grvadmin Archives: 08/2015

Two years of unsuccessfully challenging Juventus for the title and AS Roma finally look like a side that might be successful in their mission. The…

Embed from Getty Images Tony Pulis steered Stoke back into the Premier League in 2008. Despite Paddy Power paying out on Stoke’s relegation before a…

Embed from Getty Images We’re a fortnight into the Premier League season. This is always a time of premature scrutiny, transfer window anxiety and managers…

Embed from Getty Images The 2015/16 season has arrived, is under way and is into Matchweek Two. In the build up to the season you…

Embed from Getty Images Lucas Leiva’s career seems to be drawing to a close. The  Brazilian has been on Merseyside for 8 years and is currently…

Embed from Getty Images In his book, World Politics, A.F.K. Organski posited that power transition theory has international politics as a hierarchy to be viewed…

Embed from Getty Images Everton’s talented 21-year-old central defender John Stones is a name that has caught the eye for much of the summer, Jose…

Of the 10 fixtures across the opening weekend of the 2015/16 Premier League season, none had a more intriguing pre-game narrative than Stoke v Liverpool,…

Rumours of Mario Balotelli being frozen out of the Liverpool squad have intensified in the last few days with the forward’s future looking bleak. Little…

Simon Mignolet ranked second in the list of last season’s clean sheets. Here is why I think he will be a crucial part in this season’s…

Last week was hard, really hard. Many a manager struggled around the 30 mark, and I got a mere 27. But fear not, few big…

Someone must be cataloging these headlines, surely?  I’m beginning to lose count. Blackpool have been handed a suspended three points deduction from the FA in…

In Michael Calvin’s new book, ‘Living On The Volcano: The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager’ we are made privy to some of the emotions that Brendan…

Every so often, the Premier League is blessed by a seemingly alien talent. A player who quite simply, is something very special. A magician amongst…

The one thing that every reader and regular visitor to The Boot Room has in common is that they are a fan of football and they love…