David Bernstein was widely regarded as the safety-first choice when he was selected to succeed Lord Triesman as chairman of the Football Association in late 2010 as the governing body lurched towards the end of another troublesome year. Many saw David De

Stuck in the mud Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Out of all the clubs on the edge of, or just outside of the top 4, Chelsea are the biggest underachievers. Having spent over £90m within the last year alone on star names such as Fernando Torres, David Luiz

Wenger’s philosophy is aligned along the path of developing players and the financial merit of investing shrewdly. Arsenal are the epitome of a football club when it comes to financial matters; the financial model is a sound and self-sufficient one. Ther

When you look at the England team, you see a board who have gone against their manager, a now-deposed captain who will have lost faith in the people he plays for and a manager who cannot rely on the board to support his decisions. It is about as far from

It’s difficult to know where to start this week’s column. On the face of it, a compelling comeback from two goals down to keep our FA Cup hopes alive, followed by a point and a clean sheet away from home should constitute a reasonably good week. Yet it d

Click here to read 'Martin O'Neill: Messiah' Arsène Wenger claimed on Friday that he is not bothered by adverse reaction from a minority of supporters. Yet however few booed the decision to send on Andrey Arshavin as the man to win last Sunday's game aga