Spurs in Wembley shock as Chelsea escape crisis while Arsenal & United hit preseason expectations
See? See? This is exactly what I mean about Arsenal, and I am not even a fan. I am the worst tipster in the world, I accept that, but even…
Yorkshire Rambo, An Aussie Hospital Bill & Classic Arsenal
Remember when the thought of Arsenal winning the league wasn’t followed by uproarious laughter? You quite literally have to be over the age of 15 to really remember those times…
The Real Football Man: Another 37 To Go
In terms of opening weekends of the season, the Premier League needs to give itself a big pat on the back for the efforts that we have just recently witnessed.…
Huddersfield to be joint top by Monday, I tell you and do stay awake for Burnley vs WBA…
What? Are you still reading this after being foolish enough to place real money on the “tips” we gave you last week? More fool you! But hey, at least that’s…
Flint’s Off On One – Newsflash: Your club is NOT Special
When I was about nine years old, I bought a Santa hat from a Manchester street vendor. Although right now it is, unfortunately, several thousand miles away somewhere in my…
Why it’s Good to be Bad
I feel sorry for fans of ‘The Big Four’, or what is now essentially ‘The Big Six’, with Everton doing their best to bridge the gap to the Valhalla that…
The Best of the Rest (of the World): Gabon
The country that we’ll be looking at this week is the home of one the hottest pieces of property in this summer’s transfer window. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is considered to be…
Curbing Your Enthusiasm: A Manager Think Tank with Kettle Chips
A former Premier League manager approached us here at Tales and asked that we publish his diaries, so he could show the public what life is like out of the…
Andre Villas-Boas tries to change Chelsea
Unlike some of our previous Bad Management columns, where the manager just seemed like a terrible appointment from the start, we’re looking at you Joe Kinnear, today’s subject was on…
FPL Gameweek 2
Well, that went surprisingly well. My score of 93 was comfortably ahead of the average score of 58. It meant I entered the charts at a respectable 30,225th, which when…