Özil’s Good PR & Which Seven Go To Raise Funds?
While their input on the German stage is waning and causing ill-feeling with some supporters – underpinned by racist leanings – there’s no [...]
On Transfer Talk, Checkatrade Talk & A Bit More Talk
Yesterday is best described as a minor kerfuffle in the transfer window. It was of my own making, I hasten to add. Speed [...]
On Goalkeepers, Priorities, and CEOs
The spring cleaning is underway at Arsenal, with Petr Cech being dusted down and offered to Chelsea. At least that’s what the report [...]
On Pre-Season Tours and Exit Doors
The focus switches to pre-season and the tour of the Far East. Hopefully, the club is more diligent in its’ travel arrangements than [...]
Final World Cup Thoughts, World Cup Final Thoughts and a Bit of Arsenal
It’s over now so back to the acronym party that supporting Arsenal degenerated into over the past few years. I did try and [...]
The Fateful Eight and England’s World Cup Peters Out
Well, there you have it. The first Premier League title is in the bag after yesterday’s 8 – 0 win at Borehamwood. Although [...]
Drunken Fumbles, Pre-Season Friendlies and Emery on Özil
If football’s coming home, the pre-season is definitely standing on the doorstep drunkenly fumbling for the keys, trying not to make too much [...]
Emery’s Three R’s! Ramsey, Readiness and Really Important Stuff
Unai Emery held his the pre-match press conference of his reign yesterday. It might only be Borehamwood but even the boss’ vocal chords [...]
On England’s Broken Hearts, Welbz and Futures in the Air
And then it was over. In an instant, the football gods turned their backs on a group of young men who exceeded expectations [...]
On Torreira, How We Will Line-Up and Transfer Rumours
The new regime continues its’ work unabated with the signing of Lucas Torreira, and later in the day, the longer-term project of Matteo [...]
World Cup Lull as Transfer Window Swings into Action
A busy day for the club with two new signings timetabled. Lucas Torreira arrived on Air Diego yesterday, ready to undergo the much-postponed [...]
England’s Dreaming and Wayward Transfer Nightmares
John Lydon nailed it: “England’s dreaming!” The context is totally wrong, of course, but the country is dreaming. For the first time in [...]
On New Arsenal, Hipster Signings & Other Gossip
Well, this is pleasant. Sunshine begats sunshine as the bible says. Who needs a summer holiday when you’ve got sunshine at home, eh? [...]
England Through, Unai’s in Charge & Contract Talk
My Viking heritage surfaced this morning judging by my Thor head. Eng-er-lund advancing to the last eight saw the Catholic church agree that [...]
On World Cup Show Ponies and New(ish) Signings Get Philosophical!
Bugger. When Japan were two-up, I dared to dream. It wasn’t to be; the plucky underdog held their own in the first half [...]
Professional Fouls, Spain Slump & Pavon the Way Forward
If Saturday’s World Cup matches set a high bar, Sunday’s were the Fosbury Flop. Without the Fosbury. ITV tried to big-up Spain’s defeat [...]
Torreira Proves He’s A-head of the Pack, Cech isn’t Out, & World Cup Glory
It was a fantastic day of football yesterday with first Round of Sixteen matches proving absorbing for very different reasons. Hands up if [...]
Chambers New Deal, World Cup Stories and Other Stuff
Unai Emery’s assessment of the current defence begins with Calum Chambers, whom he has declared a ‘keeper’. Not a ‘keeper, but a ‘keeper’. [...]
On Welbz, Ramsey and What the Transfer Tea Leaves Tell Us
Gareth Southgate unleashed his inner Wenger last night and played a Carling Cup side against Belgium’s Carling Cup side. The Belgians won – [...]
On German Tears, England Fears While Emery Meets, Greets and Woos
OK, let’s get this out of the way: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yes, bring up penalty shootouts, quarter-finals, a half-a-century of abject failure. All I say [...]
World Cup Dreams, Transfer Nightmares and Other Gossip
Despite events on the pitch, a coked-up parody takes all the headlines. Jan-Aage Fjortoft tweeted that Maradona was the “King of Football” and [...]
On Shakespearian VAR, Scouting Missions & Dog Whistles
It shows the mindset of some when the performances of Morocco and Iran are pushed into the background. The haste with which VAR [...]