When the EPL bubble bursts, there will be just one team standing

I didn’t get the chance to finish Kuper and Syzmanski’s incredibly detailed book about football finance called Soccernomics before my library loan was recalled but I did get far enough in to learn that football is not big business.

Take for example the latest turnover figures for every club in the league published in the Guardian courtesy [...]

Evidence mounts that Diakhate is Arsenal’s real target

Quick blog today as I have construction folks coming to the house for, well, for construction purposes and I have to get some prep work done before they get here.

A brief insight into how the 7amkickoff blog works goes like this: I read the newspapers, see big stories, and little stories, then I try to make [...]

Chamakh heads in, Henry heads out, and Pires inserts boot

Good morning folks. Yesterday’s blogs were fun and the commentary from the readers very good. Many of you mentioned Marouane Chamakh’s header againsy Olympiakos as eviudence of what this yopung player brings to the Arsenal and of course, I went and had a look.

I remember it now. I remember seeing that live last season and remarking [...]