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March 2011

Will tomorrow’s six-point cup tie be the game that defines the season?

March 11, 2011

Arsenal’s furious response to the catastrophically poor decision to send Robin van Persie off at the Nou Camp was based on more than the desire to advance in the Champions League. It came from the fear that the club may be frail enough to again collapse at the business end of the season without arrogant, [...]

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Why silence in football is golden

March 11, 2011

MANAGING a football club is a highly stressful job as there is an unrelenting pressure to grind out results week in week out. The past week has seen two of Britain’s most decorated managers wage war on the media for different reasons after their sides saw their domestic and European ambitions dented respectively. Sir Alex [...]

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Cardiff or Swansea? – Who is more ready for the Premier League?

March 11, 2011

10 years ago two of Wales’ biggest clubs, the Bluebirds and the Swans, were strung up in the dungeons of 3rd and 4th tier football battling to escape but struggling to survive in a desolate league stripped of cash and often swept under the rug and hidden away until the FA Cup. Now, however, it [...]

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Is it time for Paul Scholes to call it a day?

March 11, 2011

As a Manchester United fan, or even as a football fan, I feel like a modern day Judas, my hands trembling as I write these blasphemous words: Paul Scholes is no longer good enough for Manchester United, and the club have made the wrong decision by offering him a contract extension. His technique is alive [...]

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Weekly Report: Sh*t Shinpads and Horrible Headlines

March 10, 2011

Where to start? A lot has happened, so I’m going to skip all the important stuff and go to something meaningless. Something that I have wondered for ages came to the fore this week: Nani’s shin. I haven’t wondered about his shin for ages, more the protection he applies – and every other pro player [...]

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Poor state of play in the Premier League

March 10, 2011

Synonymous with the Premier League today is the huge amounts of money through television, sponsorship and merchandising clubs get. But I want to ask are clubs spending their money in all the correct places? It is no secret the majority of the money is spent on player’s wages which are quite astronomical. Manchester City for example spends [...]

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Spurs prove England should be awarded five Champions League places

March 10, 2011

Some leagues are given more Champions League places than others so that the competition can be made up of the best teams in the continent, some of which hail from the same country. That Tottenham, in fifth place in the Premier League, can deservedly beat the team that has led Serie A for much of [...]

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Pep Guardiola must have the easiest job in football

March 9, 2011

After watching Arsenal be slowly and painfully strangled out of Europe last night, it dawned on me that Pep Guardiola must have the easiest job in football. Easier than the medics who wait with their stretchers ready for an injury where they can spring in to action. Easier than stewards, and easier than, Directors of [...]

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Why Wenger’s ultra-defensive approach didn’t do Arsenal justice

March 9, 2011

ARSENAL came up short once again as Barcelona shattered their Champions League dream at a raucous Nou Camp stadium last night. Billed as a tie bringing together two of the greatest exponents of the beautiful game, the Gunners were outclassed, outfought and outthought as Barcelona proved why they are the most feared side on the [...]

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Is Fabregas’s heart really at Arsenal?

March 9, 2011

Barcelona’s defeat of Arsenal last night was of little surprise to the football world, especially with Arsenal being reduced to 10 men with over half an hour to go. What did shock was the lacklustre performance of Arsenal’s key player and captain, Cesc Fabregas. The stage was set, his first competitive game at the Camp [...]

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Barce press Arsenal into ultimate claustrophobia

March 9, 2011

Last night, Arsenal were succumbed to the most terrifying of deaths; strangulation. This morning will be painted with headlines of ‘Farce’ and talk of red cards, where any unbiased consumer of the spectacle that was this match would realise that The Gunners were diving too deep, and oxygen was getting scarce. Many fans in the [...]

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Have Chelsea arrived a little too late?

March 7, 2011

‘What ifs’ and tinted glasses have been placed to the back of the draw for quite some time now, as sensibility had taken over the latter stages of this season’s campaign. But now, those glasses are poking its spectacles towards you, beckoning you to throw them on for one last energetic push of positivity. Previous [...]

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