Big Sam and the beautiful game
Sam Allardyce says that Arsene Wenger is a clever man. I’ll go along with that. Though of course Sam isn’t talking about the teams that Wenger has built on limited budgets. Sam says that Wenger is...
View ArticleBody Checking – a new challenge for referees
Deliberate, off the ball body checking seems to be an unwelcome new tactic creeping into the Premiership this season. I’m watching the City Chelsea game right now and I’ve seen two clear examples by a...
View ArticleMurphy comments let some off the hook
Danny Murphy‘s contrbituon to the tackling debate was welcome because he was the first player to break ranks and say something is wrong with the game in England. The problem is that by saying that some...
View ArticleLethargic Arsenal should have scraped win
I don’t normally buy into the ‘we woz robbed’ line and it it has to be admitted that for a lot of the game yesterday Arsenal weren’t sharp enough. Whilst the defenders and the pairing of Diaby and...
View ArticleDetermined Barca shut Arsenal out – with a little help!
So in the end disappointment. Barcelona were the better team last night and they won. They weren’t the better team for the usual sublime skills that generally have you singing their praises for the...
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