By Myles Palmer Saw my pal Philippe from France Football, who said he had bumped into my long time buddy Stewart Joseph at the tube station. Overnight Stewart sent me an e-mail from Philippe, who had spoken to Thierry Henry…
By Myles Palmer Saw my pal Philippe from France Football, who said he had bumped into my long time buddy Stewart Joseph at the tube station. Overnight Stewart sent me an e-mail from Philippe, who had spoken to Thierry Henry…
By Myles Palmer Arsenal 1 Spartak Moscow 0During the day I had lowered my prediction to 1-0 and at half-time I thought it might be 1-0. But I was worried that it would be 0-0 because there was no final…
By Myles Palmer Bizarre that most papers, apart from The Sun, predict that the manager will go with Wiltord & Henry tonight.Arsenal have never won a game when those two have started together and nobody is more aware of that…
By Myles Palmer Afterwards I asked Wenger if he had told Edu to keep it simple. He said, “Yes, because we needed just to pass the ball when he came on.I just wanted to give him twenty minutes and to…
By Myles Palmer ____________________ Arsenal 3 West Ham 0 ____________________ Wiltord 6, 13, 39______________________ I think Wenger will use the same midfield shuffle against Spartak Moscow on Tuesday night. Start Pires-Lauren-Vieira-Ljungberg. Then bring Edu on for Pires, switching Lauren to…
By Myles Palmer England 3 Spain 0. _______________ Really, really pleased for Sven. A gracious geezer who has accepted a horrible job. First goal, anticipation. Second and third, power. Barmby is bright movement. His run made the first goal. Seeing…
By Myles Palmer Tonight is the best night to play Spain because its Barcelona v Real Madrid this weekend. They will not want to mix it in a friendly with a serious match only three days away. I always liked…
By Myles Palmer ______________________________Arsenal 1 Olympique Lyonnais 1______________________________Bergkamp 33, Edmilson 90________________________Noon, Thursday: I have just watched the video and put Arsenal’s eleven starting players into four categories.EXCELLENT : Bergkamp, Cole, VieiraVERY GOOD : Seaman, DixonOK : Pires, Luzhny, Grimandi, ParlourDISAPPOINTING…
By Myles Palmer I think Patrick will be a giant tonight in a narrow victory over Lyon. He was very good against Chelsea after being, I’m told, excellent in Lyon. Wenger has hinted that Parlour might play wide, rather than…