Jose Mourinho sides are always stronger in the second season they so I think yesterday was perfect evidence of that as Manchester United steamrollered West Ham with a 4-0 win at Old Trafford The focus before the game would have been on Romelu Lukaku after his club record signing from …
Read More »Newcastle vs Tottenham a few quick thoughts
After the events of the last few days, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino would have loved nothing more than to come away from St James Park unscathed The build up to the game was dominated by Danny Rose’s comments on Thursday and questions were asked as to what effect this would …
Read More »Barcelona vs Real Madrid – Match Highlights
The first of two Spanish season curtain raisers took place last night as Barcelona took on Real Madrid in the Supercup first leg. Nou Camp was the venue but there was little to celebrate for the majority of the fans as Los Blancos drew first blood in Catalonia. Real Madrid …
Read More »Match Of The Day A Few Quick Thoughts – Week 1
The matches are all other the place what with the season starting on a Friday so I’ll give my review in terms of the Match Of The Day running order Burnley rightfully grab all the headlines after their sensational win at Stamford Bridge 3-2 may suggest that it was a …
Read More »Brighton vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
Brighton may well have been celebrating their first top flight appearance since 1983 before kick off But unfortunately the party was bought to an abrupt end by Manchester City Pep Guardiola bought his title favourites to The AMEX and would eventually come away from the South Coast with all three …
Read More »Watford vs Liverpool a few quick thoughts
The season may have started on Friday night but everyone knows really that the Premier League season should start on the Saturday And the first offering yesterday continued the goalscoring streak from the night before as we treated to a six goal thriller at Vicarage Road Watford boss Marco Silva …
Read More »Arsenal vs Leicester a few quick thoughts
Well today has a lot to live up to doesn’t it If Friday night matches are as good as this then I’ll have one every week please A seven goal thriller at The Emirates was the perfect start to this Premier League season Although perhaps not if you are a …
Read More »Arsenal vs Chelsea a few quick Community Shield thoughts
The first silverware of the season has been handed out, whether or not it can be called a major trophy depends if you are an Arsenal fan or not as they are the 2017 Community Shield winners But ultimately Arsene Wenger has once again got the better of Antonio Conte …
Read More »Football On 5 a few quick thoughts
Football On 5 returned to UK TV screens last night Now usually when I write about Match Of The Day in this style of article it is for all intents and purposes a brief review of each game But as there would have been over 30 games taking place yesterday …
Read More »Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich a few quick thoughts
Off the many games I watched yesterday (of which you can read about) the German Supercup fixture between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich was by far the best of the lot We may have the curtain raiser to the English Premier League season later today and it is going to …
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