Jurgen Klopp is just starting at Liverpool. His arrival in October 2015 was soon welcomed because Klopp and Anfield immediately began to look like a good fit. He looked and sounded like the right man for the job. And still…
Mo Salah is so exact, so precise. The more I watch Salah swerve and stop and feint and dink, the more precise he seems to be. Liverpool are an energy team and gegenpressing is the art of attacking when you…
From Alex Darby: Unai Emery? I’ll take that. A manager that not only studies the opposition, but also expects his players to do the same? Sounds like attention to detail! Might be a huge culture shock for the players who…
Wenger’s Arsenal became lazy and decadent. The team was no longest competitive, so they lost too many away games. Incredibly, his gutless outfit looked like becoming the only team in the top four English divisions to not get a league point…
From Dan Ferguson: I cannot believe people are actually complaining. We need someone at the cutting edge of everything. Someone who will not accept 2nd gear. Someone who needs to convert players into better players to get his kicks. Someone…
Chelsea 1 Man United 0 Eden Hazard 22 (pen) ——————————— Chelsea deserved this FA Cup. Jose Mourinho had no playmaker, while Chelsea had Fabregas and Hazard. Chelsea’s formation and tenacity forced United to go wide and rely on crosses. Without…
From Martin: Morning Myles, We would all like a coach of Allegri pedigree and then a coach who like Pochettino had earned his stripes at other clubs before moving to the next level of club As you know my younger…
From Ian M Hi Myles, Interesting times at Arsenal. I think you incorrectly called it as welcome to the Arteta era, when it should be welcome to the Gazidis era. Ivan has been toiling away in the background for two…
From David Evans Hope you are well. 89 has just come out on Netflix, so I can watch it tonight here in the US. Remember this is the film of that special year and night that only Wilshere from the…
From Rhys Jaggar: Michael Budgen is the half-wit. 1) Where did I say that what Wenger said might not happen? I said his diplomacy skills were, for someone calling himself humane, rather lacking in etiquette. 2) I do not read…