But there is a difference, because the mortgage covers part of the value of the house, and house prices invariably go up. However, footballers are different, for with them the value of the player goes ...

I keep repeating that my optimism for the success of Arsenal has never wavered. Yet I am so angry and saddened by the number of journalists and so-called National football pundits and so-called ...

This is of course, a very rough and ready calculation – really a bit of fun for the start of the season. But it does suggest that the biggest change we are likely to see is a rise or fall of nine or ...

"I believe the target of anything in life should be to do it so well that it becomes an art." A Wenger ...

We learned for one thing that Max Dowman is not yet ready for the first team squad, but nonetheless is being told in no uncertain terms that he is vital to Arsenal’s future, for apparently, he ...

Anyway, Arsenal won, just as Arsenal won the opening game last season, and in the season before (2023/24) and the season before (2022/23). In fact, we have to go back to 2021/22 to find a defeat – and ...

Put another way, the immediate expectation upon Arteta, generated by the media and supported by some pack-following supporters, is to prove he can be a Premier League winner. The immediate expectation ...

Man U’s excuse is that they need to cut hundreds of jobs and restructure, but that is their fault for allowing the club to wander into its current state. Indeed, it is not just why they allowed this ...

Overall, the figures above suggest that Manchester U were following a tactic at home of shooting whenever the chance arose, irrespective of the chance of that shot getting a goal. They were in fact ...

As for Simon Hooper, Manchester United will love him on Sunday as he is a home win man – as we can see. He does give away wins, but he has the lowest percentage of away wins of the mainstream PGMO ...

One thing that stood out was that the NW clubs could, on average, commit 219 fouls before receiving a red card whilst the London clubs could only commit an average of 160. So NW clubs are allowed to ...