The tension mounts. Aston Villa face Chelsea today, a big day at Villa Park. The vox humana will of course be swelling over the sad retirement of Stiliyan Petrov and relief can be just as big a motivator as fear can. Lambert, ably assisted by Benteke being on fire and Barren Dent keeping well out of the way. If ... Read More »

  Good evening where you are. Word in from our friends at Croatian outlet Vecernji List, is that we’re in for Ante Rebića. Who he? He is RNK Split’s 19 year old centre forward who this season has notched up 11 goals in 24 appearances.   Reading the piece in Vecernji List, a fee of €12m is mentioned, however this appears ... Read More »

  Trying to understand, let alone explain the alchemy of a football team is rather like attempting to describe the Mona Lisa to someone over the telephone. What we witnessed last night was a hugely impressive team appearance from a team comprised largely, of dysfunctional players. Those bleating and howling for strikers, might take a moment to see we’ve perhaps ... Read More »

Not exactly breaking news, as the image posted by the player via Instagram is time stamped yesterday evening, but Moussa Dembele could potentially miss tonight’s stomach churningly important game. In truth, the image only proves two things. One, that his bird is very nice, and two he was in Holland yesterday. But it hardly augurs well. The idea that we ... Read More »

  We’re a day and a bit away from getting a pretty big indicator to discovering our European ambitions for next season. The team I’ve selected probably won’t be the starting line up as we will undoubtedly be waiting on late fitness tests. So let’s look at who we should, indeed who we could field. Availability is an issue. In ... Read More »

  Good morning. Here’s a device to wreck your head. May I introduce the BBC Predictor …here.  Now, the permutations of the remaining Premier League games are seemingly limitless. However I think I’ve found some class of a short cut, if we isolate a Gang Of 3, namely us, Cheatski and the Arse. Both us and the Blue Racists have ... Read More »

  As far as miserable experiences go, that was right up there with missing the last train home. By the time Bale scored I didn’t celebrate, I ‘d simply hit a point whereby I felt less likely to slop off and self harm whilst listening to Aqua. Picking positives out of that game is about as satisfying a task as ... Read More »

  Interesting word coming out of Spain via @barcastuff that André has been talking to Barcelona about Deulofeu, Dos Santos, and S.Roberto. Gerard Deulofeu is their U21 whizz kid winger, with 18 goals in 29 appearances. Quite why Barça would want to get rid of the 19 year old is beyond me. What might make more sense is Jonathan dos Santos. ... Read More »

Good morning where you are. The latest Hotspur’s Half Hour is out and you should feel it coming in your ears by once you push the button below. It’s Game Week 36 and it’s hotting up like the inside of an It’s A Knockout costume. Super-glued to the foot of the division and guaranteed to return from whence they came, ... Read More »

Breaking like the wind is the news that Gareth Bale, the world’s most coveted word class player in the world, will absolutely probably be staying at White Hart Lane. André was unrelenting in his belief that he was passing on information that he had been given by the club. The Spurs coach was  was equally emphatic that this assurance was ... Read More »