STATS: West Brom’s Olsonn’s clearances vs QPR’s Faurlin’s hard work
West Brom v QPR, Saturday 15:00 – West Brom were denied all three points thanks to a late Aston Villa equalise, as they battled to a 1-1 draw at Villa Park. Romelu Lukaku again looked to be a threat in front of goal for the Baggies, in a match where Steve Clarke will be disappointed not […]
STATS: Collins’ blocks for West Ham vs Gibbs’ impressive tackling for Arsenal
West Ham v Arsenal, Saturday 17:30 – A flying start from Matt Jarvis helped propel West Ham towards an eventual 2-1 victory last time out against QPR. A further goal from Ricardo Vaz Te helped the Hammers to their first away win of the season, a win defined by their impressive work rate and movement. – […]
PICTURE: Another Chelsea defender giving up on England career?
The FA have today published the report which explained the reasons for John Terry’s ban for racially abusing Anton Ferdinand. In their report, doubt was cast on Ashley Cole’s statement supporting John Terry in his appeal. After reading the report (or being told what it said), Cole took to Twitter to vent his frustration. “Hahahahaa, […]
STATS: Hazard working hardest for Chelsea vs the speed of Norwich’s Morrison
Chelsea v Norwich, Saturday 15:00 – Chelsea further cemented their position atop the Premier League following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over a resurgent Arsenal. Fernando Torres smartly wrapped his foot around Juan Mata’s delivery to get Chelsea off the mark, before Mata added Chelsea’s second following Arsenal’s equaliser. The win will only have added confidence to […]
Fishing For Minnows
As a fan of FC Bayern Munich and the German Bundesliga, I always support Die Nationalef von Deutschland in international competitions. And, of course, as a proud and patriotic American, I also root for team USA. But ahead of the 2014 World Cup, there is so much great international football going on that it feels […]
STATS: Manchester City’s speedy Silva isn’t as fast as Sunderland’s Bramble
Man City v Sunderland 12:45 – Man City were forced to win ugly against Fulham last weekend as they travelled back north with all three points after a 1-2 win. Goals for Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko secured the victory for Robert Mancini’s men, who would have been incensed had a controversial penalty decision for […]
When did Chelsea and Manchester City’s money deny Liverpool?
Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard, famously handed in two transfer requests in a bid to leave his boyhood club for Chelsea. Both times he changed his mind and signed a new and improved deal, rewarded for his “loyalty”, and will now almost certainly see out his career in Merseyside. Whilst the 32-year-old has won lots of […]
TRANSFER RUMOURS – Falcao to Chelsea? Zaha to Liverpool?
Radamel Falcao has been linked with a move to Chelsea from Atletico Madrid amid the growing economic crisis in Spain September 5th: Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin – “A French club, PSG, two English, Chelsea and Manchester City, came for Falcao and he stayed because we took a risk we would be […]
Is Rio Ferdinand really too old for England? Erm, what about Lampard?
Rio Ferdinand was left out of England’s Euro 2012 squad for “footballing reasons” according to Roy Hodgson, although it is widely accepted that the England manager preferred John Terry and the two couldn’t be in the same squad following the Chelsea captain shouting “black cunt” at Rio’s brother. The fact Martin Kelly, who had struggled […]
Another year of Manchester United’s midfield mediocrity
Eight games into the new season and Manchester United haven’t fully got going, failed to purchase the midfielder they needed, leak goals at a startling rate and have kept just two clean sheets. Dissecting those two games, Wigan had ten men and Galatasaray could and should have scored at least 3. In simple terms, United […]
VIDEO: Manchester United stars take on Liverpool players Olympians, and City players at FIFA 13
Last week saw the launch of FIFA 13, and to celebrate we hosted the first ever FIFA 13 Celebrity Cup, a chance for our biggest celebrity fans to take each other on and see who is the real FIFA King. The people involved were Joe Hart (Manchester City), Sam Tomkins (Wigan Warriors), Elliott Bennett (Norwich […]
TRANSFER RUMOURS – Jovetic to Manchester City? Lewandowski to Manchester United? Cole to leave Chelsea?
Stevan Jovetic has been linked with a January move from Manchester City to Fiorentina after rejecting their interest in the summer September 3rd: Jovetic – “I received important offers in the summer and I thought about what to do but the club promised me that they would build a great team, and that has happened. […]
The definitive Premier League vs La Liga debate… Part II
In Part I of this article I compared English football with Spanish by comparing how well teams did in European competition. Now it’s time to look deeper, using different criteria to judge the strength of the leagues. Putting the Catalans to one side for the time being (finally), why is it that Chelsea – the […]
GIFS: Goal of the weekend – Suarez for Liverpool? Ba for Newcastle? Bale for Spurs
The Premier League threw up its usual amount of excitement and quality again this weekend. Vote for your favorite goal of the weekend from the following 5 GIFS: 1.Demba Ba (Newcastle United v Reading) 2.Luis Suarez (Liverpool v Norwich City) 3.Nikica Jelavic (Everton v Southampton) 4.Gareth Bale (Spurs v Manchester United) 5.Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United […]
TRANSFER RUMOURS – Ince to Manchester United? Ramos to Chelsea? McFadden to Sunderland?
– Paul Ince’s son, Tom, has been linked with a £5m move from Blackpool to Manchestser United Ian Holloway: “It’s absolute rubbish. The way Tom’s playing, the best clubs in the world might want him at the end of the season. Manchester United are one of those but I’m sure they would be talking to […]
Can Chelsea man still claim to be a Captain, Leader and Legend?
John Terry is a more interesting and complex man than most of us think. Here is a man who – to many – embodies everything wrong with the modern footballer. The view is he is grossly overpaid, egotistical, he is a thug, he is rapacious, he is a cheat, a liar, a man-child. He believes […]
Let me introduce you to AFC Ajax…
I don’t need to introduce AFC Ajax to you. I’m pretty sure you all know this club, its rich history, its world famous youth academy, the legendary players the club has produced. You are all football fans with knowledge in your bags, you know your stuff. But if I asked you to name three players […]
STATS: QPR’s Park completes most passes vs West Ham’s Collins with more than double the interceptions of his team mates
QPR v West Ham – A first half goal from Bobby Zamora was not enough to let QPR take anything away from their eventual 2-1 defeat to Tottenham. Despite the efforts of Mark Hughes’ men, QPR remain fixed second from bottom. – Ji-Sung Park has continued to successfully integrate himself into the QPR midfield. He’s […]