This Blog Needs a Goal

It has emerged that Tottenham made enquiries into the signature of Alexandre Pato from Corinthians on deadline day, with reports in Brazil confirming this, but with a little bit of a twist to it.

The recent purchase of Welsh “superstar” Gareth Bale by Real Madrid has stirred a storm from certain factions of their fans, so what are the risks attached to the signature of the newly most expensive player in footballing history?

Watching the Liverpool vs Manchester United game on Sunday, it struck me that the Manchester club’s midfield is woefully average for the best team in England.

With the arrival of Kevin Prince-Boateng at Schalke from AC Milan, could it signal the sale of highly rated German teenager, Julian Draxler?

Who is to blame for the frankly dire transfer dealings this summer by Arsenal, Arsene Wenger or the board? I thought i’d have a look.

It seems like it’ll be another drab couple of months for the red half of north London transfer-wise, so I thought I’d bum myself out and reflect on missed targets and wasted opportunities from my beloved Arsenal.

After my part one to this article, we move on to Sunday’s fixtures. Prior to kick off, it looked like it would be a glut of goals and amazing periods of football, but I couldn’t of been more wrong.

With only one fixture left of the first round of games of the new Premier League season, I thought I would have a look to see if the results of the teams I watched are an indication of what you can expect to see from them this season. Let’s start with Arsenal, shall we?