Leicester leave it late but come away with all 3 points at home to Norwich, a win that swings the pendulum back in their favour as the gap is now at 5 points over both Spurs and Arsenal and the onus is on them to get results Today. The obvious …
Read More »Tottenham vs Fiorentina a few quick thoughts
I actually had a front row seat at White Hart Lane last night Which isn’t as good as it sounds because you can’t see the far touchline or any action on the opposite side of the pitch I couldn’t see much but the atmosphere especially in the Second Half was …
Read More »Dynamo Kiev vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
A comfortable win in Kiev for Manchester City last night 10 changes were made from Sunday’s mauling against Chelsea and it certainly made a difference A 3-1 victory gives Manuel Pellegrini’s side a huge advantage as they look to progress to the Quarter Final stage for the first time Does …
Read More »Arsenal vs Barcelona a few quick thoughts
Barcelona ran out winners in the end but for Arsenal they will look back and think what might have been Arsenal contained Barcelona and for periods of the game were on top but failed to take their chances when they had Luis Enrique’s side on the ropes Alexis Sanchez started …
Read More »Shrewsbury vs Manchester United a few quick thoughts
A routine win in the end for Manchester United Even though they had 14 players out injured it was still a relatively strong side on show Disappointment for some fans no doubt as this means Louis Van Gaal stay in the job for at least another week Chris Smalling’s deflected …
Read More »Chelsea vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
Chelsea ended up running out comfortable winners over a near Manchester City reserve side Manuel Pellegrini went on record beforehand saying that changes would have to be made due to the fact that they have Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Wednesday This just highlights how the F.A. Cup …
Read More »Tottenham vs Crystal Palace a few quick thoughts
Tottenham’s hopes of a treble have come to end after defeat in this fiesty London Derby The main story was Emmanuel Adebayor returning to White Hart Lane but truth be told he had quite a quiet game Martin Kelly’s Goal on the stroke of half time proving to be the …
Read More »F.A. Cup 5th Round a few quick thoughts
Only four games yesterday so not quite an action packed day of Football but there was still a few stories to come out of the 5th Round Arsenal were held by Hull in a stalemate and you can read my thoughts on that one in full here http://realfootballman.com/2016/02/20/arsenal-vs-hull-a-few-quick-thoughts/ The headlines …
Read More »Arsenal vs Hull a few quick thoughts
A frustrating Lunchtime for The Gunners as they are held to a draw by Championship leaders Hull City Probably not the most exhilarating Cup tie you will see this Weekend in all fairness, although definitely the most frustrating if you were an Arsenal fan. Arsene Wenger unsurprisingly rung the changes …
Read More »Fiorentina vs Tottenham a few quick thoughts
Honours even at The Artemio Franchi Stadium last night On the balance of play it was probably a fair result Spurs looked very comfortable in the first half hour but had no real threat with a long range Christian Eriksen effort being the only real chance of note Federico Bernadeschi …
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