Here’s a festive Christmas XI: Goalkeeper Shay (time for) Given – <groan>. sorry – terrible way to start. Defenders Àngel Rangel – to lead the way. (St) Nicholas Shorey – The famous early Greek bishop who became a Christmas icon and now a bit of an icon at Reading. David Partridge – Okay, we were struggling a bit for defenders, then we found Thurrock’s Welshman tucked away in the...
When Thierry Henry returns for Arsenal in the coming days, the Gunners’ fans will no doubt (and quite rightly) remember what a fantastic player he was when he was at Highbury. But now the Arsenal play at The Emirates and they have a new hero: Robin Van Persie. And it’s been a while since the returning superstar played in red, so the question has to be whether Henry is...
It’s hard to look past the following for who’s going to score the most goals in the Premier League this year: Rooney/Hernandez: Both could net 20 goals. They have an amazing array of players to feed them (and maybe even Sneijder to come). Even if Fergie plays one up front on occasions then Rooney will be the man, and even if Hernandez doesn’t start a game, then how often...
