While it was lacking in quality, it is impossible to deny that last season was one of the most entertaining in years, culminating in one of the greatest moments since its inception. So what was the response from England’s top tier of clubs? To do away with the entertainment and keep the lack of quality.…
With the English Premier League season reaching the home stretch, Manchester United and Manchester City are set for a crucial top of the table clash. The last time these two sides met at Old Trafford, Manchester City romped to a 6-1 victory. Manchester United never recovered from that defeat and went on to lose the…
Harry Redknapp, the Premier League’s favourite maverick cockney, has now taken control of his first match at the helm of the worst team in England. A dour 0-0 draw seemed on the cards from the outset but it was definitely a more promising display, albeit against a Sunderland side incapable of scoring. Redknapp has been…
Having finished above Liverpool last season and started the season superbly, Everton may have gone into the game feeling confident they could come away with a win, particularly with two of their rival’s defence out injured, but then things are never that simple in the Merseyside derby. The cliché of form going out of the…
Football can be an extremely black and white game at times – goal or no goal; transfer or no transfer; injury or no injury. The butterfly effect can be tracked easier than in many other walks of life. Potential legacies thrown away because of one loss; sport-wide evolution in style disappearing on the back of…
The honeymoon appears to be over for FSG, with those suspicious of the owners now encapsulating more than just fans blindly loyal to Kenny Dalglish. Not succumbing to Gylfi Sigurdsson’s extra wage demands was fair enough, but their tightfistedness over the transfer of Clint Dempsey has left Liverpool’s already faultering attack too thin. John Henry’s…
It was against Everton at home last season that Manchester United threw away their title, conceding two late goals to draw 4-4. Five months later, this time at Goodison Park, they weren’t able to put the ghosts of last season to rest. Both teams set out in a 4-2-3-1 shape but had different ideas on…
On the face of it, the premise seems ridiculous: Robin van Persie was undisputedly one of the best strikers in the world last year – this site named him Premier League player of the season in May – so, initially, Arsenal losing him and Man United gaining him is an immediate negative for the former…
Last season was the first time in seven years Everton have finished above Liverpool, and that finish in 2005 was spoilt somewhat by their rivals winning a fifth European Cup. To find the last time Everton finished ahead of Liverpool before that, you have to head all the way back to 1987 – when they…
It seems the person most annoyed at Roy Hodgson’s appointment as England manager was Daniel Levy – the Spurs chairman now forced into handing over compensation to Harry Redknapp when he could have been on the receiving end if the FA had opted for “The People’s Choice”. Not wholly accurate, a better choice of phrase…
