By Myles Palmer ITV’s viewing figures will rocket tonight. Real Madrid v Man United is the world’s biggest game. Fergie said that – Juventus said nothing. I’m sure Real Madrid will win the European Cup. And I’m sure they will…
By Myles Palmer Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Aston Villa was a surprise – I thought Arsenal would win. After beating Everton and Chelsea, they were flying and Vieira was playing magnificently. But the international break interrupted their rhythm. That rhythm…
By Myles Palmer ___________________ England 2 Turkey 0 __________________ THIS was more like it. England played with fire and a belief that grew as the game went on. They beat a good side. Having said yesterday that it would be…
By Myles Palmer Why is my interest in England only 30% of what it was before the World Cup? Because we went out with a whimper and I stopped believing in Sven. I can’t get behind a long-ball team with…
By Myles Palmer The Sven documentary was on Sunday night and the Portugal game was on Saturday night. I wondered : Could anybody radically improve England in the way that Big Phil Scolari has galvanised the pretty footballers of Portugal?…
By Myles Palmer I’d heard that the contract negotiations for Pires and Vieira had been put on hold till the stadium finance was sorted. And we know that Vieira wants to be an Arsenal legend. And we can understand that…
By Myles Palmer ___________________ Chelsea 1 Arsenal 3 ___________________ Terry og 24, Wiltord 34, Terry 74, Lauren 82 ___________________________________________________ My preview asked some questions. The first was : Can Vieira be a giant twice in 3 days? Yes. He was…
By Myles Palmer I wrote a preview just now and noticed a typo in the headline and went back to correct the typo and lost the preview. Can I condense into 5 lines what I lost? Not really. Can Vieira…
By Myles Palmer I’M WORRIED that Arsenal have become a 60-minute team They score all their goals in the first hour. In the last 10 games they have not scored after 53 minutes. Feb 1st, Pires scored against Fulham in…
By Myles Palmer Valencia 2 Arsenal 1? I’m glad that’s over at last. It’s a lot of fuss, every year, over a nearly-team that almost gets into Europe’s top eight. I knew Arsenal could not win the European Cup. When…