Roy the Wheeler Dealer

Just a few hours to go now until the end of the transfer window and it looks like our Roy’s done quite a good bit of business. We’ve already seen Brede Hangeland and Leon Andreasen on the pitch – and both look very useful – while Eddie Johnson and fellow striker Erik Nevland should be [...]

Sanchez: more neck than a giraffe

Fresh from destroying the backbone of our team and dumping us into the relegation zone, the wonderfully over-rated Lawrie Sanchez is now back in the jobs market (click here) It really does beggar belief. After being such a colossal failure you would at least think he’d have the good grace to lie low for a [...]

A point in the bag

Not sure whether to be happy or disappointed with last night’s result. The positives were our first point since Birmingham away on December 29th; our first clean sheet since the home match against Derby back in October; and two good debuts for new signings Leon Andreasen and Brede Hangeland. However, a point still leaves us [...]

Crunch match at the Reebok

So then, fingers crossed for three points tonight. It won’t be enough to enable us to climb out of the relegation zone but it will give us some hope for the coming months. Roy Hodgson has confirmed that our new Norwegian giant Brede Hangleand will be in the starting 11 – and the rumour is [...]

Super Bazza

Just been watching the Leicester v Crystal Palace match and delighted to see one of our old boys Barry Hayles get the winner…Also amused to read this description of his goal on the BBC website: “In a tight contest Hayles bundled home from close range with a minute to go.”
How many times have we seen [...]

Slaven Bilic

Picking up on a line from Rich at CCN, Croatia coach Slaven Bilic was apparently at Bristol Rovers last night…just days after being spotted in the directors’ box at the Cottage. Intriguing stuff eh? See here for a Times piece on it.

Oh dear

Does it get any worse than this? Being dumped out of the cup by a League One side…yes folks, that’s the THIRD division of English football. By all accounts Jimmy Bullard was outstanding, yet cruelly it was his penalty miss that proved decisive.
For any other Premier League team the draws we’ve had in this year’s [...]

Fulham v Arsenal: Player rankings

Here’s how I scored the lads against Arsenal.
Niemi – 6/10Couldn’t really be blamed for any of the goals as the lack of defence made saving them mission impossible. Nothing much to do apart from picking the ball out of the net.
Volz – 7/10Has to share the blame for the defensive frailties as a member of [...]

Truly woeful

We got exactly what we deserved: nothing. Roy’s team selection was – to put it bluntly – absolutely bizarre. The idea, it seems, was to pack the midfield and nullify Arsenal’s flowing passing game and leave poor old Clint Dempsey on his own up front. This bloke must be biting his fists in frustration at [...]

Interview with Arsenal fans

We caught up with the lads from the Inside Arsenal blog to ask their thoughts ahead of our match with the Gunners. Our thanks to them for their help.
1. How do you feel your season is going so far?Many pundits wrote us off and it did seem that it would be a tough season ahead [...]