I think it’s a first for us this season as we face a side who will be playing their first home match under a new manager. I never like these games. Players, certainly those who have previously been frozen out of the team, have a new lease of life as they aim to impress the […]

I liked Paul Merson the footballer but if I met Paul Merson the pundit, I’d probably have to ask him if he’d ever really sat and thought about some of the things he says, whether or not he actually believes in what he says or does he just try to cause controversy. Bluntly, some of […]

That’s Europa over and done with for this year and it was good to finish with another victory albeit a slim one. I really felt sorry for Emiliano Martinez who not only must have struggled to keep his concentration but to have kept warm. I know I couldn’t stand still for ninety odd minutes in […]

  Tomorrow evening it’s our final Europa group match against Qarabag FK, a team we’ve already beaten away from home. 0-3 it was that night thanks to goals from Sokratis, Smith-Rowe and Guendouzi. Qarabag had their moments in the game though and with just the one goal advantage, we were never truly comfortable. The home […]