Another view on the match by Red Arse Hold your horses, humble pie is about to be eaten by the plateful, by me! Theo Walcott has also made me eat my somewhat ungracious words about his unsuitability to play for us, and his ever being able to recapture the sparkle he had when first he […]

Well you did Fat Sam, get used to it and when you come to The Emirates later this season it will be by a greater scoreline….. So what of the game then? Within about five minutes Sky Sports announced that we had been drawn to play Tottingham Hotscum in the Carling Cup and at their […]

On the 17th December 2008, if I didn’t before, I suddenly had the perfect reason to despise this northern football club, yep, you have guessed it, that was the day Blackburn Rovers appointed Fat Sam Allardyce as their manager. Mind you, I didn’t like them much under Mark Hughes either. 🙂 Sam Allardyce is just […]

Shaw once wrote that ‘some men are born kings; and some are born statesmen. The two are seldom the same’. In footballing parlance, a similar accusation might be levied at Jose Mourinho. There is no questioning his tactical ability. Whether proving his talent under a wide-brimmed sombrero in the footballing cauldrons of Mediterranean Europe, or […]