Morning all. Arsenal kicked off their pre-season with a 5-1 victory over Ipswich at the weekend. Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick with Sambi Lokonga and Flo Balogun scoring the other two. A strong Arsenal team played the first 45 minutes but at half-time, Mikel Arteta turned to the younger players. The result means nothing although […]

Morning all. With Man City agreeing a deal with Leeds for Kelvin Phillips for £45-50 million according to Sky Sports, Leeds are going to be hard pushed to expect anything more for Raphinha in my opinion but they will I’m sure. English players, especially those already playing for their country, usually cost more because of […]

Morning all. Well well, whilst Marquinhos, Gabriel Jesus and Youri Tielemans have been hitting the Arsenal headlines, it seems Edu and his team have dipped into the Portuguese League and come out with Fabio Vieira. Am I going to pretend I know all about him? Absolutely. Not!  But, I can hear Paddy’s old song being […]

Morning all. Two very different England performances were on show yesterday. In the cricket, England defeated New Zealand by going on the attack. The run chase was 299 and at tea, England were already four wickets down with 139 runs on the board meaning 206 we’re still required in the 47 overs left in the day’s […]