There is a line in the Guardian’s preview of Arsenal for the season that says that “there remain concerns about a lack of creativity in the squad.” There is no recognition that Arsenal were the third ...

The keyword in all this is “frustration”. It has nothing to do with all the players Arsenal are buying. It is that we should beat the Tots and nothing else matters.

Now the first thing to note is that it is going to happen very rarely – each of the 20 Premier League clubs will be involved with “extra access” twice in the entire season, and on each occasion it ...