Tag: Alan Pardew

Manchester United – Bournemouth Well, this is quite the doozy. A team unbeaten since December, who just won a trophy, against a team without a win since hell froze over.…

How on earth did I miss this yesterday? I must have been distracted trying to come up with Shakespeare type puns. No matter, it is still as funny today as…

Crystal Palace – Middlesbrough Steve Parish must have felt that his troubles were over when he hired Sam ‘never been relegated’ Allardici to steady the ship, but somehow he’s only…

As the Premier League title appears to be heading back to Stamford Bridge from the King Power, Conte’s men will continue to morph this season into a procession. So rather…

Chelsea – Arsenal Much like Anderson’s career, this weekend’s matches burst on to the scene with a bang, but quite rapidly drop off in quality. Although, unlike Anderson, Arsenal needn’t…

It’s the kind of comment that would have Sky Sports Jim White spinning in his grave but… IT’S TIME TO SCRAP THE JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW. Don’t get me wrong. I…

We caught up with Sam Allardyce, manager of Crystal Palace, just before lunchtime. Interviewer: “So, Sam, what did you make of the FA Cup giant-killings at the weekend?” Big Sam:…

Arsene Wenger is a bloody animal. You wouldn’t think to look at him, but underneath all the geography teacher chic and unimaginably massive puffer jacket, is the heart and mind…

Hell hath no fury like a Sky pundit when a foreign manager gets a job in the Premier League. What does he know about English football? Surely the ex-footballer with…

The January transfer window reminds me of the wholesale period after Christmas when respectable, and even some of the not so respectable, establishments try to get rid of the junk…