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Happy Birthday Francesco Totti: The eighth King of Rome

On September 27th 1976, Francesco Totti was first delivered to the eternal city of Rome and presumably he emerged kicking and screaming, and presumably…

27/09/2022

Erling Haaland: The goal-scoring freak who is subverting the norms and stretching our belief

There comes a point early in every football supporter’s life when we discover that Pele scored over a thousand goals across his career. It’s…

23/09/2022

Why David Silva the revolutionary was the Premier League’s greatest of all time

The precise date of the phenomenon is unknown but almost certainly the opposition was Aston Villa and for sure it was late autumn going…

07/09/2022

What are Arsenal doing so very right, right now?

Is it too early to suggest that Arsenal can mount a genuine title challenge this season? That they are, in the broadest context, ‘back’?…

31/08/2022

Why do scattergun Chelsea avoid criticism for their ludicrous spending?

Add together a few pertinent factors and Chelsea were always going to indulge in a spending spree this summer. It was inevitable. Their transfer…

17/08/2022

Five kneejerk takeaways from the Premier League’s opening weekend

A question. Why is it acceptable to make sweeping predictions pre-season, before a single minute of Premier League football has been played, yet get…

09/08/2022

Dear Gooners, Zinchenko is a diamond. From a Manchester City fan

In the summer of 2017, Pablo Zabaleta joined West Ham on a free transfer from Manchester City and for weeks after Blues instructed their…

05/08/2022

Five far-fetched predictions for 2022/23 that might just happen

It is always a fool’s errand making predictions before a ball has been kicked in anger. When those prophecies are at the unlikely end…

25/07/2022

Why Frenkie De Jong is Manchester United’s everything this summer

The latest development in Manchester United’s summer-long quest to sign Frenkie De Jong from Barcelona is that the player has informed both parties, via…

14/07/2022