CHELSEA MARCH ON! On a Premier League Wednesday night, the fans were treated to a series of exciting fixtures involving the current top five teams in England (We’re looking at you Manchester United). CHELSEA HOSTED MANCHESTER CITY AT STAMFORD BRIDGE IN WHAT PROMISED TO BE A CRUNCHING GAME. After losing […]
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Does Andy Carroll have a future at Liverpool?
On Monday in a press conference, Brendan Rodgers hinted that Andy Carroll’s time at Liverpool may be coming to an end, by hinting that he wouldn’t be ruling out the possibility of loaning Carroll out next season. Predictably, as there isn’t much else to write about at present, this has […]
Width, Manchester City’s biggest problem this season
Despite looking at one point like they would run away with the league title, Manchester City are currently in a position where their only hope of finishing above Manchester United looks like goal difference. Notwithstanding Lee Dixon’s exceptionally perceptive insight that football results are down to a combination of form, fitness and […]
Overview of Premier League loan signings
With big money transfers such as Eden Hazard to Chelsea and Robin Van Persie to Manchester United, you could be forgiven for not noticing certain players turning out for other teams in the coming weeks. There have been some notable loan signings during the transfer window, with some teams lending […]
Galatasaray strikers suffer a disastrous weekend
On Friday night’s home match against Genclerbirligi played host to some of the worst finishing I have witnessed so far this season. First off, goal machine Burak Yilmaz comically missed an open net from an Albert Riera cross halfway through the first half: Galatasaray then conceded the opening goal of […]
The Resurgence of the 3-5-2
At the end of the 90s and the turn of the millennium, the 3-5-2 (and its variants) was at the center of some of the biggest successes in the game. However, the formation began to fade into obscurity from about 2003 onward, until it was brought back from the dead […]
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Author: Cesar Yazbeck Breaking! Usain Bolt Training At Dortmund? Cesar Yazbeck November 13, 2016 Bundesliga, Funny, General, Premier League, Transfer Special No Comments Olympic Gold and Champions League? Reports over the last 24 hours have indicated that Usain Bolt is considering a career change to professional football. He is nine times gold … [Continue Reading…] Liverpool vs Watford: A […]
A Whole Other Planet; how English football is in the shadow of its Spanish and Italian rivals.
The English Premier League is one of the most entertaining and ferocious leagues in the world of football. Proven by the devastating and enthralling climax to the 2011/12 campaign. Never in any other league, have I seen so many twists, turns, peaks and troughs, as I have done in the […]
Craig Gardner: One of Football’s Good Guys
It’s fair to say that, in the UK at least, footballers do not have a good reputation. They are stereotyped as being greedy, uneducated louts who care little about anyone other than themselves and think they are above the rules that everyone else has to live by. They often make […]