Last weekend finally brought the conclusions to the European competitions some two and a half months or so later than had been originally planned and in quite possibly the most surreal circumstances we have ever witnessed. The competitions were eventually staged as two concurrent mini-finals tournaments running in Lisbon and Germany and while it was […]
After discussing the potential for both European Finals being all-Premier League affairs a few weeks backs: (https://football-nerd.org/2019/04/26/football-nerd-weekly-ramblings-will-we-see-a-decisive-step-towards-the-title-this-weekend-whats-in-store-in-europe-this-week/), the semi-final first legs proved something of a mixed bag for the English clubs. First up Tottenham were beaten for the second time in a week at their new home, this time by the exciting young Ajax side […]
In what is widely being dubbed as the ‘week of comebacks’, this week’s European clashes certainly threw up some drama and excitement in what were threatening to be a number of dead rubber second-leg games. Of course in an absolute classic invocation of Sod’s Law (which for the uninitiated is defined as: the humorous or […]
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 […]
August, that fantastic yet strange month of the football calendar when the domestic leagues get going once again, yet the transfer window stays open and all of the rumour, misinformation and general associated nonsense continues right the way up to deadline day, which this year comes a full 3 weeks and 3 matches into the […]
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