I’m often accosted as a Chelsea fan with the fact that the last 15 years of success has largely been due to the deep pockets of Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich. His purchase of the club in 2003, and subsequent billion-and-a-half pounds of investment, transfers and renovations have brought Chelsea, a mildly successful if not […]
“Can open, worms everywhere”, “We all knew they couldn’t get away with it forever didn’t we?” “You can’t pay big players small money” and so on…. If you think Danny Rose’s interview with the Sun was misconstrued, misinterpreted and a sensationalised version of a candid open conversation with a newspaper lacking in integrity – it […]
And so, the start is near. The Premier League will begin the 25th year of its life, and the most successful club in its history will be opening their trophy cabinet once again. ‘But why!?’, I hear you scream into your monitor. ‘United finished sixth (SIXTH) last year!’ or ‘Pogba completely failed to perform’ or […]
On April 20th, the official PFA Premier League Team of the Year for 2017 was announced amid the usual fanfare and camera flashes. The final selection always stirs up healthy debate on who should or shouldn’t have been included. The team they went for was as follows: David De Gea, Kyle Walker, David Luiz, Gary […]
“A poor workman blames his tools” – a village elder type. Over the past few years, David Moyes has perfected the art of blame deflection. He has attributed his atrocious managerial record since leaving Everton to a thousand and one reasons and factors seemingly beyond his control. The most bizarre part of this self-written fairy […]
There are few managers in the world as divisive as Pep Guardiola. Of course Jose Mourinho is divisive but it’s in a different way. Everyone knows he’s a top manager it’s more of a question over whether you like him as a man. But Guardiola is different. Some think he’s a genius, that he has […]
Francesco Guidolin is the first Premier League managerial casualty of the season. He has tumbled over the precipice, he’s through the door, the thread he is hanging by has snapped and the skin of his teeth has torn. Use whichever cliché or adage you like, the capo from Castelfranco is on his bicicletta and it’s […]
White Hart Lane truly is the land of the rising Son. Tottenham’s modest bit-parter has been suddenly thrust centre stage, drawing praise from all angles for his recent performances. Spurs attack had been slow to get going this season, and while results had been steady, their forward play hadn’t been at its penetrative best. It […]
A little over a year ago I wrote an article on here where I spent the better part of 2000 words calling Jose Mourinho an asshole. I was pretty unapologetic about it. However, there was this one particular paragraph that filled me with dread as I typed it, where I contemplated the potential future destinations […]
On the face of it, escaping with a draw from a rain sodden pitch in Belgrade looks an excellent result. But the final score of 2-2 doesn’t properly reflect what was a strange evening for the Republic of Ireland. Having started the game superbly, netting early on through Jeff Hendrick, Ireland retreated to the confines […]
