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Look To The Future - The Replacement

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22 years. 3 Premier League titles. 7 FA Cups. One incredible legacy. Arsène Wenger may have left some of his legacy tarnished by the last two seasons, but the overlying truth has been clear to see throughout the past 22 years that this man has revolutionised football and the managerial process throughout England and Europe. It has been a forgettable time of late for the Gunners. Arsenal Fan TV, planes and Piers Morgan have all risen to prominence in their disgust that the boss remained in his position for as long as he has done. But one cannot forget that Wenger guided Arsenal to the Champions League places every single year consecutively for the vast majority of his tenure, as well as reaching a Champions League final in 2006. But were Arsenal going anywhere? Were they ever going to do anything but finish in the top four year on year? It eventually petered out and now they are staring at a second season absence from the elite four of English football.
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"What a Screamer" - A Fan's View of Liverpool vs Manchester City

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Stellar Salah The date is Friday 16th March. It's draw day. Who would everyone be facing? The biggest competition in club football was beginning to hot up. Liverpool had to go to Portugal first, a tough away draw against an in-form Porto. Strikes from Salah, Firmino and a superb hat trick for Sadio Mane (right) saw that the Reds walk their way through to the Champions League Quarter Final. It was a similar story for the champions elect, Manchester City. A tough draw away in Basel, but they walked a 4-0 win with Ilkay Gundogan amongst the scorers. This ensured again for them to cruise through in the home leg. No one saw the two English sides being drawn against each other. It was the last draw that I expected anyway, but sure enough, former Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso drew them out together, with Anfield hosting the first leg of a mouth-watering tie, possibly the highlight of the piece. Wednesday 4th April. For the first
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'Outside of the Big Six' 11 - Could they challenge for the title?

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by Chris For the last three or four years, we've seen minimal change in the top six of the Premier League. Of course, the emergence of miracle-workers Leicester City and Dimitri Payet inspired West Ham in 15/16 did disrupt the norm, but overall we usually see Manchester United and City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham vacating the six spots in the upper echelons of the Premier League. Here I have conflated an eleven which dwell outside of the big six, and evaluate how they would do in combat with any of the top sides. Formation: 3-4-3 GK - Nick POPE (Burnley) Pope in action against Everton What a season this man has had! Pope, a low-level 'keeper for the likes of Charlton Athletic in recent years, has replaced the injury stricken Burnley legend Tom Heaton with great ebullience and has flowered.  The chant 'Nick Pope, in the middle of our goal', to the tune of Madness's 'Our House', certainly infuriated me when Burnley came
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