Bolton chairman Phil Gartside tried to convince everyone that they the club were better off shot of Sam Allardyce last May: “If you look at his credentials to what Sam’s were when he joined they are better,” he said of new manager Sammy Lee. In October, after sacking Lee he said: “This has been a […]
With twelve league games to go the relegation scrap is probably, as usual, more intriguing than the top of the table where effectively a two horse race has opened up once again. So let’s have a look at what’s ahead for the bottom ten and analyse who is likely to survive for another crack at […]
Defoe Ok so Defoe did go – and scored on his debut. Bit of a surprise this one, no more so than because Spurs have no replacement. Before condemming the club a rumoured 9m for a squad player out of contract in 18 months is good business. Ramos is probably also rationalising that getting in […]
Benitez is bananas More transparent madness from Rafa Benitez this week who declared that the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal are envious of him having won the Champions League in 2005 and that it is harder to win than any other trophy in football. With Liverpool 17 points from the top of the Premiership and […]
My (sometime) annual indulgence Ok so I missed out doing this last year due to laziness issues. Maybe I was bored by the whole Chelsea circus which turned the Premiership in to a Hollywood remake of a superior Japanese movie where everyone knew the ending. But perhaps this season is going to be a little […]
Motto My motto in life (and indeed it’ll be my epitaph) is never to be expect too much, rarely look on the bright side and don’t wash behind your ears because no one ever checks (so much wasted time as a child). As the brand new, predictable, but addictive, Premiership season gets ready to launch, […]
The feel good factor There’s a lot to be said for the feel good factor in life. Warm weather, wealth, health, all that good stuff. It all makes for a very happy existence. It exists in football too and clubs that have it have got a distinct advantage over clubs that don’t. What’s become clear […]
Premiership season review How wrong did I get my Premiership preview this season? Read on… Arsenal Predicted: 3 / Actual: 1 What I said: No money for players…Wenger must have thought about walking away…too many bit-part under-achievers in the squad…Stepanovs and Cygan need to start shining…how will the back four react to Lehmann? What happened?: […]
Premiership season preview It’s that time of year again – the one where I show myself to be the worst predictor since Nostradamus. So in alphabetical order here is how I see the league turning out. Arsenal Last season (LS): 2nd In: Phillippe Senderos (Servette, undisc.), Gael Clichy (Cannes, £250,000), Jens Lehmann (Borussia Dortmund, £1.5m). […]
Whoa, we’re halfway there… Once again they are saying it is the most open title race ever. Five clubs are realistically vying for the Premiership crown after 19 games, and it’s a tight scrap at the bottom too. In this three-part column, we’ll have a look at both, but first lets investigate Tottenham’s first 19 […]
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