-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: sport
Man City, Chelsea or Man Utd. Who Will Panic First?
A 2-5 defeat at home, shipping three goals to relegation certainties WBA and with just one win from their opening three matches despite splurging £200m+ on new recruits or requiring a beyond-the-last-minute penalty kick to sneak victory having been battered … Continue reading
Transfer Market Winners….so far
Who will be the most inspired signing in the coming English Premier League season? Chelsea have spent big on German duo Timo Werner and Kai Havertz, but could veteran Thiago Silva provide much-needed defensive solidity? Champions Liverpool have been relatively … Continue reading
Manchester United: A Need to Sell as well as Buy….
It’s fair to say that having spent almost £200M over the last twelve months recruiting Harry Maguire – the World’s most expensive defender – Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Bruno Fernandes, most people outside of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s immediate family would have … Continue reading
Everton: No Silva Lining.
Haunted. Lost. Bewildered. On Wednesday evening at Anfield, Marco Silva’s touchline repertoire encompassed a combination of all three and many more cries of despair as his expensively-assembled Everton side were swept away by the rampaging red tide of league leaders … Continue reading
Posted in football, premier league, sport
Tagged everton, liverpool, marco silva, mourinho, moyes, silva
Leave a comment
Maurizio Sarri – Yet Another Victim of Chelsea’s Indulgent Culture of Dressing Room Power & Rebellion….
And so it begins again. The inbred culture of dissent and lack of professionalism within the Chelsea playing squad will likely see yet another managerial departure from Stamford Bridge. For the fifth time during Roman Abramovich’s reign Chelsea look ready … Continue reading
Posted in football, premier league, sport
Tagged abramovich, chelsea, england, epl, man utd, mourinho, premier league, sarri, soccer, solskjaer
Leave a comment
Solskjaer – The Changing Tide of Expectations at Old Trafford….
The jury may still be deliberating their appraisal of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s managerial credentials; although with each passing week it becomes less credible to dismiss the Norwegian’s feelgood fever as the inevitable gloss of a honeymoon period. What is undeniable … Continue reading
Posted in football, premier league, sport
Tagged champions league, ecl, england, epl, europe, man utd, mourinho, old trafford, pogba, psg, sir alex, solskjaer
Leave a comment
Chelsea, Sarri, Hudson-Odoi and the youth conundrum….
Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri’s rather brazen dismissal of Callum Hudson-Odoi’s desire to leave Stamford Bridge is in many ways a contrast of commendable authority mixed with hopeless delusion. “Callum is 18yrs old and he has to respect the club, the … Continue reading
Posted in football, premier league, sport
Tagged bayern, chelsea, epl, hudson-odoi, premier league, sancho, sarri, soccer
Leave a comment
Chelsea and Higuaín: short-term panic risks long-term relevance of their youth academy….
Chelsea are a curious club. A club devoid of any real history or achievement prior to their sugar daddy oligarch intervention yet deluding itself that it is somehow owed a permanent seat at the top table of European football. A … Continue reading
Posted in football, premier league, sport
Tagged bayern, champions league, chelsea, ecl, epl, european champions league, hazard, higuain, hudson-odoi, sarri, soccer
Leave a comment
Chronic Mis-management: Why Have Arsenal Got No Money?
Arsenal football club are listed as the sixth richest club in the World according to Deloitte. They compete participate in the wealthiest domestic league in the World and until recently featured for a record twenty consecutive seasons in the European … Continue reading
Posted in football, premier league, sport
Tagged arsenal, aubameyang, champions league, ecl, emery, emirates, epl, ozil, premier league, wenger
Leave a comment
The Eye of the Fly 