Originially, I thought I’d be missing the action from the so-called “Super Sunday”, featuring Liverpool vs Manchester United and Arsenal vs Chelsea. Celebrating Easter on Saturday, I was operating under the impression that those games would be played then, instead of Sunday. Fortunately, they weren’t, and I got to watch Chelsea beat Arsenal live.
I love a good transfer rumour and was vaguely disappointed when international transfer windows made their appearance several years back. On the plus side, it certainly makes the close season more interesting. These days, managers like Roy Keane and Martin O’Neill are constantly banging on about how difficult it is to sign players, so it [...]
The Barcelona v Celetic second leg clash was on TV Tuesday, while I got to watch PSV beat Tottenham on Thursday. I would have preferred Man Utd v Lyon or Arsenal v Milan in the Champions League and Everton v Fiorentina in UEFA Cup, but I’ll take whatever is served up. I still have fond [...]
It was a feast of football this weekend, particularly on Saturday. With Barcelona and Real Madrid in action, as well as Arsenal and Man Utd, the fallout from the games was always likely to be enormous. Let’s start in England first, where Manchester United won comfortably away at Fulham and Arsenal snatched an undeserved, last-gasp [...]
It has recently been rumored that Jose Mourinho could be bound for Barcelona following the season. With Frank Riijkard set to depart at the end of the current campaign, Barca will no doubt be on the prowl for an elite coach to manage the immense talent within their squad. While Mourinho is certainly a big [...]