Excuses, excuses…

I love rubbish excuses. You know the kind, when somebody is really clutching at straws to explain something and they come up with something truly pathetic. Some of my favourites include an acquaintance of mine who couldn’t make it down the pub consecutive weeks due to...

Sticking to our guns

Lydia’s already written something this morning about Arsenal’s approach for Mark Schwarzer. To my mind (and I’m fully aware I might be speaking too soon), it’s impressive to see Fulham telling one of the big boys to back off when they come...

Mark won’t be hanging up his gloves just yet

For a Premier League veteran, as he must now surely be, Mark Schwarzer’s still very agile. He could be in the Fulham goal for a few years yet. First, Roy Hodgson on the evergreen Aussie: Mark did a fantastic job. If you don’t have a goalkeeper who commands...

Niemi leaves Portsmouth

Tucked away in Teamtalk’s paper round-up is this snippet about Antti Niemi: Goalkeeper Antti Niemi has been axed by Portsmouth after earning £14,000 a week for playing in two reserve games and sitting on the bench for one Premier League match. I notice the paper...

Stockdale saves Plymouth

The Daily Mail highlights an excellent performance from Fulham’s goalkeeper David Stockdale, currently on loan at Plymouth, as the reason why Argyle clung on for a point against Barnsley last night. The paper says Argyle ‘were indebted to goalkeeper David...