Robin Van Persie has come through his fitness tests and will be available for selection, you would think that a fit Van Persie has to start his road to match fitness at some time and could Villa park be the time to bring him back, especially when you lose the quality of Cesc Fabregas
I'm not even going to bother with the 'best manager we've ever had' disclaimer as this doesn't exonerate him from criticism. And even if people do choose to criticise him, that in no way indicates that they don't appreciate everything he has done.
Firstly too many changes were made to the team from the weekend. I have said many times, we need our players to have a run of games together to build continuity. Our game is based on continuity more
Rosicky couldn't make the difference when he came on at the weekend but hopefully he will be raring to go probably from the left attacking position. He is more than due a goal and I am backing him to get his name on the score sheet at some
The difference between Premier League sides is decreasing. Anyone can beat anyone. A win against a smaller team means as much as a win against a big team because that big team may well lose against that smaller team the next time they play. You cannot take any game for granted but at the same time you should be extra proud of any victory. And - in the same vein - a loss is a loss against any team. The Sp*rs game was a game like any other and only more important in terms of pride
van der Vaart slotted wide and high past Fabianski for 2-2. With twenty minutes to go, my half time nerves were incorrect, we could most certainly lose this unless we grow some balls and impose ourselves on a game that we had grasped in both hands in the first 45 minutes
So I’ve been sitting on this article for a year now, ever since we threw away a two-goal at Upton Park. On the way back from that game, I sat on the Jubilee Line and tortured myself