The midweek victory over Udinese had Arsenal fans breathing sighs or relief. Four days later the Arsenal crisis returned with a vengeance thanks to Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United. With just a couple of days left in the transfer window to rebuild the squad, Arsene Wenger is staring down the barrel of a long and agonising season.
The transfer window continues. Without much football, the tabloids turn to transfer sagas to fill their pages resulting in the average football fan suffering for months on end as the same dull story that probably isn’t true anyway is rehashed again and again and again. Here are five annoying transfer sagas rehashed for you once more…
The Manchester United match-day steward is not renowned for being the most reasonable individual in the country. There have been many complaints from fans of mistreatment and arbitrary confiscation/suspension of tickets or refusal to sell for upcoming matches. This is part of the club’s response to ongoing “Love United, Hate Glazer” protests and, particularly, the displaying of LUHG banners around the stadium.
After the draw for the 5th round of the FA Cup and whilst the media get all fluffy at the realisation that they can dust off their lazy cliches about the “magic” of the cup and “David & Goliath” and dispense with the need to actually think of anything interesting to say, it’s worth taking a moment to consider the story behind two of our plucky minnows.
So, for the first time in seven years the sound of English crowing is absent from the Champions League semi-finals. The diversity is no bad thing, and a reality check for the Premier League is no bad thing either.
As supporter protests gain momentum at both Manchester United and Liverpool, there is more news for fans to digest. And none of it is good.
This Premier League season, crazy & unpredictable, gets better and better. Here is a light-hearted summary of the action from today.
That was quite a day in the Premier League. Upsets, dives, non-dives, a spectacular long punt downfield, Sir Alex unhappy with a referee, this weekend had it all.
This season the Premier League will likely be won by the team that can best cope without key players. Will that team be Manchester United?
The first two Carling Cup Quarter-Finals see Portsmouth take on Aston Villa and United against Spurs. Here are our predictions.
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