By Myles Palmer _____________________Arsenal 2 West Ham 0_____________________Ljungberg 77, Kanu 80_________________________HALLELUJAH!Arsenal are keeping clean sheets and scoring from crosses !Six clean sheets in seven game since they lost to Juventus reserves in Turin.The only goal conceded in those seven games…
By Myles Palmer WEST HAM have will not be as dogged as Middlesbrough or as defensive as Ipswich.So Arsenal should break them down before the 68th minute.However, the Hammers have better players than Ipswich and are more likely to score.Still,…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSThierry Henry put his World Cup winning shirt up for auction for the Kanu Heart Foundation and it was sold for oe7,500 (about N1.3m). While on stage a woman offered him oe3000 for a date. Kanu’s Foundation…
By Myles Palmer ___________________ Arsenal 2 Ipswich 0 ___________________ We’ve had the champagne & caviar and now it’s time for fish & chips. It was superior fish & chips today.And the vinegar was good, a Swedish brand called Fiery Freddie.…
By Myles Palmer A week is a long time in football, especially if it’s an international week. I was utterly disgusted by Chelsea’s pathetic performance against Man United today. Even in the first 15 they had possession but no tempo,…
By Myles Palmer _____________________ England 4 Paraguay 0 France 0 Russia 0 Portugal 1 Brazil 1 Germany 0 Argentina 1 _____________________ If you’re a World Cup manager, April is about looking at wannabes, not results. It’s about looking for young…
By Myles Palmer I was on my bike this morning.My Star-Trac bike at the gym faces Channel 4 and has BBC1 on my left and MTV on my right.So at 8.30 am I can choose between cartoons, Rob Bonnett and…
By Myles Palmer __________________________ Middlesbrough 0 Arsenal 1 Nesta og 38 __________________________ Chelsea 1 Fulham 0 Terry 40 ___________________________________________________________ Arsenal played badly and won. The Chelsea game was a better football match but Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen turned out to be…
By Myles Palmer QPR fanatic Pat Driscoll had told me that on-loan winger Jerome Thomas was man of the match in his first three games against Tranmere, Notts County and Swindon. Acting chairman Nick Blackburn confirms this in the Patron’s…
By Ian Grant PLAYERSPatrick Vieira says he wants to lead Arsenal to European glory and become a Highbury legend rather than move to one of Europe’s top clubs where he would be just another player.“If we find the right balance…