The news of a secret meeting involving the five chief executives of Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and the Manchester clubs, plus some American bloke whose name I can’t be bothered to remember, was completely innocent, about pre-season tours and certainly not about breakaway Super Leagues. Yeah right. How ironic it would be if the Premier League,… Keep Reading
What a season it’s been so far. “We know we’re having a strange year” Ranieri said. The understatement of the season. No one could have predicted that with 12 games left to go that Leicester would be sitting at the top of the League Table, even though everyone seems to have that one mate that… Keep Reading
When you’re getting ready for another weekend of English football starting at White Hart Lane today, cast your minds back 20 years, when Newcastle United (in January) were the best team in the country, Manchester City were heading down and Wimbledon were making up the numbers. How times have changed. This was the season of… Keep Reading
As has so often been proven, making pre-season predictions about league football is the most certain way for a journalist, blogger or pundit to make an absolute fool of themselves. Placing your words and reputation on the line before a ball has been kicked is, in 90% of cases, a true recipe for disaster. It… Keep Reading
cognitive dissonance noun PSYCHOLOGY the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change. I shouldn’t have, but I did. I knew I was succumbing to a base atavistic urge by doing it but I didn’t care. I wanted immediate gratification. I wanted to be horrified and… Keep Reading
The Premier League has always forcefully marketed itself as the “Best League in the World”. And while football fans now widely consider that title to be untrue or maybe even jingoistic bluster, the crown of “Most Competitive League in the World” seems to have found its resting place on the EPL’s enormous bloated bonce. And… Keep Reading
As the new season draws nearer, excitement grows among fans who can’t wait to see their side return to action. For some, it’s all they can talk about to anyone who will listen. What they expect, where their team will finish, how their new signings will do, and why their team will do better than… Keep Reading
With the majority of teams having just nine games to go to ultimately decide their seasons, only eight points separate seventh place Spurs from second place Manchester City. With many of the teams in between all set to play each other, the battle for top four has become much more competitive than in recent years.… Keep Reading
Since the beginning of the FA Premier League a lot has changed, the foreign influence on the league has become massive from the coaching staff all the way up to the Russian billionaires who fund our beloved league to this day, but has this had some serious negative effects on our league and the English… Keep Reading
Fickle Fans Football fans memories remain as fickle and short lived as ever. Man City’s loss to Liverpool as well as their showing against Barca has led to more calls for Manuel Pellegrini to go. “He tries to play too much football” “No heart in the team!” and my personal favourite “he’s too nice to… Keep Reading
