... it occurs to me that the names of some opposition players who have graced the Amex this season could be put to better use. So I offer you ten to start with:
Guendouzi (Noun) A player so easily wound up it becomes pointless letting them step onto the pitch
Grealish (Adjective) More likely...
... and seeing as he is now playing right-back, when did we last take the field for a league game with a non-Spanish speaker in that position?
From memory, since 2009 we've had only Iñigo Calderón, Gonzalo Jara Reyes(loan), Bruno Saltor, Martin Montoya and Steven Alzate.
A decade? Surely not!
I’ve always had a soft spot for Dundee United since I spent the 1979/80 season living and working in Downfield, on the northern outskirts of the town. I was driving yesterday when I heard on Radio 5 Live that their relegation/promotion playoff final against St. Mirren had gone to penalties...
When we took the field in our first PL match with no less than four new recruits in the starting line-up, I feared for them and for us. What about the language barrier? The pace and physicality of the Premier League? Could the team spirit, forged in the white heat of two Championship promotion...