The Arsenal Crisis Returns

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.

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Tuesday Shortlist: Annoying Transfer Sagas

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…

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Manchester United and how they treat their fans

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.

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Romance & the FA Cup draw

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.

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Premier League review

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.

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