But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate presence for the past 12 months - where the money has gone? You know, the £30m or so in prize money that every team, even the one at the bottom of the table from August to May, automatically receives by being in the Premier League... So what happened to that money? Or put another way, why was such a meaningless fraction of it spent on recruiting new players? It's one thing not to compete; it's quite another not to even attempt to do so.
On Saturday morning, one of the two teams still unbeaten in the Premiership occupied a modest seventh place. It is an illustration of the relentless … - Pete Gill
On Saturday morning, one of the two teams still unbeaten in the Premiership occupied a modest seventh place. It is an illustration of the relentless …
- Pete Gill
A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness. - Pete Gill
A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness.
Mauricio Pellegrino has the pace of a tricycle with a flat tyre ridden by Luciano Pavarotti, and the turning speed of an oil tanker with its anchor s… - Pete Gill
Mauricio Pellegrino has the pace of a tricycle with a flat tyre ridden by Luciano Pavarotti, and the turning speed of an oil tanker with its anchor s…
But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate presen… - Pete Gill
But before Derby go, would they mind telling the rest of the Premier League - the league which it has debased with its pathetically-inadequate presen…
In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons that remain … - Pete Gill
In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons that remain …
Is it unprecedented for two goalkeepers employed in a match comprising seven goals to be the fixture's most competent protagonists? - Pete Gill
Is it unprecedented for two goalkeepers employed in a match comprising seven goals to be the fixture's most competent protagonists?
It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The downside,… - Pete Gill
It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The downside,…
In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for,… - Pete Gill
In comparison to the emotionally-charged axing of a striker, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who averaged 30 goals a season, even the sale of David Beckham for,…
Arsenal's never-improving injury list increasingly attracts curiosity rather than sympathy. - Pete Gill
Arsenal's never-improving injury list increasingly attracts curiosity rather than sympathy.
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