Abramovic Has Got It Wrong Again!

It surprises me that there's no continuity in football these days, do chairmen and owners not understand that a team needs to be stable, for it to be a success???? Roman Abramovic always gets it wrong football is not Pro Evolution or FIFA where you win every trophy and game in Season Mode. This is the real world where the best team or every team will have bad moments, you just need to toughen up and go back to drawing board to get back to winning form. Gary Monk was another shock he lead Swansea to great things and yet because they're going through a bad patch they decided to sack him. It's beyond an expensive joke a manager needs at least 3 seasons or more to prove him self not a few months or a year. Like they always say "You can't build Rome in a day."

I honestly feel that if Chelsea stuck with The Special One, they could be a force in European and world football, okay Chelsea have lost 9 in 16, okay they might not get to the top 4 and are playing for pride, But Jose always turns it around his CV speaks for himself, his record speaks for itself, which is quite evident, if there was quarrels in the dressing room. Then yh maybe they were right to sack him. But the players have to take most of the blame they won the league last season for God's sake, now they're in a relegation scrap, it doesn't add up so many players from Hazard, to Oscar who was world class against Sunderland yesterday and Ivanovic have been poor who were impressive last season. Whether you like or your boss or not you go work giving your all and your best, this year I worked in Jones The Bootmaker and I couldn't stand my ex boss and ex assistant general manager with a passion, they bullied and treated me like crap but I didn't care, I ignored them because I am a professional & won't let pettiness get in my way and give my best to the company who pays me. The players should have taken the same stance you're getting paid to do a job not to make friends. 

I don't know what's next for one of the best tacticians in the game, I know he won't be putting his foot on the pedal yet, they'll be so many offers coming his way, even the Man United job where many are touting the Special One to go. But with that said no matter how bitter and miserable his second stint in Chelsea ended Jose Mourinho is still one of the best coaches in football and what will be Chelsea's loss will be another team's gain. 

Arsenal, What's The Point In Qualifying For Europe?

I've been in a cave for the last 3 weeks, LITERALLY!!!! (don't ask why lol) I don't really have a clue what's going on in the world, so I thought let me check who Arsenal will play in the knock-out stages of Europe. I saw Barcelona in big black bold letters I thought "Oh lord we're going out again" It's like we qualify for Europe just to get knocked out in first round, since 2009 where Man United humbled he Arsenal faithful, in the semi-finals it's like we're the but of jokes in Europe. I know that in football anything can happen but Arsenal's chances of beating Barca you have more chance of Satan giving up the kingdom of hell and saying he want to be an angel again.

With our frail defence and Suarez, Neymar and Messi in the forms of our lives, do I start being depressed now or in February? It's always been my dream that one day we conquer Europe as we are one of the top most underachieving big teams in Europe like Roma, Valencia and many others. I've always said that while Wenger is at the helm we won't be a top team, he's failed to bring in a 20 plus goal striker even though Walcott and Giroud are hitting the ground running they're not exactly Suarez or Lewandowski are they?

Also our defensive mid issue is our achille's heel he (Monsieur Wenger) still hasn't addressed this situation. Bayern Munich was a clear evidence when they thrashed the gunners. How do we expect to be the giants and  be successful in Europe let alone the league, where the manager can't but the players we need, and has no plan b? When we do get knocked out and Neymar and co are scoring goals for fun, and the Barca midfield will be toying us like it's piggy in the middle don't say I never told you so.

Same Old England

Against the Azerbaijan's and Estonia's of this world England look like world beaters, against better quality position England show the team that they are really are, good against the minnows, play like minnows against the best teams on the international scene, as they were outplayed by a strong Spain team who have riches and depth of talent 3 days ago, optimism after a great qualifying campaign and a 17 month unbeaten record has been busted as we all have to smell the coffee and realize this nation is far behind the Spain's, Germany's and Brazil's of this world. England need to go back to the drawing board and work on a new mentality & confidence on beating the giants of international football.

I've always said that this is one of the best England teams, I've seen in the last years, okay there was the golden generation of Beckham, Owen, both Coles, Lampard, Gerard and Ferdinand but they never really hit the heights. But this team is young, pacey and very lethal going forward, with so much good talent coming through these days Hodgson has a big headache all over the pitch, it still makes me wonder why England are falling on their heads against the big teams? Hodgson needs to change his tactics and motivate his players that they can beat the power houses of international football.

For England to be a world force in football that they can and should be, Hodgson needs to put out teams that need to go for a win, Friday night was like the team were holding for a draw, and not trying to take the game by the bull of the horns, he still doesn't know his best 11 and has never had a constant centre back pairing, Cahill and Stones/Jagielka will great in that fold. England are the sleeping giants of international football if there are to win Euro 2016 Hodgson needs to go for wins, and know his best 11 and stop experimenting in every game.

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Coq And Santi Won't Win Us The League

You saw yesterday, how the young and inexperienced midfield duo of Alli and Dier ripped Coq and Carzola to shreds last night. So imagine playing against dangerous number 10's like James Rodriguez or dangerous midfielders like Pogba will be like. Arsene Wenger as stubborn as he is, still hasn't sorted out his problem since he sold Alex Song to Barca nearly 3 years ago. Another case of Ignorance from the French manager who took 11 years to sort out the goal keeping crisis when he brought Cech in the summer.

To win the league you need a strong spine, especially a midfield pairing who will take the game by the scruff of the neck and dominate. Like I said, Gary Neville has said the partnership of Coqulein and Carzola will not win us league, Carzola is an attacking player, even though he has the vision to be a deep lying midfielder, he doesn't posses commitment or discipline and stop attacks. Coquelin may have had a great second half the season last season and cemented his place in midfield, lacks discipline and still needs to develop. Arsenal need someone who is experienced, knows how to dominate midfield and snuff out attacks from the opposition. This is why Bayern battered the Gunners last Tuesday, that's why we was dominated like school boys yesterday.This is an issue Wenger has failed to sort out since he sold Flamini (When he was a formidable force in 2008.) And sold Viera in 2005. If we as Arsenal football club want to move forward we need a quality centre mid who knows what he is doing. But will Wenger step up and pay the big bucks? No!

Okay against the small team Coq and Carzola look like the dream team pairing, but against better opposition and quality attacking number 10's, they'll look like Sunday League rejects, you already saw that Wenger had to take off Carzola yesterday, meaning the Spaniard is feeling the strain of playing in that position. I like Coquelin he's really matured and developed but tackling and discipline is poor which always get's him in the refs notebooks, I've always said he's great cover but will he work on his tackling? I don't know. If Wenger doesn't address situation we will always be doomed.

"Now or Never" For Joel Campbell

Before the Swansea game where he was undoubtedly the man of the match, Arsene Wenger said it's now or never for Joel Campbell, in retrospective he was right, Campbell has played all over the continent from Greece to France and Spain and it's now time to stake a place in the team and stop going on loan. It's now time for the Costa Rican to seize his chance and salvage his Arsenal Career. But when he's 4th choice striker is it time to leave in January or bide his time on the Arsenal bench with form boys Giroud and Walcott, an a injured Welbeck in front of him?

Joel Campbell flourished on Saturday, and should be given a run in the team, he offers another dimension to the attack with his quickness and shoot on sight policy, Campbell if given the nod can be a handful to Premier League defences. He had a great World Cup and a fantastic season at Olympiakos two season ago I was annoyed for him, that Wenger didn't give him a chance last season, where none of strikers proved themselves in most parts of the season. Wenger did say he has a future at the club and rates him highly, but didn't he say the same about Podolski, who on his day is a great finisher and then got rid of him? Campbell is only in the team due to our lack of strikers at the moment I won't be surprised if he's gone in the summer or even January, another talented striker Wenger has lost grip off in his management.  

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Who Leads The Line Better?

If you had told me a year ago Giroud and Walcott would be in this type of form now a year ago, I would've fainted and laughed in your face and probably called a mental institute to pick you up, as these guys were too inconsistent and players who were to hot and cold. For the first time since Wenger/we (Arsenal football club) have a headache in the striker role since the days where we had Henry, Bergamp, Wiltord and Kanu in our buffet of strikers a couple of seasons back. But the question remains who leads and who will lead the line better?

I've always said with the skills, flair and lethal passing of Mesut Ozil in the number 10 position and Walcott playing off him. The English forward would thrive with the Gunners and be a 20 plus goals a season striker with his pace that can split any defence and his good finishing. But Walcott is the player who now at 26 is starting to show the player he promised to be when he came on the scene at Southampton. At times his end product and lack of a footballing brain, where his decision making in the final third has been too in decisive in recent seasons. But since the back end of last season Walcott is proving to the world he's ready to step up and take Arsenal to a title challenge. I personally if I was the manager I would play him ahead of Giroud. 

Giroud has been winning myself and many who has been on his case since he came to the club. He was exceptional against Everton on Saturday, his link and hold up play 2 days ago has improved remarkably, which has been lacking in his game, if he want's to play the lone striker role. Giroud who has been on form for France as well as Arsenal is showing us he can be the player he was Montipiller where he blossomed in Ligue 1, 3 seasons ago. Giroud who will always get the nod over Walcott because he scores more goals (And because he's French as Wenger loves to favour them lol)  as much as his playing style is very different to Walcott who relies on his pace and quickness to stretch defences, the Frenchman's fox in the box and strength, who likes to bring in players to play is more effective for the Gunners. But can also play the super sub role, if he's the man to lead Arsenal to a title there will always be question marks, but he's proven himself to be the main contender to play up front. This will be a defining season for the Gunners as we are chasing for the title but with Welbeck to come back as well and if he can play to the potential he shown when he was at Sunderland and show a few times for England. Wenger will have a big big healthy headache as he looks to secure a first title in 11 years.    

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A Chance Too Much???

Nile Ranger dubbed the most "troubled footballer in the country" from being convicted of rape, (which he was found not guilty) to kicking his own door down in a heated exchange with an ex girlfriend to even being fined thousands of pounds for his wreckless posts on social media app Twitter. What is next for the troubled striker? Who was tipped for stardom after being one of most prolific striker in the England youth set up.

Nile is from my area North London, I've seen him a few times, I even saw him one time come into Nando's "high" (Everyone should know what this means lol) where I used to work. I looked at him even though I don't know him, but he's friends with many people I know. I saw a troubled man, with the weight of the world on his shoulders. How can a promising young talent as Ranger go and waste his potential that's slowly slithering away. With a bad CV and a even badder reputation, what football club will take on the wounded striker? Like I say football is the stuff of fairy tales where we always see a rag to riches story every week, I hope Ranger is one of those many testimonies and does turn it around, he's 24, an age where most footballers start to peak and are in the best shape and form of their careers as they establish it. 

Looks like Blackpool will not be renewing his contract as he's been AWOL for the last 8 months at the seaside club and is training in the parks of North London and looking to revive himself as he pleaded on Sky Sports today that he's looking to get his career back on track. I discussed this with many people why and how Ranger messed up his chance or maybe his career as a professional footballer. Only he knows what goes on his head, why he's in the position he's in, only he can fight the skeletons in his closet. But what I do know is that he can be another player who turns his controversial life into a career of success or just be another young player who wasted their ability and couldn't cope with the fame and financial gain of football and having to deal with their personal life battles outside the game.  

Should Allardyce Got The England Job?

Sam Allardyce believes he should've got the England job in 2006, but the former Bolton man wouldn't have changed anything in my opinion. His brand of football even though effective at Bolton and West Ham at times was boring and one route. England are a team that should be moving the ball forward not lumping it to a target man. But whose to say that would be his approach if he had the job? Allardyce as much as his CV is quite impressive he's been sacked every where he's gone. England don't need a manager with that sort of resume.

One manager who England should've have hired was Harry Redknapp he's by far one of the best English coashes in the game, a great man manager which England have lacked in many years. The England set up needs a manager that will take a player to the side and tell them to fix up or work on something on their game. Redknapp know's how to play attractive football and a very respective figure in the game that could get any player he manager to play for him in the best possible way, not to mention his great eye for talent. But you know the FA they like to hire "Yes men" or "Mr Nice Guy" if you get what I mean, why do you think the late and great Brian Clough never got a look in for the job? For England that's their problem they'll look past great managers who are outspoken and rather go for a yes man who have had a mediocre coaching career, hence why the national team will never move forward.

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Waste Of Talent

I know it sounds harsh but Balotelli even though he's still young, has wasted his career away, from his rants on social media, to insulting many big and respectable football characters to wasting his talent at Anfield last season. Balotelli is never going to be the player he was promised when he first bursted on to the scene when he was at Inter, where he was dubbed the best young player in the world. Things may have been different if Daniel Sturridge was fit for most of last season they may have been a formidable two, but we'll never know now will we?

There's a time for everything, I'm not going to lie I found the Italy forward funny and entertaining at times, his interview with Noel Gallagher on Football Focus a few years ago was legendary. But the former Man City player needs to let his football do the talking and show the world why he was dubbed one of the best talents in the game. On his day Balotelli is amazing, but how often do we hear people say this, he chooses when he wan't to play, and to have this attitude in modern day football will get you no where.

He may be my brothers favourite player God only knows why, and Pirlo may have sang his praises in his biography but Ballotelli has never hit the heights, because he's cocky, lazy and too controversial, what ever many think of him, the facts speak volumes and the stats don't lie he should be better than he is, and leave this childish things away. Steven Gerrard who blasted him in his new book, this is what the England legend had to say "In my last season, Brendan Rodgers came to me at Melwood one day in mid-August. We had a chat on the training pitch. He said, 'You know we've missed out on a couple of signings. I'm basically left with no option but to have a bit of a gamble.'

Brendan paused before he spoke again: 'The gamble is Mario Balotelli.' My instant reaction was, 'Uh-oh.'

"I'd never met Balotelli but I'd heard all the stories about the indoor fireworks and Jose Mourinho describing him as an 'unmanageable' player. I could see that, in the right mood, he was a quality footballer but the rest of his career seemed like a spectacular waste of talent. That was my opinion of Balotelli.

"But I also had to admit that, when he played for Italy, he seemed able to switch on his gift like he was snapping on a bright light. Brendan implied that Balotelli didn't have anywhere else to go – and it seemed as if Liverpool would be Balotelli's last chance to shine at a major club. He would be offered a strict contract. Any bad behaviour would be punished.

"I reminded myself that I had always allowed every new player to come into the club with a clean slate. Balotelli's reputation tested that resolve but I tried my best to be open-minded. He made an immediate impression when we were doing work on our defensive set-pieces and Balotelli said to Brendan: 'I don't mark on corners. I can't.'

"I nearly fell into the goalpost. I was thinking, 'What are you? Six foot three, and one of the strongest men I've ever seen on a football pitch? And you can't mark on a corner?'

"Brendan was very firm. He said to Balotelli: 'Well, you can now – and if you can't then you're going to learn.' That was the first conflict between Brendan and Balotelli, on day one, but the manager stood up to Mario really well. From that point, Balotelli started marking on corners.

"I knew that Balotelli would simply not put in the work we needed from a lone striker. Away to Basel in the Champions League, Balotelli started the game and he was hopeless. After his promising debut against Tottenham he had lapsed in training and the subsequent games. His demeanour was very poor. I made up my mind pretty quickly after that about Balotelli.

"There was no friction between us but I could see Mourinho had been right when he said Balotelli is unmanageable.

"He is very talented with the potential to be world class, but he'll never get there because of his mentality and the people around him. Balotelli's always late, he always wants attention, he says the wrong things on social media.

"For me, he doesn't work hard enough on a daily basis. You're always fighting a losing battle with Balotelli. He does too many things wrong."

If this is what Gerrad thinks whose played with many great players, I wonder what many think even Mourinho said he was "unmanageable" But he can turn it around but I don't see that happening. Highly doubt it.

The Best British Player I've EVER laid My Eyes On

Yes I said it, THE BEST BRITISH player I've seen by a mile, I may not have lived for the Bobby Moore, Bobby Charlton, Gazza and George Best era, But I've followed Rooney since he burst on the scene at Everton and scored that memorable against Arsenal where he destroyed Viera and and Campbell. And since then I've potential talent come and go but Rooney has been a great performer on the highest stage for the last 12 years now, I was so happy for him to be crowned England's all time top goal scorer against Switzerland on Tuesday where he broke Charlton's record.

 The debate on whether he's a great player will still go on, as he's never really hit the heights in a tournament since Euro 2004 and in  the big games. But bar that Rooney is a legend we cannot deny his talent, people can say what they like but Rooney has been a great advert for the English game. (And that's coming from an Arsenal fan lol.)

Rooney on his day is up there with the best, his aggression, skill and technique is all the ingredients you need of a great player, he hasn't had the best seasons with United, and whether he can lead the line for the Red Devils this season is another question on most lips. But we can't take away the great career and impressive CV the Liverpool born player has. Congrats on breaking the record Wazza.

Are Chelsea in A Crisis?

Chelsea in "crisis" loooool you guys are joking right? it's 4 games into the season they're going through what every good team goes through it's a bad run, okay a draw, a loss and two losses looks bad on paper but with Mourinho blasting his star players, subbing Terry the other day, demoting the club doctor and many more soap opera plot twists than a 30 minute segment of Hollyoaks. All seems to be breaking  loose in the not so happy home of current champions where it can easily be fixed no matter what the tabloids say and exaggerate about Mourinho's men.

What has gone wrong?
What has gone wrong is the defense, star defenders such as Terry, Cahil and the consistent Ivanovic who has been one of the best full backs in past seasons are still on 2nd gear and have lack of discipline. The muscle and guile of center midfield where Matic and Fabregas are being opened up far too many times this season, going forward they're great together but defending and holding it in midfield, they can't protect the defence where most of the problems are happening. Also as good and solid Terry and Cahill are they lack pace, where in this modern era of the game if your defence  isn't fast they'll be hell to pay.

What and who ca be brought into fix this?

Chelsea not lacking quality but the addition of Stones, whose winning plaudits by the week and is one hell of a defending talent since Rio Ferdinand to their defence will shore up all attacking threats and the blues will have a formidable defence that they're known to having. Whether he'll be pushing Terry out or warming the bench till the vetarine centre back decides to hang up his boot is another question that remains.  Paul Pogba will sort out the holding midfielder role as he's a dominant force in the middle of the park just as he's great at going forward he's just as good as covering up and defending. With these two in the team Chelsea can add to the finishing jigsaw puzzle to what is already a strong squad. Chelsea will be back to normal ways as Man City I can see failing of the race even though they've had a perfect start to the season. 

Pedro, Wrong Or Right Move??

He may have dazzled and won the Chelsea faithful last night in a stellar performance against West Brom, but is Pedro making a big mistake and stalling in what looks, like a great career, where he won 20 trophies, scored a whooping 99 goals in a 318 game stint for Barcelona?

I would say yes to the question I asked in the previous paragraph. Chelsea have too many options in his refereed positions on the wing and upfront, with players such as Hazard, William, Cuardo, Oscar, Costa, Remy and so many other attacking talent Chelsea contain. The Spaniard might be in the same position he was in at the Nou Camp only difference is he'll be in great diverse London culture and will have a harder task to break into the Chelsea side.

Pedro is an exciting talent in world football, the world cup winner and 3 time Champions League victor has his best years in front of him. Whether that's at Chelsea will be a big question this season. Come Summer I'll see the Spanish player making a big mistake in not joining United, at United he would've been guaranteed first team football and mixing it up with Rooney and Depay, but we'll never know why LVG and the United entourage backed out of the Pedro deal. Come next season's summer transfer window lets not be surprised if we Pedro looking for a exit, as he'll be another player that went from team to team and from warming up one bench to another.  

My Top 3 Wasted Football Talents

Here is Michael Johnson a footballer who had the world at his feet, breaking into the Man City team, with even the England Camp buzzing his name around, like a group of gossiping girls in the school hallway. But he like many players who tipped to take on the world never did himself justice. With personal problems and a new influx of foreign talents of the new spending era at City began a few years back, his career panned away, now he's overweight and despite gaining a 6 million pay out from his contract, he's just another talent that went down the football drain. Where such players as Adriano, Quaresma, Veron, Nugent, Ireland and many more are clear examples of this. I'll be giving my top 3 wasted talents of all time.

3. Javier Saviola 
They tipped him to be the next "Maradona" After ripping the 2001 FIFA World Cup to shreds LITERALLY , he made his big money move to Barca but never couldn't cut it there. He even went to Real Madrid but his career was stop and start even though he did enjoy some success at  Portuguese Giants Benfica. Saviola will always one of those names that stuck out on lips on a potential world beater that never hit 5th gear. 

2. Alvero Recoba 
He may have been a top player on football game Pro Evolution back in the day when the Konami game was hitting the heights in the last decade. But in reality he was just another South American talent that frizzled out in the tough and demanding nature of European football. Blessed with vision, skill and a deadly left foot, his inconsistency and laziness to train, made his career to ponder like many Argentinians who were tipped for greatness before him.

1. Freddy Adu 
Out of all the talents I've seen wasted and never fulfilling their potential and I've seen many to last me a life time. Freddy Adu has to be the one that hits me all the time. Signed his first professional contract at 13 made his debut at 14  and by 15 he had all the big boys watching him and even had a trail at United. But the Ghanaian born American who was dubbed the "Ghanian Wayne Rooney" back in 2004, failed to make a name for himself in Europe and America then eventually disappeared into football no man's land. I watched Adu and followed this guy, he truly had the potential to make a name for himself  in the game with his raw ability, with pace, power and fantastic dribbling technique. He's one that himself and many will look on and maybe even himself and ask "Where did it all go wrong?"

As the game keeps moving, many shine, many careers go into disaster, which is a sad sight to see, but doesn't it make you wonder not only in football but in all walks of life how one can have potential, talent and ability and become yesterdays man?

My Premiership Predictions

As the 23rd season of the English Premier league started last weekend, I and most of the country can't contain our anxiety and excitement as the biggest real life soap opera has already begun to unfold. I'll be giving my predictions of who'll win the league title, who will be the dark horses and relegation candidates.

Who will be the title contenders?

For me Chelsea will win the league and be the 2nd team after Manchester United to constant win back to back titles, they're squad is as strong as last season, and with resilience in every department of Jose's Mourinho's side from the goal keeper to upfront, even though main's marksmen Costa is always injury plagued, as his replacements are questionable if they can lead the front line, as Falcao who had a poor season with United last season and Frenchman Remy. Chelsea will be a dominant side with main man Hazard, Fabregas and co destroying the league. I wont be surprised if they run away with the league Man United, Man City may have strengthen their attacking options, who'll probably be in the title race, are not as strong and young & fresh as this Chelsea are and that will cost them the title and believe that's where they'll fall short.  

Who will be the dark horses of the season? 

With the busy transfer window Palace have had with the shred work of Alan Pardew, they'll be a team to fear, with Cabaye they have a top midfielder who will be dominating the centre of the park, great technical ability and set pieces, is a player that will get into any team's line up. Not too mention the loan signing of Chelsea wonder kid Patrick Bamford who is a young player who I rate highly who ripped the Championship up last year. They'll be a force in the league and how can we forget the dangerous width of Zaha and last season’s star man Bolasie. Don't be surprised if we see Pardrew's men in contention for the Europa League next season. 

Who will be relegation candidates?  

Most of the teams that came up this season plus Leicester, Sunderland and Aston Villa will be my relegation candidates, Aston Villa have lost Benteke and Delph who dragged them to safety in the league and the FA Cup final, I see their departures hitting them hard, Sunderland & Leicester who play good football have lack of quality and depth to stay up in this division, so I wont be surprised if they go down.  

This season will be the best yet, I see it very offensive, with a lot of goals, as most teams having a lot of good attacking players in their squads. I see Hazard, Costa and Aguero fighting to be the best player in league. Bamford and Chaimberland fighting to be young player of the season. So expect more twists and turns than a game of Twister, managerial casualties and Mourinho giving the funniest and most controversial interviews week after week. 

An Immature Dispute

When you think of rivalries that people love and will remember, they think Drake and Meek Mill situation which was quite entertaining to watch but it isn't Tupac and Biggie of yester year, the Mayweather and Pacquiao fight wher 4 year before the show down that happened in May where the pair were throwing shade like a couple gossiping females. Then there is Mourinho and Wenger who have been feuding over a decade. Which to me is immature and jarring we all like a bit competitiveness but this is getting personal surely the League Association Managers should sit the two down and squash both managers qualms.

The pair need to think about sportsmanship of the game, isn't that what the beautiful game is all about? Not taking things personal and shaking hands at the end of the day. It was funny watching the Special One calling Wenger "a specialist in failure" even making digs at Rafa Benitiz and his wife that made me fell off my seat last week. But there's a time for everything and this feud that has gone for over a decade, needs to be put to bed. The advert of the game has enough scandal and controversy to deal with let alone deal with two past their 50's squabbling like kids in a playground. This is the Premier League not primary school!

Wenger may have the 1st round of bragging rights as he finally has a win over the Portuguese tactician in yesterdays pointless trophy of the Community Shield. But let's see how the season pans out I feel Arsenal are miles away from challenging the blues of winning the title if we don't have a holding midfielder and a goal scorer as, I feel Giroud and Walcott are not the forwards that will win you league. As much as I would like the Gunners to win the league, but I would also love to see both experienced coaches to end this pointless feud that taking the professionalism out of the English game.  
 

Mourinho Is A Hypocrite

What is synonymous with the self proclaimed "Special One"? You could say, winner, successful, funny even arrogant but hypocritical wouldn't be a trait one would give the Chelsea boss. Whether it was swipe or attack on his rivals that they are trying to buy the league is yet to be seen, but he can't attack others on what his done in his whole managerial career.

Gone are the days where it was Chelsea and probably Real Madrid who were buying all the best talents and going on crazy spending fee's. Does Mourinho feel threatened that his blues are not the only big spenders in club football? This is the game of today, this is the modern era where clubs are lazy to nurture home grown talents and are willing to spend big bucks on established talents from other continents. Teams cannot win on youth alone like the old Fergie, Man Utd teams of past. We are not going to see another class of 92 or the Arsenal team of past even though Wenger spent, that team was moulded around the home grown talents of Adam's, Cole and Parlour.  

Whether we (Mourinho included lol) like it or not this is the nature of modern day football, well mostly in England to be a force in club football you have to invest heavily in European talent. Football is a business now as much as the FA are stamping down on this (How ironic of them to stop something that's brought them so much money down the years *rolls eyes*) There's not much we can do unless FIFA/UEFA/FA introduce a spending cap. I feel if there was a limit imposed on how much a club spend, they would be forced to look at their academy and more talent would be recognised and getting a chance in the first teams. So people like Mourinho don't buy the league and then moan when his rival managers do it lol.