Southampton – Arsenal, defensive errors paid in cash

By Walter Broeckx To start this match at the team who was level on points at the start of this match we had these players Szczesny, Debuchy, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Coquelin, Chambers, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Rosicky, Alexis. And on the beach we had Martinez, Monreal, Bellerin, Maitland-Niles, Campbell, Walcott, Akpom. Gibbs came in the place of …

Southampton v Arsenal: all the defenders available, all the forwards injured

By Bulldog Drummond That headline sums it up – we get our defence back in one piece and then the attack falls apart.   At least that is what the papers say. But of course what the papers say is an exaggeration as always.  Yes we have, for the defence, a choice of any four …

Panic ensues as transfer window fails to open; Zelalem goes US

By Tony Attwood According to the Daily Mirror and several other newspapers the transfer window is now open. But no! Woe!  Woe! and Thrice woe! (which is really only meaningful to British readers who remember Frankie Howerd).  The window is jammed shut.  It will not open.  Pliers, crowbars and ratchets have been ordered. But it …