Besiktas – Arsenal an entertaining 0-0

By Walter Broeckx If we compare this match with the one on Saturday it is almost unbelievable that the final score was 0-0. From the first second and you can take this literally: it was an open match. Ba trying to shoot directly at goal from the kick off and if it wasn’t for an …

Beşiktaş JK preview: the media’s universal desire to moan and the issue of accents

By Bulldog Drummond Success and achievement are boring – at least if you are a journalist.  If you have to write about success then personalise it, and make the person you write about be eccentric, self-centred, opinionated and if possible abusive. But most of all follow failure – especially if it involves someone who is …

Why don’t the refs call “obvious” penalties?

WHY DON’T THE REFS CALL ¨OBVIOUS¨ PENALTIES?   By Don McMahon While watching the Arsenal struggle to dominate Crystal Palace on Saturday, there were at least 2-3 incidents against Arsenal players where many supporters claimed we should have had a penalty awarded.  Having officiated for many years and been the target of such complaints from both …