By Myles Palmer ARSENAL is a far better club than Tottenham because the people who own the club know what they are doing. Gooners thank their lucky stars that AFC has never been owned by Alan Sugar, run by Tel…
By Myles Palmer CHELSEA scored three goals from rebounds last night. A 4-0 win away to Lazio is a fantastic result, and Chelsea played very well and took their chances boldly. Damien Duff’s goal, beating two men as he snaked…
By Myles Palmer SATURDAY’S 4-1 WIN at Leeds was like all Arsenal’s four goal games: a massacre. At home to Bayer Leverkusen, they blew them away with three goals in the first half hour. In Eindhoven last season they scored…
By Myles Palmer JIMMY HILL got out of bed on the wrong side last Sunday morning. I should have known then it was going to be a patchy week. Each Sunday morning on Sky, Jimmy Hill discusses football news with…
By Myles Palmer __________________________________________ THIS is a time of torment for Arsene. He is bottom of the Champions League without a win and top of the English League, unbeaten. The Telegraph compares his refusal to accept the inevitable with Comical…
By Myles Palmer ____________________________ CAN Arsenal win in Kiev? If they keep scoring lucky goals, yes. Gilberto’s header hit his shoulder and went in. Edu’s header hit Hyypia’s foot and went in. Edu’s free-kick hit Parlour in the wall and…
By Myles Palmer FOOTBALL is about players and on this sunny Saturday morning in London we don’t know which players will be playing. But it could be that the 11 players of Chesea have never played 90 minutes together. That…
By Myles Palmer CHELSEA come to Highbury on Saturday as league leaders on goal difference. Eight games each, 20 points each. Chelsea are one goal better after eight games. A fascinating clash which should tell us plenty about the strengths…
By Myles Palmer England won a 0 – 0 draw in Turkey. They were mature, solid, authoritative, confident-and they created more chances than Turkey. The huge expectations paralysed the Turks, who have been on the slide since peaking at the…
By Myles Palmer DAVID BECKHAM’s press conference in Istanbul revealed his charm, yet again. “Statistics don’t mean anything in a game like this,” said Becks as the TV lights reflected from his diamond ear-stud. Becks is a stunning ambassador. If…