Well, his name is Sébastien Squillaci, born in Toulon, France on the 11th August 1980. He’s 6′ 1″ short and is a centre back – he was at Seville but now it looks like he will be on duty alongside Vermaelen, Koscielny or maybe even A.N. Other. His previous clubs have been Toulon, Monaco, Ajaccio, Lyon […]

Wow! What a start to the home games programme. The opening game has been analysed by many others but it is still worth looking at the game again and the events surrounding it. After last weekend, Ian Holloway was on cloud nine having just beaten Wigan by 4 goals to nil. He is an ebullient […]

Following our fine win yesterday, I thought I’d do something I haven’t done for a while and that’s to watch match of the day. I don’t know why I bother. Lineker managed to get excited over our win and in particular Theo Walcott’s display but Hansen couldn’t really find it in him to give out […]

Well, well, well….. Yes I know it was Blackpool, yes I know they were down to ten men but let’s not forget Blackpool romped Wigan 4-0 last weekend, a Wigan side that beat us 3-2 towards the end of the season… Today was more than three points, today was about a few players who I […]