Editorials

Arsene Wenger has taken a lot of stick over the past few years for the lack of English players he has played in his teams. I have to be honest, I am one of the people who has occasionally voiced concern, especially that day a couple of seasons ago when Arsenal became the first team […]

When Sir Trevor Brooking was appointed as the Director of football development at the FA in 2003, many people in England breathed a huge sigh of relief that a real football man was being hired by the men in suits who seem to know little about our game.ContemptThe likes of Brian Barwick, rightly or wrongly, […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysJ_VtDggpM&feature=relatedWhen a list of great strikers is made, the name of Andy, or Andrew Cole rarely features. During his career, he somewhat unfairly made his name almost as much for missing chances as he did for scoring them. GlitteringDespite a glittering club career and a record that is hard to match, his international career never […]

I saw the Opta statistics on the Sky Sports website yesterday and they make fascinating reading. The statistics relate to just about every possible piece of action in the Premier League this season so far and are broken down into individual players and by team.Have a look at the following list of figures and you’ll […]

t Hot team Arsenal have to get this award this week. After three disappointing performances and results Manchester United would be just about the last team you would want to come visiting. Everyone (including me) has been somewhat critical of Arsene Wenger over the past few days and almost everyone has given an opinion about […]

The People newspaper this morning reports that the amazing transformation achieved at Tottenham under the wily old manager that is Harry Redknapp may be simpler to understand than most people think.Master planRedknapp has openly revealed the tactical master plan that inspired Tottenham’s incredible winning comeback against league leaders Liverpool last weekend. He told striker Roman […]

Did I redeem any of the tiny fragments that I cling on to of my reputation when it comes to predicting results last week?No, of course I didn’t. Just three right out of ten. Still, that’s one more than I got right the week before! 🙂Saturday 8th November 2008t Arsenal v Manchester United The first […]

Don’t bet against Aston Villa lifting the Uefa Cup trophy at the end of this season. They play a refreshing brand of fast attacking football, they are deadly from set pieces, they have a strong defence and they have one of the best managers in the business.Excellent winLast night Villa made two wins out of […]

Yesterday I wrote this editorial about the fact that the English teams, Chelsea and Liverpool had come unstuck in their Champions League matches and asked the question whether this was a one-off or whether the English teams have been ‘found out’.Win their gamesIn all honesty, I wrote the article in the belief that both Arsenal […]

Is it time for English football to wake up or was yesterday evening just a minor blip on the road to European domination again?Semi-finalistsLast season, three of the four Champions League semi-finalists were from England and it may well have been all four if Arsenal and Liverpool had avoided each other in the quarter-final. This […]