Friday, September 2, 2011 at 10:39 PM A Mohawk hair style, the posture of a giant wilder beast and standing at an intimidating 5ft”10; Emmanuel Frimpong could easily win a Mr.T lookalike competition. On a more serious football note, he is exactly what Arsenal need. Some Nuts. As described on the Arsenal website, Frimpong ‘has the physique to flourish and has impressed in Arsenal’s engine room’. Quite simply, this kid is scary.
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 2:08 PM Deadline Day is always a crazy one. Transfers come out of nowhere and some go through with just seconds to spare. Wednesday was no different.
Andre Villas-Boas, Chelsea, Juan Mata, Liverpool, Porto Friday, September 2, 2011 at 1:31 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Sunday League's Finest Slam; that’s the sound of the transfer window shutting for another six months leaving Jim White, Dharmesh Sheth, Andy Burton, David Craig and all the rest in need of a good lie down. Perhaps later they’re decide to drop their “sources” who gave out as much misleading information as a broken compass.
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Premier League, QPR, Stoke, Sunderland Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 10:59 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Shrimpers Tales Blimey. It seems after my blog last week asking Arsene Wenger to splash the cash or send some down to the Essex coast to my little club Southend United, he has taken my advice and gone into spending overdrive. Of course being hammered 8-2 by Manchester United on Sunday may also have something to do with it (I don't want to take all the credit).
Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Chelsea, Everton, Manchester United Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 1:45 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: The View From The Top Tier 31st of August and 31st January are two days each year which could easily gain national holiday status. Across the country men and women of all ages are gripped from the minute they wake up till the minute they go to sleep by the transfer deadline day saga. All PCs, televisions and phones are tuned into Sky Sports News showing live updates with a dramatic aura.
Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, QPR, Stoke, Sunderland, Tottenham Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 5:02 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Harry Blogger and the Chamber of Sports Much like the World Cup, Champions League and FA Cup finals, transfer deadline day is another date in the diary football fans put under the ‘not to be missed’ section.
Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Chelsea, Gary Cahill, Harry Redknapp, Liverpool, Sir Alex Ferguson, Southampton, Tottenham, Wayne Rooney Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 11:22 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Sunday League's Finest Wow. What a week it’s been for Arsenal. I think it’s fair to say that business is starting to pick up at the Emirates.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Samir Nasri, Udinese Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 11:15 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Back to Square One I wonder if journalists make up transfer rumours or whether they do have any basis in reality. There does always seem to be stories in papers that make you think “surely not”. There are also ones that make you think, “Yeah that sounds possible”.
Monday, August 29, 2011 at 2:44 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Diary of a Sky Sports Football Reporter I love my stats - all reporters love their stats. And Huddersfield vs Wycombe was packed full of fascinating ones.
Chelsea, Huddersfield, Liverpool, Manchester United, Newcastle, West Brom, West Ham, Wycombe Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: The Green Room There’s an expression in football for a certain type of team. A team with, maybe three or four good players and the rest are all pretty ordinary. If you happen to be one of the “ordinary” players, then the team is said to be carrying you. Carrying you in the sense that you can’t contribute anything to the game.
Andy Carroll, Chelsea, Liverpool, Norwich City, QPR Friday, August 26, 2011 at 4:57 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: The Layman Tactical innovation happens all the time without one even noticing it as it is all about organic growth; refinement and tinkering to come up with the optimum set-up for a team.
Blackburn, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Premier League, Stoke, Sunderland Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Sunday League's Finest The 20-year-old had a successful season for his hometown side Atletico Madrid but had only just cemented his place in their side. That is why it came as a surprise that Sir Alex Ferguson and his goalkeeping coach – Eric Steele – chose De Gea to replace the retired Edwin Van der Sar.
Andre Villas-Boas, Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, Chelsea, David De Gea, Leicester, Luka Modric, Manchester United, Nani, QPR, Tottenham, WBA Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 2:06 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Burst of Pace As Chelsea look set to complete the signing of Valencia playmaker, Juan Mata and continue in their pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur’s Luka Modric, The Blues’ long-awaited summer rebuild finally looks underway. With further investment in youth seeing Oriol Romeu join from Barcelona and Anderlecht’s Romelu Lukaku making his long-awaited move to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will be looking to usher in a new era at the club.
Andre Villas-Boas, Ashley Cole, Chelsea, Dider Drogba, Frank Lampard, Luka Modric, Tottenham Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 2:03 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Up in the stands The latest twist to the early stages of what is shaping up to be the most exciting title race in recent memory is that Manchester City have ended their long running pursuit of Samir Nasri by finally managing to land the Frenchman for a fee of £22 million. The midfielder will add to the attacking guile and fluidity that has been on display in the opening two games of the season that has yielded two convincing wins, seven goals and an immediate return from the marquee signing of Sergio Aguero. The shackles finally appear to have been taken off by Roberto Mancini and the impending addition of the mercurial Nasri to such flair is ill-boding for the rest of the league.
Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Sergio Aguero, West Brom, Wolfsburg Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 2:02 PM | MORE ON THIS BLOG: Diary of a Sky Sports Football Reporter Over the years I've learned not to turn Sky Sports down whenever they offer me work. But there are rare occasions when I've just had to say 'Sorry, No, I can't do it'.
Arsenal, Chelsea, Hartlepool, Leicester, Manchester City, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Stevenage, Tottenham, West Brom, West Ham 
