It wasn’t as dramatic a night as Tuesday’s offering but the Group stage is now complete After the worry that Arsenal and Chelsea were both going to have to make do with Europa League Football in the New Year they managed to overcome their respective hurdles with ease An Oliver …
Read More »A few quick Tuesday Champions League thoughts
The last Matchday began last night and what a dramatic evening it was. Nights like this, there is no better place to watch it than the BT Sport Goals show There will be mixed emotions in Manchester today as United fall into the Europa League while City end up topping …
Read More »West Brom vs Tottenham a few quick thoughts
The unbeaten run continues to 14 matches but it wasn’t the best of days at The Hawthorns You have to consider it 2 points dropped especially with the other results yesterday Salomon Rondon could have put The Baggies in front after 6 minutes but blazed his effort high and wide …
Read More »Stoke vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
Well the obvious headline is “Enter Shaqiri” ok he didn’t get on the scoresheet himself but it was his assists that served up both goals for Stoke as they breezed past Manchester City A lot of betting coupons would have been bust before 3pm on the basis of this result …
Read More »Capital One Cup Quarter Finals a few quick thoughts
So the line up for the Capital One Cup Semi Finals is complete With the draw pitting Manchester City vs Everton and Liverpool vs Stoke That means a Manchester City vs Liverpool final is on the cards, but don’t rule out an all Merseyside Final either Even Stoke who seem …
Read More »Tottenham vs Chelsea a few quick thoughts
Well that was the definition of a bore draw wasn’t it Good to get a clean sheet and more importantly we got the club record 13 games unbeaten It says something when the main talking point is Diego Costa throwing a bib Not wanting to use the excuse of the …
Read More »Qarabag vs Tottenham – A few quick thoughts
Blimey this game reminded me why the Europa League can be such a tough watch at times I suppose the most important thing is that we won and have qualified out of the group The win last night gives us the luxury of resting players for the Monaco tie On …
Read More »A few quick Wednesday Champions League thoughts
So Matchday 5 is complete and although not quite as exciting as the night before there were still a few talking points coming out of the Champions League. Watched the BT Goals show again and I’ve come to the conclusion that James Horncastle annoys me with his unnecessary pronounciation of …
Read More »A few quick Tuesday Champions League thoughts
The BT Goals Show is by far the best Footballing show on TV at the moment, it’s made the group stages of the Champions League much more enjoyable this season. For all the worries that BT wouldn’t do a good a job as Sky when they snatched the rights, I’d …
Read More »Tottenham vs West Ham a few quick thoughts
Apologies there was no match preview yesterday, I was incredibly hungover and thought of a bright laptop screen made me cry But what a performance that was yesterday, now 12 games unbeaten since the first day of the season A record equaling win had White Hart Lane rocking yesterday, Pochettino …
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