Watford v Arsenal. High alert, score predictions, who passes most, and the squad

by Bulldog Drummond For a year or two now I have been reading about clubs being on “High Alert”.  Apparently at the moment Manchester City are on “High Alert” because they might be able to buy Alexis in January.  For a year or two now I have been reading about clubs being on “High Alert”. …

Continental Cup – The First Round report.

by Andrew Crawshaw The Continental Tyres Cup is the Women’s equivalent of the League Cup.  It is a competition that has seen a change in makeup this season moving from a straight knockout to four mini-leagues with the top two in each moving to a knockout phase. The teams in the top two tiers of …

Context is everything: Watford v Arsenal, the prognostications

By Bulldog Drummond “According to Nick Ames in the Guardian Arsenal will keep enjoying false-dawn months like September, batting away Bournemouth, Brighton and BATE before coming undone when in-form opposition from the top five bowl up.” An interesting thought.  I suppose it might be meant to be funny, but humour either needs to be based in …