You never know where Eamon will next turn up to air his infinite wisdom.  Over the past season or two, one of his more renowned sources of income has been via the glossy pages of The Irish Star newspaper's Monday Premiership Goals magazine.  www.toffeeandtayto.com noticed pretty early into last season that the bould Eamon had an uncanny knack of contradicting himself within a matter of weeks.  He'd dismiss Everton's horrible football one week yet laud the managerial genius of Moyes.  He'd hammer Beneathus' red horde with frequent glee (nothing wrong with that I hear!) yet ended the season championing them.

With the return of the overhyped Premiership we shall be logging Dunphy's weekly thoughts.  Purely for comedic value later in the season.

Over to you Eamoan Grumpy!

Monday, August 15 Euro Glory Must Be Next On Blues List says the bould Eamon.  Sadly, it's a reference to Mourinho's lot and not us!  Pity.  He boldly declares that Chelsea are the team to beat this year but not many teams will beat them.  Trevor Brooking would be proud of such a statement.  The jury is out on Alex Ferguson and his Manchester United - mistakes on and off the field over the last few years leading to doubts being raised over United's chances this term.  Dunphy, he says, remains sceptical about Ronaldo's ability to do it in the big matches.  Ruud van Nistelrooij's attitude also apparently being a cause for concern!  "It could be a bad season for United."  Ever get the feeling that's on a par with Hansen's "you'll win nothing with kids" statement?  Defensively United are shaky and that is why Chelsea will prevail, says Eamon.  Arsenal, despite being in a "transitional phase" will be Chelsea's nearest challengers, though the gap will widen.  Dunphy shows respect for Liverpool's fortuitous achievement in winning the Champions League and expects more from the Reds.  Tottenham too should do well according to Dublin's Oracle!  In fact Tottenham, he says, will be this year's Everton, surprising many.  As for ourselves he forecasts a year of toil and struggle.  Cheers, Eamon!  Newcastle remain a shambles and expect more from both Birmingham and Middlesbrough.  Wigan he says are certain to return to the Championship.  West Ham, West Brom, Portsmouth and Sunderland will also struggle for survival.  His surprise tip for the drop is David O'Leary's Aston Villa.  They surpass the shambles that is Newcastle by being a complete shambles in Dunphy's eyes.  Time will tell, Eamon!

Monday, August 22 Man U to struggle says Eamon!  With players like Rio Ferdinand, Man U can forgot any notion of regaining the title this season.  Eamon sees them leaking goals this year.  (How many so far eh?!) Mind you, Eamon offers this pearl of wisdom, "Ferdinand is the classic modern player in many ways - he is indisciplined, over-paid, hyped up beyond belief and has the David Beckham disease of jetting off to fashion shoots and glitzy nightclubs at the drop of a hat."  Oh and the arrival of Edwin van der Sar "won't have lifted the spirits of the United faithful."  Changes needed at the top says the bould Eamon!

Monday, August 29 Moyes ideal to replace Fergie!  Gulp!  Eamon's on a roll here!  He tips David Moyes as the man to succeed Alex Ferguson at United.  Meanwhile, "Benitez will do it his way" says Eamon, commenting on the links between Liverpool and Michael Owen.  Morientes will come good eventually having already proven himself at the highest level. 

Monday, September 19 The future is bleak for Irish football!  Eamon hammers home the doom and gloom scenario.  Removing Brian Kerr from his position as manager of the senior team won't eradicate the problems within the FAI.  Shit!  I'm in total agreement with Grumpy!

Monday, October 3 Player - coach job just the thing for Keane!    Alex Ferguson and His Royal Corkness would make a dream managerial team!  Eamon waxes lyrical on his pet subject, Roy Keane...

Monday, October 24 Who wants the Irish job?    Eamon touts his pet subject, Roy Keane, for the Irish job!  "Liam Brady and John Giles have both brought me around to the notion that Roy Keane could go straight into management.  There are precedents they said, and they pointed to Mark Hughes as being one of a player going straight from playing into international team management and making it work.  Franz Beckenbauer is another:  he didn't wait too long before managing the German team to win the World Cup.  So you have to take note of that and I would put Keane in terms of playing ability and knowledge of the game on a par with Beckenbauer.  While I was originally very sceptical about the idea of Keane, now I believe it would be brilliant for Ireland if he were to come on board - and if he did it with Ferguson - it would be a great thing for Ireland.  Ferguson on his own would not work out.  But Ferguson and Keane - now that's a different proposition."  God bless yer Eamon! [Edit:  Since the horrible parting of the ways between HRC and Taggart we've witnessed one hell of a spat between Grumpy Eamon and his sparring partners, Mr. Brady and Mr. Giles! - "I've had enough of this crap!"]

Monday, October 31 The Gunners can stop Chelsea!    Eamon reckons Arsenal are the likeliest challenger to Chelsea's crown.  If they can keep Thierry Henry.  Patrick Vieira's influence on Arsenal was over-rated as Eamon believes he was "no Roy Keane".  That man, again, eh?!  Meanwhile, in his observation of all things emanating from Anfield, Mr. Dunphy reckons another false dawn remains likely for the Kopites.  Players like Peter Crouch, Pellegrino, Josemi and Zenden are not Liverpool standard (whatever that is......Kozma?  Hyssen?).  Most of Benitez's signings have been disastrous and the Spaniard's team selections beggar belief.

Monday, December 12 It's ending in tears for Gazza!   Eamon, often in the past, to be found slumped, incoherent, viewing the world from the inside of a three quarter empty pint, tells the modern day parable of how modern football can damage.