Oğuzhan Özyakup: Arsene Wenger’s Magical Embryo Farm Arsene Wenger’s Magical Embryo Farm – Oğuzhan Özyakup by Jonathan Neale Snaffled from Alkmaar Zaanstreek, and whisked from under the eager snouts of some of Europe’s biggest clubs including Barcelona, AC Milan and Ajax, ‘Oğuzhan Özyakup’ is a scary name to try to pronounce. It may also prove…
It is one of the more bemusing things about the EPL, that each year it seems, the Tiny Totts sack a manager, pay him off, off load some of the players the last manager bought (D Bentley anyone?) and still make a profit. To put this in context here is a list of the profitable…
UPDATE – since I wrote this article it seems Setanta is going bust. I have added an update commentary based on that view, in the correspondence column that follows the article. Here’s the original article….. Shock horror, English football is falling apart – and Arsenal are making a signing of someone who is not 11…
The most stupid stories & events in football this season. The central theme of this last season was the change in the way newspapers report football. The Times preoccupation was rewriting the news – in one case (Bugduv) they even went so far as to remove previous entries on the story from old pages of…
Wenger’s 25 most memorable transfers There was a little comment from a reader about Arsenal being a selling club with a cheapskate manager. I’m long beyond taking any notice of such drivel, but I thought I would take a look at the major transfers that Wenger has been involved in since he came to the…
What does Ronaldo’s move mean for Arsenal and the EPL? There is muttering in Spain. Real Mad are known to have government support – the deal they did over the training ground, the way they can borrow when others can’t – I won’t go into that in detail – you can read it all elsewhere….
Who are the most depressed supporters in the EPL? Depression is not worry – it is a lot worse than that, and can alternate with manic hysteria or with a short-term feeling that everything is wonderful. So it we look for these traits in EPL supporters, where do we find them? Newcastle Zebras must be…
The central theme of this last season was the change in the way newspapers report football. The Times preoccupation was rewriting the news – in one case (Bugduv) they even went so far as to remove previous entries on the story from old pages of their web site. Just as KGB Fulham do with their…
There is muttering in Spain. Real Mad are known to have government support – the deal they did over the training ground, the way they can borrow when others can’t – I won’t go into that in detail – you can read it all elsewhere. So Barca et al are unhappy, but, at least for…
Bosnian football and the EPL by Armin Medic In a hilly, small Balkans country called Bosnia there is a Premier League. Which sounds a bit like England – but that’s where the similarity ends. But even so, we should not ignore the Bosnian League, because of the story that follows… In the season 2008/9 FK…
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