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Premier League - Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?

Hot team At half-time on Saturday Manchester United looked anything but a ‘Hot team’. At 2-0 down it looked very much as though they were going to do all they could to hand the title to Liverpool. In the second half they looked every inch a ‘Hot... Read more »

Disaster for Southampton as they become the fifth club docked points this season

The closest football league side to where I live is Southampton, some twenty-five miles away. My eldest son, who moved here eighteen years ago when he was four, is a Southampton supporter. So whilst I have no major feelings one way or the other to the... Read more »

Premier League predictions - Pressure to be back on United?

Saturday 25th April 2009 Bolton v Aston Villa Safety for Bolton is close enough for them to be able smell it. Six points clear of the drop zone with five games left. Surely another three points will be enough for them to guarantee Premier League football... Read more »

Should Manchester United spend the money on Carlos Tevez?

It has been many months that speculation has abounded around whether Manchester United will spend the £30 million necessary to secure the services of Carlos Tevez on a permanent basis. Tevez himself has started to suggest that he might move on from Old... Read more »

Games that demonstrate why we love the game so much

If anyone wondered why we love the game of football so much, the last couple of weeks should have cleared that up for you. Chelsea 4 Liverpool 4, Cristiano Ronaldo’s wonder strike for Manchester United at Porto, Everton’s tense penalty shoot-out victory... Read more »

Authorities act on racism and violence but more needs to be done

This has been a bad week for the game in some ways and a good week in others. There have been two cases of bad crowd behaviour that have made the news. Sick Firstly there was the unimaginably sick and disgusting racial abuse of Inter Milan striker Mario... Read more »

European round-up - Barca and Inter move closer as AZ triumph in Holland

La Liga Barcelona kept intact their six point lead over closest rivals Real Madrid when Lionel Messi’s twentieth league goal of a fabulous season was enough to beat struggling Getafe. Real Madrid also earned a 1-0 win as Marcelo slotted home to... Read more »

Premier League and FA Cup - Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?

Hot team The candidates are Chelsea, Everton, Tottenham, Manchester City, Portsmouth, Stoke and Sunderland. They all won, but look at who they were playing. Tottenham beat a desperately poor Newcastle, City beat a desperately poor West Brom, Portsmouth... Read more »

Gartside plan to revolutionise the Premier League - not likely to happen though

This coming Thursday could see the beginnings of a major change at the top of the English game. The Premier League chairmen will discuss a plan to increase the Premier League to two divisions. Each division would contain sixteen teams and included within... Read more »

Premier League and FA Cup predictions - Arsenal v Manchester United final?

Saturday 18th April 2009-04-17 FA Cup semi-final Arsenal v Chelsea How on earth do you predict the outcome of this one? Well, as it is my job to do so, I’d better have a go! Arsenal are looking really good at the moment and had a fine win over Villarreal... Read more »

Great teams, but have they got great keepers?

It is said that great teams are built on great defences. Without a solid base, it is impossible to go on to dominate and win games at the very top. A look at the four UEFA Champions League semi-finalists goes a long way to prove that point. Headlines Whilst... Read more »

Champions League round-up - Arsenal and Manchester United make it three of the four semi-finalists from England again

So, who would join Barcelona and Chelsea in the semi-finals of the Champions League? Porto and Arsenal went into last night’s games with a slight advantage as they had drawn their away games and scored away goals. The current champions Manchester United... Read more »

Champions League round-up - Bayern Munich and Liverpool fail in their impossible task

Last night’s second leg ties in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals were both regarded as being pretty much all over before they started. Tonight we will see Porto and Manchester United and Arsenal and Villarreal going into their games all square... Read more »

European round-up - Inter and Barcelona edging closer

Serie A Inter strengthened their hold on the Serie A title at the weekend despite only picking up a point. Jose Mourinho’s men drew 2-2 at home to Palermo after leading 2-0 at half-time with goals from Balotelli and Ibrahimovic. However, second placed... Read more »

EPL - Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?

Hot team Wins for Tottenham, Manchester United and Chelsea. Great comebacks from Aston Villa and Bolton. A first point for Shearer’s Newcastle and fine wins for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Arsenal and Fulham. Plenty of candidates but there can only be... Read more »

Adriano - another flawed genius?

Twenty-seven year old Adriano had the footballing world at his feet. There is no doubt that he had the talent and ability to become one of the finest players the world had ever seen. However, like so many other players who came close to the ‘genius’... Read more »

Premier League predictions - United to win but Liverpool and Chelsea to keep up the pressure

Saturday 11th April 2009 Chelsea v Bolton Eight points clear of the drop zone, Bolton should now be relatively safe. Four points behind the leaders, Chelsea will still fancy their chances of lifting the title. On paper this looks like a guaranteed home... Read more »

How can we say that the EPL is the best league in the world?

When it comes to talking about successful teams and clubs we very often hear the phrase ‘strength in depth’. Most people agree that for a team to be truly great they must have ‘strength in depth’. If that is the case and the same applies to leagues,... Read more »

Champions League quarter-finals - Advantage Chelsea and Barcelona - Game over for Liverpool and Bayern

With Porto and Arsenal making themselves favourites to go through on Tuesday evening it was the turn of the other half of the draw last night. Bayern Munich had the daunting task of a visit to Barcelona and Liverpool entertained Chelsea in their annual... Read more »

Champions League quarter-finals - Advantage Porto and Arsenal

The first two Champions League quarter-finals took place last night with a slight advantage going to Porto and Arsenal. The game between Manchester United and Porto saw a re-run of that famous game back in 2003-04 when Jose Mourinho’s Porto knocked... Read more »

European round-up - No stopping Inter or Barcelona

Serie A Inter Milan went nine points clear at the top after a late own goal gave them an uninspiring but important 1-0 win over Udinese. Second placed Juventus fell further behind after they were held 3-3 at home by Chievo. After going 1-0 down, Chiellini... Read more »

Premier League - Who’s Hot and Who’s Not?

Hot team A lot of winners this week. Manchester United, Everton, Arsenal, Blackburn, Bolton, Liverpool, Chelsea, Stoke and West Ham could all think they have a chance of being this week’s ‘Hot team’. Very late winners for United and Liverpool kept... Read more »

With defences like these, who’d be a Premier League manager?

The life of a football manager is, we all know, pretty stressful. Recent medical studies have shown that during a game, managers put extreme pressure on the hearts as their heart rate soars and their blood pressure rises. At this stage of the season,... Read more »

Premier League predictions - Will Rafa’s men handle the pressure?

I head back to the murky world of Premier League predictions after a remarkable performance of nine correct predictions in twelve during international week. I don’t expect that sort of success rate here! Saturday 4th April 2009 Arsenal v Manchester... Read more »

Southampton become the first of many?

The other day I asked if doomsday was approaching for English football. It does seem to be heading that way and I fear for the number of clubs that are going to hit trouble over the coming weeks and months. Casualty The latest casualty is Championship... Read more »

Will Shearer be Newcastle’s saviour?

Newcastle have now appointed Alan Shearer as their manager until the end of the season. That means they have had as many managers as they have had home wins this year! Following Kevin Keegan, the unfortunate Joe Kinnear and Chris Hughton, Shearer becomes... Read more »

International predictions - England to keep 100% record and can anyone stop Holland?

There are some big World Cup qualifying games tonight and here we go with a preview of a few selected matches. I shouldn’t point this out really but I’m going to! On Saturday I got four of my five predictions right and three of those, I got... Read more »

Our thoughts are with the people of the Ivory Coast

Football was put firmly into perspective on Sunday when twenty-two people died and one hundred and thirty were injured at a game in the Ivory Coast. The Government has announced that an inquiry will be held into the incident in Abidjan, but the early... Read more »

Is a player ever more important than a club?

The usual gossip appeared in the English Sunday newspapers this week and two perennial stories surfaced again. Package The News of the World reported that Real Madrid are putting together a £100million package to sign Manchester United winger Cristiano... Read more »

Rooney and Gerrard shine as England continue to look good

I know that there were a lot of important international matches yesterday and some really great performances. I’m going to talk about England I’m afraid, even though their game was only a friendly. Excellent Before I start, let’s just recognise... Read more »

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