Stuart Stratford 
Arsene Wenger’s Legacy is Intact, But His Reputation is Fading It was never meant to end like this. Like a good Hollywood movie, Arsene Wenger was supposed to ride off into the sunset with the grateful Arsenal townsfolk cheering behind him. But not like this, where he is the mad scientist, locked in the castle’s … Read more
Are VARs Good or Bad for English Football Over the coming six months, the Video Assistant Referee will become a regular feature of our television screens and back pages. The FA Cup, Carabao Cup and finally the Premier League will all begin utilising the technology during that time, as will the World Cup finals in … Read more
Can Leeds Return to The Glory Days or Is It Just a Pipe Dream? Leeds United fell hard and fast. In the blink of an eye, they went from Champions League semi-finalists to League One. Unlike Wolves, they stopped the rot on the pitch, only for an infestation in the boardroom to erode the … Read more
Come May, it will be fifty-six years and counting, since Tottenham Hotspur were crowned champions. Match of the Day wasn’t even conceived at that point and when it was, the highlights programme was first broadcast in black and white. The United Kingdom didn’t introduce colour television programmes until 1967. Spurs really haven’t won the title … Read more
It’s coming to the time of the season when Arsene Wenger must make the decision on his contract renewal. At any other club, the Frenchman’s future would be out of his hands but this is Arsenal and this is Wenger. The board of directors – and more importantly, majority shareholder Stan Kroenke – are content … Read more
The knives were out for Pep Guardiola well before the announcement that he was swapping Bavaria for Manchester. Bayern Munich’s failure to land the Champions League during his three years in charge was a regular stick with which his reputation was beaten; FC Hollywood wasn’t amused by three semi-final exits. This, after all, his detractors … Read more
As the final whistle beckoned at the Etihad on Sunday, Arsène Wenger cut a disconsolate figure as he berated goalkeeper Petr Cech for taking a short free-kick as Arsenal desperately sought an equaliser from a match they should never have lost. Arsenal are in freefall, back-to-back defeats in the Premier League with just three wins … Read more
As much as Arsenal’s crushing victory in St Jakob Park this week was a squad effort, it was a personal triumph for former FC Basel player, Granit Xhaka. Returning to a former stomping ground and winning emphatically is always welcomed by players but for Xhaka there was the added spice of beating his brother. And … Read more