Sam Allardyce, come on, enough's enough, you're kidding yourself about...
Fresh from his latest whinge about his bete noir, Arsene Wenger, Sam Allardyce has stuck his head above the parapet once again to make some fairly astonishing claims, even by his grand standards. Read...
View ArticleMarlon King returns to football with Coventry City. How predictable, how...
Nearly two months after his release from prison, Marlon King is back in football again after signing for Coventry until the end of the season. In the morality-free zone that is football, it should come...
View ArticleChelsea's champion performance exposed the same old flaws in Arsenal
Another big game, another defeat for Arsenal, another Didier Drogba goal and another demonstration of the gulf that currently exists between Chelsea and their London rivals. Some things seemingly never...
View ArticleEngland may have a stronger squad, but Manchester United have the edge
Rio Ferdinand would be forgiven for having a heavy heart when he arrives for England duty, for the contrast from life with Manchester United to that with the national team must be acute. Under Sir Alex...
View ArticleMike Ashley's sacking of Chris Hughton makes little sense, but then not much...
It was 26 months ago that the antipathy, the fury, the seething anger on Tyneside towards Mike Ashley seemed to have reached its zenith. On September 4 2008, Kevin Keegan, darling of the Newcastle...
View ArticleThe farcical appointment of Alan Pardew would neatly sum up Mike Ashley's...
What do you do with a manager who wins promotion at the first time of asking, inspires your team to hammer their biggest rivals 5-1 and remains on course to fulfil his brief of keeping your team in the...
View ArticleDenmark v England: International week – oh no, not again. Do we really have to?
What a weekend, what a season. After two days of unprecedented drama in the Premier League – a record number of goals, a host of red cards, a glut of penalties and a number of questionable refereeing...
View ArticleJack Wilshere's dazzling display against Barcelona offers Arsenal and England...
Ten months ago, most were agreed the result had been an anomaly when set against the reality of the match that had preceded it. Arsenal had been comprehensively outthought, outplayed and at times...
View ArticleIf Arsenal didn't have a mental barrier before the Carling Cup final defeat...
In the build up to Sunday's Carling Cup final, the Sunday Telegraph published a fascinating interview with Jacques Crevoisier, the psychologist who profiles Arsenal’s young players. In it, the...
View ArticleManchester United winger Nani's omission from the Player of the Year...
In this most unpredictable of seasons, perhaps it is apt that we have an exclusion from the PFA Player of the Year shortlist that not many would even have dreamt of predicting. Most of the big names...
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