With a number of must win games to play in only a short period of time, Mikel Arteta had to make some sensible changes for yesterday’s game against Fulham. In came Myles Lewis-Skelly into midfield,  Calafiori into left-back supporting and possibly rotating with Myles, whilst upfront Bakayo Saka and Leo Trossard brought their fresh legs […]

Morning all. I think this weeks European matches have highlighted just how poorly VAR has been used. It started on Tuesday when PSG played Bayern Munich when a Ousmane Dembélé’ cross struck the arm of Alphonso Davies, who had previously had his hands behind his back. Kompany didn’t like the decision but thems the rules. […]

A Raucous crowd greeted both teams onto a pitch which had come under some scrutiny before the game. During the opening few minutes, a couple of players slipped over and Raya made one scooped clearance which had me wondering about the surface but afterwards the game settled down and there was no real problems. In […]

Morning all. The Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium, a pitch which will be watered all day and mowed to a level which does not always assist a team who likes to pass the ball around a lot. A pitch on which the poor of Totts goalkeeper Kinsky lost his footing on just a month or so […]