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It was a hot, summer day in Jordan and I was watching with some of my relatives the Asian Cup in China. The date was July 30, 2004 and I was watching Bahrain’s quarterfinal date with Uzbekistan

Over the past few weeks, things have really been tough on Chelsea’s Frank Lampard.

Following a few crucial ‘incidents’ over this past weekend of premier league football, refereeing mistakes or decisions seem increasingly publicised in many forms of the media and something needs to be concluded in order to improve clarity.

So he has done, after signing for Arsenal back in 2004, Robin Van Persie’s brace against Bolton at the weekend helped him earn his 99^th and 100^th goals for the club. Whilst the striker has spent a lot of his tenure in North London on the injury table, Van Persie’s goals over the last few years have been like gold dust to the Gunners especially last year. And being Dutch means that there have been some crackers along the way.

It would be fair to say Javier Hernandez has not had the best start to the new season. The Mexican despite scoring a goal in last season’s Community Shield made his first mark on the Premier League in Manchester United’s away fixture at Stoke last season where he scored twice in a 2-1 away win.

We are currently at a time in football where our national game has never been so illustrious. Gone from the game are the characters that drew us to the game in the first place and replaced by – not all but many – prima donors.

There’s growing evidence that Premier League teams are starting to introduce their youth players. Manchester United started with Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley, Arsenal had Emmanuel Frimpong, Aston Villa called-up Barry Bannan and Liverpool still play Jamie Carragher.

Arsenal and Brighton and Hove Albion are more similar than I previously thought. Arsenal, renowned for being the best passing team in the land, are as pleasing on the eye (on their day) as Barcelona who are without a doubt one of the best teams of modern times.