The Squad Sports Blog

Champions in May, 3 points above the relegation zone in November. What went wrong? You will be right if your answer is "a lot". In a league known for its competitiveness, you would have expected the reigning Champions to bolster their squad with high quality signings, but barring Pedro, who hasn't convinced since that man of the match performance on his debut, all they've done is bring in a certain Falcao in hope that he will rediscover his scoring touch, which hasn't happened so far, Rahman, who is still blending into English football with rather inconsistent performances, and Djilobodji, who I'm sure was as shocked as everyone else when he heard Chelsea wanted to sign him. Jose Mourinho, as we all know, wanted more than these, as the likes of Paul Pogba, Gareth Bale, Raheem Sterling and John Stones were all at one point rumoured to be on the transfer radar of Chelsea, with the latter being pursued, even until the end of the transfer window, without any suc...

Diary of a Gooner by Nrabalu A. E. The news that Hector Bellerin is going to miss the clash with Bayern tonight, comes a familiar sigh of resignation. I say familiar because this sort of 'news' isn't that anymore. The most promising youngster in all of English football is lost, well, we'll survive or won't we? Matthieu Debuchy will deputise superbly, we'll fight out a draw, maybe even a win and subsequently qualify in 1st place.   I know, that's how it plays out in my dream. As an Arsenal fan if you're not used to the roller coaster you're just joining, at this club everything is never really perfect, not even close. Forget about injuries, our trophy drought was well documented, we have overcome it, but not with the big one. I'd say it's coming this season but remember how nothing is ever really perfect at this club? I'm sure you wanna argue, this has been a mind blowing start to a season, best in a while. Important players firing on a...