Marco’s Rusting Halo

I dared to question the God-like abilities of Marco Silva a few weeks back, and somehow I got away without howls of abuse – probably because I only have 5 readers. Don’t get me wrong – he’s good, but he’s not Wenger ‘good’. Repeatedly we let early goals in or started slowly. Zonal marking was … Continued

Marco’s Maddening Mistakes

Before I start, this is not the beginning of the Silva-Out campaign. I welcomed him, as did almost all fans as a breath of fresh air, and hopefully a tactical advancement upon Phelan. He has made some impressive signings, he speaks well and seems to understand English football. However he has made fatal errors in … Continued

Was We Really That Much Better?

  After the game I shared your likely appreciation of both the result and the performance.  Though I didn’t share my Twittersphere’s suggestion that the performance was vastly better than recent weeks, all hail Saint Marco. We played well.  Very well for portions of it.  But so we did against Crystal Palace, West Ham, West Brom … Continued

Who? Why?

I went to bed in 335 days time and heard that we had sacked Mike Phelan. Bewilderment arose but of course, why didn’t I come to the conclusion that it was all Mike Phelan’s fault that we are bottom of the Premiserable League? If he had been sacked at the end of the dire Middlesbrough … Continued