Arsenal’s recent woeful form and the agreement of the vast majority of Arsenal fans that a change in manager is needed, led Mrs Football Nerd and I into a conversation about the merits of the different members of the elite echelon of modern football managers last weekend. I remain steadfast in championing Pep Guardiola as […]
The misguided sense of entitlement and over-hyped expectation of the modern football fan, the sense that because we pay a fortune to watch the games we are somehow owed something in return; is a sentiment for which I have little sympathy (https://football-nerd.org/2017/09/13/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-dont-expect-loyalty-in-modern-football-and-you-wont-be-disappointed/). However, the very least that we can expect from our team is commitment, […]
The increasingly public spat between José Mourinho and Paul Pogba, sparked by the French midfielder’s recent underwhelming form, has provoked a lot of debate across the football-focused media about which of the two parties should carry the blame. Is it Mourinho’s fault for not playing Pogba in his reportedly preferred position? Or does the blame […]
As I described on these pages back in the autumn (https://football-nerd.org/2017/10/06/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-a-dilemma-of-hopelessness-and-questioned-loyalty/), the increasing obsession brought about by Mrs Football Nerd and my continued attendance at Leyton Orient has built a major football-supporting dilemma for me. With Orient having been relegated out of the League for the first time in 112 years at the end of […]
Normally I try and take everything that self-proclaimed ‘Special One’ José Mourinho says with a large dollop of salt, mindful of the fact that every single soundbite has been calmly and carefully crafted with a specific purpose and intention. However this weekend the Machiavellian manager’s utterings about the Old Trafford crowd and the lack of […]
So that’s it, it’s all over for another seven months, the transfer window has ‘slammed shut’, Jim White of Sky Sports News has packed away his yellow tie, the reporters sent off to cold football stadium car parks across the country can now get back to the jobs they actually trained for and Riyad Mahrez, […]
Now that the FA and English football in general have finally followed a host of other sports, albeit several years later, and are finally starting to trial the use of video replays to support on-field decision-making, it seems like a relevant juncture to examine how this has been working in its initial series of matches. […]
