Hell of a wakeup call…
It was nice to see Aaron Ramsey again in an Arsenal shirt over the weekend, after recovering from that horrific injury he suffered at Stoke City last year.
The non-league Messi?
Adam Birchall began his career at Arsenal, where he spent 10 years in the youth team and ended up training with the likes of Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry
The diary off a Sunday League Manager
Monday 17.57 – call opposition and arrange the weekend fixture, first polite and seemingly mandatory question “how’s the team going” bearing in mind we are routed to the bottom off the league and lost our last game 8-0, to*ser! But you politely brush it off and continue with the fixture arrangements and 10 minutes off boredom as the idiot brags about how well their team is doing
“My misses could have scored that…”
That was the quote used by Harry Rednapp after Darren Bent could have won the game for us a few years back against Portsmouth.
Whisper It Quietly Children – Argyle Are Staying Up
I was though; surprised to see most around the ground in high spirits despite the perilous position the club find themselves in on and off the pitch. Special mention has to go to the staff who are the forgotten victims, despite not being paid for 7 weeks the staff are still working hard to help towards the survival of the club.
Of businessmen and betting
Some people just aren’t cut out for certain jobs in life as specialist skills and talents are required for the rigours of certain professions. Hence qualifications being needed for jobs and regulation in place to monitor when work is not being done well.
This, of course, does not apply in the wonderful world of football governance and football club ownership.
Football And The Prisoners Dilemma
If there is a holy grail of football, a dream of fans everywhere, it would be to see top level, fantasy-style football with all sides having a reasonable shot at glory in any given season. Victory is sweet, but it is all the sweeter when it is achieved when you’re not the wealthiest or obvious favourites.
Goal shy Defoe
A frustrating afternoon for Tottenham today confirmed one important piece missing from Harry Redknapp’s puzzle – a proven striker. Spurs had a total of 31 shots today (including ones blocked) with at least 14 of those on target yet couldn’t find the back of the net.