Morning folks. Well, as it turned out, the whole Balogun red-card debacle ended up having little impact on the result, as the Belgians quite comfortably knocked the final host nation out last night. Or did it? Because let’s face it, because of FIFA, because of Trump, because of the circus that followed the ‘bending’ of […]
I didn’t watch the France v Paraguay game last night, but I’ve seen some of the shenanigans of the Paraguayans and, as a result, I’m kinda glad I didn’t. Some real arses in that team, particularly their number 23, who was snidey all game by the looks of it. I’ve got no love for France, […]
I watched the tail-end of the pumping that Spain gave Austria last night, as I was coming back from a networking event in the City, and I have to say, Spain looks like they are purring now. It’s a shame their two fullbacks are absolute dickheads, but I guess there’s not a lot you can […]
Poor ol’ Pierro Hincapie, eh? His national team gets knocked out of the World Cup, plus he gets his marching orders in Mexico in the early hours of this morning, for covering his mouth and saying something to a Mexico player. I didn’t watch the game, but I have seen the incident, and the Mexico […]
It’s a new week, and another set of World Cup games to be peppered with, and the first of the knockout matches has already been decided. I didn’t watch Canada beat South Africa last night, mainly because I wasn’t sure what time it was on. I’ve gotten so used to the games being on at […]
I watched the Germany vs Ecuador game last night, whilst sipping on some white wine in the garden, getting over the melting of the day in London. To be fair, it wasn’t a bad one, with Germany scoring first to add some urgency, although the goal they got really shouldn’t have stood. If that isn’t […]
If you are somebody who reads my ramblings regularly, you’ll have noticed that I have been quite conspicuous by my absence. If there is anybody out there who finds what I have to say on football moderately interesting, firstly, you’re a mentalist 😉 But secondly, apologies if you’d been wondering if I fell into a […]
Let’s start today with a bit of sad news, which is that Ben White now misses the rest of the season through injury, as a result of the clash he had with Summerville on Sunday. The club confirmed yesterday that he had sustained a ‘significant medial ligament‘ injury in his knee, which would rule him […]
I wonder why Mikel Arteta decided that he wanted to do the press conference yesterday? The cynic in me says that, as we reach the pinnacle of the drama on this season, he wants to double down on his usual approach of leaving injury problems even more open in the air, by adding day before […]
I don’t think any of us, deep down, thought that yesterday’s victory over Burnley would be the absolute drubbing that we wanted. Sure, Burnley are crap, sure, they’re relegated and have little to play for, but this Arsenal team seems to be masters of making life difficult. And so it proved yesterday. And yet, in […]