Blog Entries tagged 'Barclays Premier League'

The Two Sides Of The Nicklas Bendtner Coin

maryo_shea@yahoo.ie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There is one at every club—the marmite player. The player that as a fan you either love or hate. At Arsenal this player seems to be young Danish international striker, Nicklas Bendtner.

Week on week there seems to be discussions and heated debates between Gunners whether Bendtner has what it takes to succeed at a top cl [...]

From Manchester City To Arsenal To QPR: British Football's Rich List

maryo_shea@yahoo.ie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Money, Money, Money - such an integral part of football these days.

But who has the most of it? Are those who do have it spending it on their respective clubs?

Here is the top ten.

1 Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Man City) £15bn

2 Lakshmi Mittal and family (QPR) £12.5bn

3 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) £7bn

4 Joe Lewis (Tottenham) £2.5bn

5 Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone (QPR) £2.4bn

6 Stanley Kroenke (Arsenal) &pou [...]

Arsene Wenger Needs Jose Mourinho Back In England: And Quick!

maryo_shea@yahoo.ie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It has been an up and down season for Arsene Wenger hasn't it?

The media have been at him. They have been giving him an awful time, splashing him all over the back pages and whinging that he is whinging.

All this can stop with the return of one man, one very special man .... Jose Mourinho.

I can tell you all are starting to think I'm losing it [...]

The Two Sides of the Arsene Wenger Coin

maryo_shea@yahoo.ie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It is getting a bit tiresome isn't it, this whole Arsene Wenger thing?

Arsenal fans seem to be falling out with each other over our own manager. There is a dichotomy forming between those called the "Wenger Out Brigade" and those called the "Arsene Knows Best Brigade".

These two groups are the extremes, th [...]

Hot or Not: Liverpool on Top as Ricardo Fuller takes a Pop

scotinsa@hotmail.com — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Top flight footballers may be able to play two games in a long weekend but it was too much for this writer.

As a result, Hot or Not was rested (with a smile, not a sulking face like Jermain Defoe) on Boxing Day but returns now with a look at Sunday's action.

HOT

Liverpool are top of the league at the half way point, who would have suspected that? Well, I predicted a return to the top two for the red half of Merseyside but not many outside Liverpool did. Another win [...]