Europa game 4. Early thoughts on the team and comparing with Man U’s approach

By Bulldog Drummond Arsene Wenger has suggested Mathieu Debuchy could stay at Arsenal and play at centre back, which is a position he will probably take up again this Thursday. Given how much playing time he had missed and the fact that he is a full back not a centre back the performance in the …

Olivier Giroud: dancer and academic

By Tony Attwood Olivier Giroud is known in France for all sorts of things.  For example, everyone in the country who follows football will agree it was his goals that were fundamental in getting totally unfancied Montpellier to become French champions for the first time in their history.  They were also the launch pad for …

How much does it cost to buy a trophy these days?

By Tony Attwood Each year I tell myself that I am not going to do another analysis of how much the top clubs in the PL spent on transfers and what they have got out of it – mostly because it seems to prove the same thing each year. And then something comes along and …