Throughout the summer of 2007 every single newspaper in the UK ran stories which said that Arsenal were in trouble. They had sold Henry, and Fabregas and Wenger were about to follow him to Barca. In desperation Arsenal were looking to make a big name signing. Dead beat centre-forwards who scored just a handful of…
Not just timewasting, but rotational timewasting. Having been warned by the FA about rotational fouling as developed by Blackburn, Bolton moved on to rotational timewasting. It was put on full display in January 2007 at the Wengerdrome in an FA Cup match where Bolton players wasted time at every opportunity even during the first half….
We have seen nine behind the ball, ten behind the ball, but the first match of the 2006/7 gave us something that we rarely see – eleven behind the ball, waiting for a rush forward. It was Arsenal v Aston Villa – a routine and unexciting affair – and quite an insight into what we…
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…
FIFA, governing body of football hate the G14, the group of powerful European clubs who have their own agenda – most notably that players should be paid by their countries when on international duty, and that clubs should be compensated for injuries on international duty at far beyond the current rates. FIFA want UEFA to…
When Chelsea signed Wright Phillips from Manchester City they must have thought they were onto a good thing – and so must the young lad. He was scoring goals, getting ready to pull on the England shirt each time they played – it all looked good. Chelsea got a terrific player with the world ahead…
The Chelsea manager suggested in February 2005 that he would, as a policy decision, always play some English players in his team, ahead of players from other countries. As such this suggests an employee selection programme that ignores all the basics of equal opportunities and selects people according to their country of birth – something…
Squad predictions for 2006/7 – have a good laugh at how far out I am 1. Jens Lehmann – will have his best season. A slight cut back on the histrionics, but otherwise more of the same that we saw in the second half of 2005/6 and the world cup. Thoughts of replacing him with every keeper…
It is a schoolboy question – what is the highest score in a firstclass British football match. Supposedly the answer is Arbroath 36 Bon Accord 0. This is how it shows in the record books… Arbroath 36 – 0 v Bon Accord, Scottish Cup 1st Round 12/9/1885 And so it appears in every history book…
Sit down if you hate Tottenham Exactly the same as “Stand up if…” but without the need to Stand Up. Has the extra value if getting all the upper tiers to join in, since they are sitting down any way. Sit down if you hate Tottenham Sit down if you hate Tottenham etc etc etc
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