Author Profile - Philip Burn ( 8 Posts )

Here in the USA we celebrated Thanksgiving Day on Thursday. That means watching the Dallas Cowboys play egg ball, and full plates of turkey, ham, and Yorkshire Puddings with all…

It is near as impossible to mess up a jigsaw puzzle. It might take a while to figure out where every piece goes, but the simple fact remains, that each…

Philip Burn sees no other option; ‘born black and white, die black and white’.

In an emergency call Hatem Ben Arfa. Philip Burn believes that Pardew must put his faith in the French enigma to fill the Cabaye skill gap.

Rarely have United dominated matches this season, despite results, but the number of Newcastle passes and amount of possession at Palace changed all that.

Two words…….that clearance!! How he hooked the ball clear when the whole of White Hart Lane was already celebrating a goal was amazing! He marshaled Soldado very well and showed great courage and commitment under immense pressure from Spurs in the 2nd half.

I don’t know whether it’s the naïve, romantic Geordie in me who loves the enigmatic, game-changer, like Ginola, Asprilla, Gazza etc, but I want our best player to play in the big games.

I still have high hopes that he can eventually be our very own Patrick Vieira with the ability to take a game by the scruff of the neck. Get him alongside Tiote and push Cabaye up the field at the top of the midfield triangle.