Rob Parker | March 15, 2010
1. Last minute winners from Nicklas Bendtner now? A Sun-style apology might be due from OTP soon.
2. Craig Gordon is the unluckiest player of the weekend. His excellent performance deserved to win all three points for Sunderland against Manchester City.
3. George Boateng has been watching too much Six Nations action (see video above).
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Rob Parker | March 8, 2010
1. Nicklas Bendtner and Mame Biram Diouf could potentially form the country’s most lethal strike partnership.
2. The timing of FIFA’s decision to reject goal-line technology yet again was absolutely impeccable. Just ask David James.
3. If BBC 6 Music and Asian Network are getting scrapped to save the Beeb money, surely the Portsmouth fan club subscriptions [...]
Rob Parker | February 18, 2010
Pre-match puff FAIL
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger left himself open to a healthy dose of we told you so from the club’s supporters after going out of his way to praise keeper Lukasz Fabianski before his howlers in last night’s Champions League clash against Porto.
Many Gooners have made no secret of their desire for Wenger to [...]
Rob Parker | February 12, 2010
Tiny Russian misses winning goal
Andrey Arshavin has been moaning that he missed Arsenal’s winning goal over Liverpool on Wednesday night. The pint-sized Gunner had been substituted with a leg injury before Abou Diaby found the net. And in what sounds like a complicated mash-up game of hide and seek, doctors and nurses, and a treasure [...]
Rob Parker | February 11, 2010
Spurs midfielder gets merked (and Rio’s nowhere to be seen)
Either Range Rover has cut its advertising budget quite dramatically, or else Jermaine Jenas got well and truly owned by these Arsenal fans. The cheeky Gooners stuck their club crest on the front of Jenas’ car.
Despite the best attempts of a nearby builder, the midfielder seemingly [...]
Rob Parker | February 9, 2010
Cutting through the exotic monikers of Premier League imports so you can judge the player, not the name
In the real world, he is the top-flight’s ultimate cultured midfielder: the heartbeat of the team with outstanding passing vision. After going through the Premier League Name Translator he sound more like a League Two clogger whose idea [...]
Rob Parker | February 8, 2010
1. It wasn’t what you would call a good send-off.
2. Talking of send-offs, the two players red-carded in the Merseyside derby can feel very hard done by. It must have been a token gesture by Martin Atkinson.
3. That latest round of results has really shaken things up. Who could have envisaged a top four like [...]
