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Southampton v Fulham, Sunday 13:30 – Southampton were given yet another lesson in top flight football by high-flying Everton as they lost 3-1 at Goodison Park last weekend. New signing Gaston Ramirez got the Saints off to an excellent start barely a few minutes after the whistle, but from then on his side struggled to […]
Newcastle v Man Utd, Sunday 16:00 – Newcastle fans were spared defeat as their talismanic frontman Demba Ba scored twice in the second half to ensure a point returned north with the Magpies. It continued Newcastle’s fluctuating start to the season as they again turned to their prolific striker to rescue them on a day […]
Swansea v Reading, Saturday 15:00 – Swansea’s disappointing run of form continued as they lost 2-0 to Stoke. This was the Swans’ third defeat in a row, a disappointing statistic for Michael Laudrup’s side considering their fine form in the initial forays of the season. Michu had the best chance for the visitors on the day […]
Wigan v Everton, Saturday 15:00 – 10-man Wigan fell to a 1-0 defeat away to Sunderland last weekend. The visitors enjoyed a strong opening spell at the Stadium of Light, with Arouna Kone and James McCarthy both going close, but struggled somewhat in the second half following Jordi Gomez’s dismissal. – James McCarthy ran further than […]
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 […]
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. – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Positives: winning, being unbeaten, Mignolet’s world class shot-stopping, Fletcher’s Fifth… Negatives: matched and menaced by Wigan for half the match, unable to build on a lead even against 10 men. Maybe we should acquire the wonderful gift identified by a certain Scottish bard: ‘to see oursel’s as others see us!’ Over to our resident Burns […]