I also knew them as Cape Hunting Dogs when I was a youngster in 70’s, always one of my favourites 😍

Good article. It’s already looking like an unpredictable season (increasingly common)… could it be that the dice never land correctly for him at Arsenal and they never win a title under him, even if he’s there more than a decade 🤔

My first live gig was to see Dexy’s in Hatfield in July 1980, which coincided with Geno becoming #1 selling single in the UK for 2 weeks. I adored that Northern Soul incarnation of DMR

They’re owned by parasites who’ve been milking that club for the better part of 20 years now, their ‘plight’ is no surprise.

I can’t figure KS out. There are undoubtedly aspects of Britain that need a complete overhaul, e.g. taxation, and NHS inefficiency needs addressing too. New Labour dabbled there but no cigar. But genuflecting to Establishment and not getting rich to shoulder the burden is surely a mistake.

I guess he had no option but to hold his hands up to that one, which only really serves to convince me that he doesn’t really ‘get’ football

We're not used to the frequent stoppages in play, that's a big part it. But as implied by some other of the replies here, I think it is often exacerbated by the local standards of refereeing and maybe some of the precise rules and how they're interpreted (so not always VAR that's the problem).

Pleased to hear it, it’s definitely on my list to see.

The 1990’s advent of credit squeezing on tv shows was another lamentable change (remember the gags on Blackadder, Vicar of Dibley et al.)