When two German teams reached the Champions League Final, and not one English club made the quarterfinals, the reaction was inevitable. “We should be more like them”. “The German model is perfect”. “We are so far behind them”. Actually that’s all rubbish. It’s an over exaggeration and overlooks the strengths of the Premier League and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Arsenal’
Premier League like the Bundesliga? No Thanks
Posted in Football Opinion Pick of the Week | Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Champions League, Chelsea, England, Premier League, Roberto Mancini
PREMIER LEAGUE 2012/13 AWARDS
Player of the Season Winner: Gareth Bale Runner Up: Robin Van Persie This was a straightforward choice in the end. While Bale did not start the season brilliantly he has found incredible form since Christmas and has essentially carried Tottenham all season long. Without Bale, Spurs would have been nowhere near the top [...]
Posted in Football Opinion | Tags: Arsenal, Football, Mark Clattenburg, Phil Jagielka, Premier League, Rafael Benitez, Sir Alex Ferguson, Tom Cleverley, Tom Huddlestone
Wigan Win brings magic back to the FA Cup
Fairytales are few and far between in football. They are moments of unbelievable achievements, a conquering of the odds and a story that will live long in the memory. We witnessed one of those moments in the FA Cup final, where underdogs Wigan lifted the trophy against Manchester City. Wigan made it to the [...]
Posted in Football Pick of the Week | Tags: Arsenal, Capital One Cup, FA Cup, Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, Wembley, Wigan
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FAILURE WOULD LEAVE TOTTENHAM IN LIMBO
This weeks clash with Chelsea is make or break for Tottenham Hotspur. Win it and their place in next seasons Champions League in is their hands. Lose and in all likelihood they look favourites to be the bridesmaids once more. After imploding last year under Harry Redknapp, slipping from third to fourth and then [...]
Posted in Football Opinion | Tags: Arsenal, AVB, Champions League, Chelsea, Everton, Gareth Bale, Liverpool, Tottenham
THE MONDAY COLUMN: 11th March 2013
Real Madness Last weeks Champions League tie between Manchester United and Real Madrid was the game ‘the world would stop for’ in the words of Jose Mourinho. If they did they will have seen a Manchester United side control Reals’ superstars and look like much the better side at Old Trafford last Tuesday. That [...]
Posted in Football Monday Column Pick of the Week | Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Champions League, Chelsea, FA Cup, Football, Man Utd
MONDAY COLUMN: 4th March 2013
Wenger Woes Arsenal have come away from this Barclays Premier League weekend 5 points adrift of the crucial fourth Champions League place. Defeat to bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane yesterday left the Gunners trailing their North London neighbours by 7 points as Tottenham moved to third just 2 points adrift of [...]
Posted in Football Monday Column Opinion | Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Champions League, Football, Jose Mourinho, Man Utd, Rafael Benitez
WHY WENGER MUST NOT BE PUSHED – HE MUST JUMP
Defeat against Blackburn in the FA Cup all but confirmed that Arsenal would go without a trophy for the eighth year in succession. This was a crushing cup upset for the Gunners who followed that with a comprehensive home defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Naturally all focus has been placed firmly on [...]
Posted in Football Opinion Pick of the Week | Tags: Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Bayern Munich, Champions League, FA Cup, Premier League
ARE NEWCASTLE GETTING IT RIGHT WITH THEIR FRENCH REVOLUTION?
“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” “We have had success with French players before so lets go there again.” This would appear to be the attitude taken by Newcastle United in this transfer window. They have got so many French players now they’ll have to start serving croissants and crepes on the terraces. But [...]
Posted in Football Pick of the Week | Tags: Alan Pardew, Arsenal, Demba Ba, Football, Mike Ashley, Newcastle United
WHY IS THE STANDARD OF ENGLISH REFEREEING SO FAR BEHIND EUROPE?
It seems increasingly as though we spend a large number of weekends discussing the referee rather than the football. So many times we are witnessing glaring mistakes by the men in charge that influence matches and change the results of key English League clashes. In contrast, when we watch Champions League football, more often [...]
