In news Arsenal fans knew was coming, the season is over for Spanish right back Hector Bellerin. The 23 year old suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in Arsenal’s 2 – 0 win over Chelsea on Sunday. Hector Bellerin now likely won’t feature for Arsenal until some time halfway through next season. It’s a devastating injury
The halfway point of a season is a good time to take stock and evaluate. At this point, the race for the Premier League Golden boot is established, with 6 firm favorites. No player has completely run away with it at the top of the scoring charts yet. In fact, Mohamed Salah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and
Halfway through the season, the honeymoon period for Unai Emery at Arsenal is well and truly over. Following Arsenal’s dismal 1 – 0 away defeat to West Ham on Saturday, the scrutiny on Unai Emery is intensifying. In many ways, it is typical Arsenal fan behaviour to go into meltdown after a few poor results.
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says the club need to ‘operate differently’ if they are to compete for titles. Mauricio Pochettino was speaking ahead of Spurs’ 1 – 0 Carabao Cup semi final first leg win over Chelsea. The Spurs boss is thought to be a top manager of a top side in the making. Most
Sam Trickett described to the Daily Star how he quit his scaffolding job to pursue a fortune in poker winnings. The 32 year old Sam Trickett has won an estimated £30 million in winnings since dedicating his life to poker. So far, Sam Trickett has played professional poker for 12 years. In his Daily Star
Over the weekend, the 3rd round of the FA Cup got underway. One of the mainstays of the English football calendar, the FA Cup third round is when the big boys get involved. However, the 3rd round didn’t provide us with any of the upsets, romance and giant killings associated with the competition. The big
Unlike last year, the Premier League title race is shaping up to be epic, and more importantly, competitive, this season. After Manchester City utterly dominated the league last season, it was thought that nobody could match them. However, Liverpool have stepped up in a huge way, and currently lead the league on 54 points. They
The Premier League will have to find another new Chief Executive quickly, after Susanna Dinnage turned them down. As outlined on this site, Susanna Dinnage accepted the job offer in early November. However, after a change of mind, Susanna Dinnage has withdrawn her candidacy. Dinnage will reportedly remain in her role at the Discover network.
The history of English teams in the Champions League / European Cup is a bit of a mixed bag. We’ve seen glory, with the wins of Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea. But we’ve also seen underachievement. Arsene Wenger’s invincible Arsenal side fell short in Europe. As did Guardiola’s Manchester City last season, despite having the
The story of Chris Moorman is a digs-to-riches story. The 32 year old, now the top online poker player in the world, started playing poker online as a student. Chris Moorman has amassed a £13 million fortune from a hobby he started in his bedroom aged 21. He won $50,000 playing Texas Hold ‘Em by
