With the Premier League in a strange kind of limbo with little to be decided at the top end of the table, attention seems to be turning more and more towards the battle for relegation, with all of the bottom ten teams all still under the magical 40 point mark. While not technically safe, it […]
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 […]
Say what you like about Jamie Carragher and his tactical analysis work on Sky Sports but no one could deny that the former Liverpool captain: a) knows a thing or two about defending, or b) played every single game in his career with unquestionable commitment and passion; so when someone like that questions the character, […]
As a result of Southampton’s participation in the EFL Cup Final, I didn’t have an Arsenal game to fret and worry about this weekend; however as the resourceful (hopeless?) football obsessive that I am, I focused my full attention on the Eredivisie and La Liga on Sunday for an afternoon football marathon, much to the […]
The final weekend of the domestic season before attention turns to the Euros, was one that was packed with football for me. It started on Friday night when my wife and I spent the evening watching our nephew captain his Uplands Town side to a 7-1 victory in the South Essex Godbold Cup Final. Hosted […]
In many ways the FA Cup Final felt like a bit of a let-down in terms of the football that was on display. Palace seemed content to sit deep and try to hold United at bay; their much vaunted wingers hardly seemed to get into the game. The most impressive performance of the afternoon came […]
After all the excitement and celebrations associated with Leicester clinching the Premier League title, the focus shifted back to European action in midweek; first up was Bayern v Atletico Madrid. After losing the first leg in Madrid, it was always to be expected that Guardiola’s side would go for it right from the off in […]
