Why England won’t win Euro 2016, unfortunately

Personally I would love England to win an international tournament. There’s always excitement before England enter an international tournament but ultimately it leads to disappointment. For the most part we dominate our qualifying group, but when the real football starts our players fall short. Individually they are good enough. The teams they play for are amongst Europe’s best. So why does it all fall apart when you bring it together? Continue reading

Why Arsenal can still win the Premier League

With nine games to go, and an 11 point gap with Leicester (despite a game in hand), it’s a fair assumption that Arsenal’s title race is over for another season. But this post isn’t for the doom and gloom fans, this is for the optimists, the opportunists, the ones who took positives from Barcelona away. This is a head-in-the-clouds, why we can still win the league, destiny’s in our own hands post that may just rekindle your small flame of hope. Continue reading

Arsenal v Leicester: Can we begin to dream…

Nine months out, ten minutes on the pitch, last play of the match, against the current League leaders in a must win game, Danny Welbeck made an emphatic start to his 2015/16 season! Can the emergence of the England striker help to give our season fresh impetus and a new attacking dimension? Can that goal spur the side on to the title? Can we go on to beat treble winners Barcelona next week?! Ok, that last one was probably a bit far, but the result against Leicester could prove huge, with the manner of the victory as important as the points. Continue reading