Morning all. Arsenal take on Sporting Lisbon tonight in the Champions League. Portuguese clubs are invariably difficult to play against as they often use any and every trick in the book to stop their opponents from finding any kind of rhythm. At the beginning of this month, Sporting battered Man City in Portugal but […]

Morning all. Two things are rolling on through this international break, the berating of David Coote and the criticism of footballers who have withdrawn from playing for England. Harry Kane started off the latter by suggesting players are choosing club over country. Even if he’s right, so what? It’s been going on for years and […]

Afternoon all. The week kicked off with good news, the best of which was that neither Bukayo Saka or Declan Rice are gone off on international duty with England and Martin Odegaard has withdrawn from the Norway squad too meaning all three will have the next two weeks of being pampered and prepared for the […]

Morning all. We might as well forget the idea of winning the Premier League any time soon. Not because we’re not capable of doing so, but because the playing field is not level. The officials are making sure of that. On another day, with another referee,  Caicedo would have been off the pitch long before […]