After 37 league games last season I wrote an article called ‘What This Season Has Been Missing’. Now, due to a technical hitch somewhere along the line the article never saw the light of day, but I’ll briefly summarise: incredible as it was in many ways, the 2011/12 season seemed to be lacking something. Statistically, […]
OUR cup final? West Ham’s, surely? Well that’s as may be, but we’re reaching that stage in a season where fingernails are in short supply and clichés are not. ‘Squeaky bum time’. ‘The business end’. ‘Every game from now on is a cup final’ – a must win. Those gigantic six-pointers against our top-four rivals […]
I’ve been meaning to write this article for some time, and with goal nets in the Midlands and East Anglia still rippling from Gareth Bale wonder goals, when better to dissect the merits of our favourite Welshman? Still, part of me wonders if my timing is actually a bit off; I wouldn’t want this to […]
The stench left behind by a collection of disagreeable results lingers in our nostrils, and the sound of the January transfer window rumour mill slowly churning back into life is already humming in our ears. For many, this smoggy atmosphere seems to have inspired a bit of soul-searching – or squad searching, if you will. […]