So, KGB Fulham has turned into a London version of Athletico Madrid in the Jesus Gill era. You’ll remember Gill – if the manager didn’t win the league in six weeks he was out. Mr Absent Abramovich now takes a similar view clearly, and is seeking to move on managers faster than the Tiny Totts….
The Tiny Totts are today celebrating an Unbeaten Season and have produced a second DVD to celebrate their unbeaten season… against Arsenal. Actually, they haven’t (although after putting out a DVD of the 4-4 it wouldn’t surprise me if they did) but I just thought it would be amusing to speculate… But what did strike…
It has been a while coming, but now Mr Usmanov is making his move. And the moral question is, is it possible to be against Mr Usmanov the shareholder, but in favour of the arrival of Arshavin? Russian clubs are owned by big companies for the most part. Zenit Leningrad (now known by the politically…
In my story on January 26 I said that we were definitely signing Arshavin. I said this not because I thought the Lord Wenger was desperate, and not because I had deep insight into the workings of the KGB, but rather because of the array of people who had far too much invested in the…
It would be amusing to hear all the shouting and complaining about ITV’s cock up while showing a bit of a local game from the north west the other day, if it weren’t for the greed and the crass stupidity of the footballing authorities that led up to the situation. On 1 May 2002 ITV…
The question is arising in correspondence: where are the definitive stats for footballers. A link to the Guardian’s fantasy football stats appeared here a couple of days back, and those figures are really interesting, but I was wondering if there is a source below that level. Someone has to measure all this stuff. I had…
I get so hooked on all the youngsters coming through the ranks all the time, Wilshere, Vela, Ramsey, Merida and the rest, that it becomes easy to forget that the Lord Wenger has a fair old ability to work with old timers too. It was widely said that when he arrived at Highbury he extended…
In my story on January 26 I said that we were definitely signing Arshavin. I said this not because I thought the Lord Wenger was desperate, and not because I had deep insight into the workings of the KGB, but rather because of the array of people who had far too much invested in the…
The five golden gifts of Arsene Wenger Arsene Wenger has given Arsenal five elements – which are rarely mentioned together by the media, but which are central to the Arsenal of the 21st century. One or two get a passing nod from time to time, but it is the combination of all five that makes…
May 13, 2007. Sports section page 15 Article by Rod Liddle. [The emirates] “where the games are played in an eerie, chilling silence.” Obviously not a place Mr Liddle has ever been – or maybe he went when there was not a match on.
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