It will be easier for Antonio Conte to continue down a youthful road if we all just accept that there will be a few bumps along the wayWhat a game Nathaniel Chalobah had for Chelsea against West Ham United on Wednesday night. Striding purposefully around midfield and passing with precocious assurance, he looked a star in the making. Antonio Conte will have a tough time leaving him out for the trip to Southampton on Sunday. To be brutally honest, the Italian should be sacked on the spot if he even thinks about putting the youngster on the bench. I saw the future at the London Stadium and it looked exactly like Nathaniel Chalobah.The above is a lie. The truth is...
The podders look back on the EFL Cup events on and off the pitch. Plus: Wolves axe Zenga, and Aston Villa prepare for a second-tier Second City derbySubscribe and review: iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast.Today’s Football Weekly Extra sees AC Jimbo joined by James Horncastle, Barry Glendenning and Jacob Steinberg, who was at the London Stadium to witness the events on and off the pitch following West Ham’s win over Chelsea. Continue reading...
Liverpool’s main contenders are embroiled in European competition, while Jürgen Klopp’s men can stay fresh in their quest for a first title since 1990Arsène Wenger must be a genius if he can come up with a points total that will be necessary to win the title. Between 82 and 86 points, since you ask. Either that or he was having a little joke, which has been known to happen. “He must have more experience of the English league than I thought,” the Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said, making his own little joke. “Because I have no idea how many points it will take.”Leaving aside the matter of how Wenger expects a more competitive league to result in a higher...
Supporters across Europe have long got together as a force for good but suspicions over negative aspects of tribal warfare have left British clubs behindLook out! The ultras are coming. Well, not quite. And definitely not those ones – although it depends on what your definition of an ultra is – but there are moves afoot in Britain to try to adopt a culture of support which often appears to be more misunderstood than Mario Balotelli.Whenever stories about European ultras penetrate British media they invariably come dripping with negative connotations of the fans involved: extreme violence, racist chanting, threats against players and other such depressing accounts that help portray these groups as a repugnant, often entitled, subculture within football. Related:...
From Brazil 1970 to Scarborough 1996, via Brian McClair and ludicrous long-rangers, we recall half a dozen moments of footballing farce Related: The Joy of Six: terrible football penalties A warm welcome to new follower @safc. Do you still play football like this? pic.twitter.com/403w3Gqe9e Continue reading...