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ANCELOTTI HAS FAILED HIS TEAM

On Thursday night, it was a familiar tale for Los Blancos against Atletico, Atleti were compact, defended deep and with robust physicality, took their chances and got the job done against their arch rivals. Madrid fans will point to key mistakes at important times during the game.

Sunday, 4 February 2018

ARSENAL 5- 1 EVERTON: TAKEAWAYS AND THINGS TO KEEP AN EYE ON

The past 2 weeks or so have been quite eventful for anyone who follows Arsenal. Within that period, the club lost Alexis Sanchez who over the past 3 years or so has been talismanic to the club, then wiped the floor with Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace, booked a trip to Wembley for the league cup final, lost in a shocking albeit familiar performance to Swansea before thoroughly dismantling Sam Allardyce’s outfit after Big Sam had made smug comments...

Monday, 12 September 2016

SUMMARY OF MAJOR DEALS BY TOP CLUBS IN EUROPE

The transfer window came to an end a while ago, and no matter the team you support, you cannot help but admit that it has been a very eventful one. A lot of players were linked to a lot of teams, and while some of these links materialised, to the disappointment of some fans, they did not. The most expensive so far was Manchester United’s re-signing of their youth product Paul Pogba for a fee of £86 million in a deal bound to rise to an excess of...

Monday, 5 September 2016

WHAT IS A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER? EXAMINING WHAT IT IS TO PLAY THE POSITION AND WHY MOST TOP TEAMS PREFER A MEDIOCENTRO

Ask most what a DM in football is and they most will reply you "defensive midfielder". This is true on the surface of it, but what most mean when they say defensive midfielder is a destroyer. Football is like a science. It evolves. From a tactical stand point, things change from time to time and can also be recycled from years gone into use in the present. Now the "destroyer" or "Makelele role" as some would say is from an era gone. We are in the...

Monday, 29 February 2016

REACTION TO ARSENAL FROM MANCHESTER UNITED VS ARSENAL (3-2)

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