Swansea v Arsenal – Tuesday 30 Jan 2018 – on a good day the ref is dodgy. On a bad day…

by Andrew Crawshaw A quick one this time I’m afraid and a sense of deja-view Firstly a welcome to a new referee for this week’s fixtures – Simon Hooper from Wiltshire making an appearance for the Newcastle v Burnley Game he did a single game in the PL a couple of seasons ago before being …

Abuameyang transfer starts to make sense in German newspapers

by Tony Attwood OK so maybe we are about to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and maybe Chelsea really do want Giroud.  Maybe as GiveMeSport says, “Liverpool fans on social media are far from happy at news that Arsenal are closing in on the £56m signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.” But what does the situation look like in Germany; …

Swansea v Arsenal: Just how good does a new manager have to be?

By Bulldog Drummond Actually I wanted to call this, “Just how good does a new manager have to be; just how bad does an old manager have to be?” but it was too long to fit in the subject line. And I wanted the long title because it is a relevant question here.  Carvalhal has …