, Again, and Nîmes

    Lessons in the import of secrecy. Back to Marseille – untouchable.

From a Different Point of View – 4th Week of February Edition

Some Things You May Have Missed From the Last Week

Canada v Armenia – International Friendly & Drinks

    Canada will be announcing the roster head coach Stephen Hart has assembled for the match in Cyprus versus Armenia on February 29th this afternoon at 3 pm as Canada begins to warm-up for the next round of Concacaf qualifying due to start in June.

All Quiet on the BMO Front

    This preseason has been unlike any other in the short history of Toronto FC.

From a Different Point of View – 3rd Week of February Edition

Some Things You May Have Missed From the Last Week

Book of the Month – Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair – Chapter Six – The Vagabond 2: Montpellier

    A blank canvas and a license to run.

Retrospecticus - Volume II

    On this the occasion of the two hundredth post, it is pertinent to look back at some of the pieces from the past few months. It’s been great fun; thanks for coming by and may the next century of posts help usher in a new era for POV-FS.

Book of the Month – Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair – Chapter Five – The Vagabond 1: Marseilles and Bordeaux

    The white and sky blue of Marseille; the mantle of light turned tunic of Nessus.

From a Different Point of View – 2nd Week of February Edition

Some Things You May Have Missed From the Last Week

Book of the Month – Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair – Chapter Four – Farewell to Auxerre

    Auditions; primed for the big occasion.

Book of the Month – Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair – Chapter Three – Auxerre: The Professional

    The patterned life of a professional footballer; a girl; love. A clever plan, well-executed, to spur and save the youth.  

Book of the Month – Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair – Chapter Two – Auxerre: The Apprentice

    A frank talk of a mind already set; a childhood left behind; dodgems and a billiards table, symbols of adolescence.

From a Different Point of View – 1st Week of February Edition

Some Things You May Have Missed From the Last Week

Book of the Month – Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair – Chapter One – I Am The King! I Am The King!

    The House hewn of the grandfather’s hands, on the rocky hill of dubious history; a traitorous affection for Cruyff’s Ajax; a getaway to a hut on the Mediterranean with Jacques Cousteau.

First Person View – For Country

    It's been a while since I sat down to get opinionated about something, apologies for that, but midseason torpor set in, and I did not rage against it as much as I should have. There have been plenty of causes and ideas, which will be coming forth in due time.

First Person View - Book of the Month – Introduction and Foreward - Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King by Philippe Auclair

    February’s Book of the Month has been selected and commenced; I can already tell it’s going to be a great read.

First Person View - Book of the Month - Reflections – When Friday Comes Football in the War Zone by James Montague

    I really enjoy these travel log style regional explorations – Simon Kuper’s Football Against the Enemy and Jonathan Wilson’s Behind the Curtain: Travels in Eastern European Football are of the same vein - and Mr. Montague has skillfully used the game of football to break down some of the walls our Western minds have put up around this complicated region.