Football’s Prune of the Year Awards

By my thinking, Arsenal did quite well this year.  OK I have a load of criticisms about the running of the stadium, and I have dealt with these elsewhere, but to win the FA Cup and come 4th in the league, when faced with such an outbreak of injuries seems pretty good going to me. …

The season’s impression: Midfielders everywhere, the little one

By Walter Broeckx The first 6 positions I talked about were rather simple in terms of personnel.  Keeper, right back, 2 central defenders, left back; even a defensive orientated midfielder. The only other position that is easy to talk about apart from that is that of the central striker.  So we have a few other …

This summer’s transfers: Chelsea reveal just how deep FFP is hitting

By Tony Attwood There are now two types of club in each league of English football.  Those that are calculating every financial move from the viewpoint of how it affects their FFP standing, and those who have the view that “we’ll sort that out when we get to it.. Man City and Liverpool look at …