News Archives: 03/2015

With the end of the season looming larger, players bereft of first team action with little hope of getting a sustained run of games may…

Eight months ago, it was inconceivable to many outsiders (myself included) that Southampton would be in a position to challenge, strongly too, for European football…

It’s summer 2006. Valencia have just finished third in La Liga and plans for the ‘Nou Mestalla’, a 75,000 capacity stadium has been approved. It…

As we continue through the first Premier League season without Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz since 2011, there is the distinct feeling that a void has…

Dear Mr. Gerrard, You are a legend. There are no two ways about it. You are the embodiment of everything that Bill Shankly wanted Liverpool…

The fullback position is one that is tightly linked with reliability, stability, and consistency. In the case of English fullbacks in recent years this has…

As Frank Lampard edged towards the final chapter of his 13 year success story with Chelsea, the up and coming American MLS beckoned for the…

On New Year’s Day, Manchester City fans were looking on towards the rest of the season with increasing levels of optimism. After a tense win…

It’s safe to say that for some of Spurs’ younger players, the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino at White Hart Lane has been a useful one.…

Ignored by some, abused by others. Mind games have become part and parcel of the modern game. Whether it is to get into the heads…

It’s one of the great injustices of football commentary that there is a tendency, after a game like the one at Turf Moor on Saturday…

So Chelsea have been knocked out of the Champions League by Paris St. Germain amid much opinion and controversy. According to Sam Allardyce, who is the master…

As yet another Premier League campaign approaches the fantastically accurate ‘squeaky bum time’, there is quite possibly more on the line this year than ever…

In recent times I have often pondered about the bottom of the barrel when it comes to Premier League talent. For every Le Tissier and…

Narcissus of Thespiae was by all means an attractive bloke and disdainful of all his suitors and oglers, the long and short of it is…