Why Chelsea Keeping Lampard Is A Mistake
Let the record show that Chelsea have made a mistake in handing Frank Lampard a new contract.
Sir Alex Ferguson Retires: Has David Moyes Got The Winning Mentality To Manage Manchester United?
Following the rumours that Sir Alex Ferguson may retire, could David Moyes make the step up from Everton to Manchester United?
Bayern, Barca, United & Co Have To Form A Super League To Save Football
Football is about to get even more boring in Europe’s top domestic leagues, and it’s time for the big boys to saunter off and allow the rest of the clubs to grow…
Barcelona Should Sign Reus Over Neymar & We Should All Mourn Dortmund’s Break-Up
If there was anyone left in the known world unaware of Dortmund’s quality, the hammering of Real changed that. It’s just a shame that this great team will be dismantled come the end of the season…
What If Tottenham & Rangers Legend Gazza Had Scored Against Germany In 96?
It is the summer of 1996. The weather is brilliant, football is coming home and I am terrified of Jürgen Klinsmann.
Chelsea, United, PSG Or City? Mourinho’s Post-Madrid Options Assessed
Reported to be leaving Madrid at the end of the season, will Mourinho be then lured by the romance of Paris or the cash of Manchester City? The history of Bayern Munich or his history with Chelsea? We assess where “The Special One” will go next…
Chelsea Should Sign Lewandowski & Other Observations From Malaga v Dortmund
Despite his glaring miss the big man showed that he is the archetypal modern striker, capable of playing on his own, linking play and driving at defences…
Why Adel Taarabt Should Replace Wayne Rooney At Manchester United
It sounds insane but it makes perfect sense. Football is supposed to be about ingenuity and fun and in that regard Rooney just can’t cut it. It’s time to restore flair players to the limelight…
Mancini At Leicester, Hierro At Bolton And Other Superstar Moves That Time Forgot
For years you watch a legend on TV and it’s clear that he’s a cut above the two-bit outfit you support. The next thing you know he’s signed for your club and he’s not actually all that. Then, as soon as it began, it’s over and you’re never sure whether it actually happened. Meet the ‘Did They Really Play In England?’ XI…
Arsenal Fans Speak: The Plastic Majority Don’t Know How Lucky They Are
Even more predictable than the manner of an Arsenal defeat is younger fans kicking up a storm on Twitter. In this interview with three fans who have been Gunners since the 60s, I sought to bring some perspective on what life really is like for an Arsenal fan…
Lincoln: A Masterpiece, Unless You’re A History Buff
If you can look past the factual inaccuracies then Daniel Day Lewis’ portrayal of the 16th President of the United States will blow your star-spangled socks off…
Mourinho? Moyes? Laudrup? De Boer? Wenger’s Arsenal Replacements Assessed
After an awful few seasons for Arsenal, the time has come for Arsène Wenger to fall on his sword. As one era ends, another begins – but whose? We run the rule over the names currently in the mix…
Arsenal vs Bayern: The Night The Wenger Out Brigade Finally Won?
Arsène Wenger has always answered his critics by pointing to his record of Champions League qualification – but with the Gunners unlikely to finish fourth, defeat to Bayern could see the remaining trust in him evaporate. It is the biggest game of his life…
A Fanboy’s Guide To The Best Radiohead Songs
Oxfordshire’s finest were made worldwide superstars by their earnest miserablism – only when they left that behind did they get really interesting…
Forget Suárez and Van Persie: Chelsea’s Juan Mata is the Player of the Year
Several stars have had outstanding Premier League seasons but none have shone brighter than Chelsea’s talisman…
With Gerrard As His Minder, Arsenal’s Wilshere Proves He’s World Class
Roy Hodgson deserves credit for reinventing Gerrard as a holding midfielder, but the win against Brazil was definitely the Jack Wilshere show…
Premier League Impatience Is Killing English Football
The Premier League is flush with cash but beneath the surface English football is in a bad way…
Liverpool: Play A Back Three, Attack Lescott And Beat Manchester City
Liverpool go into this afternoon’s fixture against Manchester City as firm underdogs, but with a little creative thinking they can take all three points…
Why You’d Be Daft To Rule Out Another Treble For Manchester United
Most would say that winning three trophies is beyond Man Utd this season but a look at the 1999 side shows just how wrong those people are…
Tottenham’s Vertonghen & The PL XI To Beat The FIFPro World XI
FIFA missed a trick by not picking any Premiership stars in the FIFPro World XI and in a league evidently possessing so many stars, this lot would certainly give them a game and a half over 90 minutes.
The First Album I Ever Bought Revisited
You’ll always view the first album you bought differently to those that follow. Is it as good as you remember it being?
Manchester United, PSG, Juve or LA Galaxy: Where Next For Frank Lampard?
With six months left on his Chelsea contract, his future remains unresolved. He has options, but which one will he take?
The 10 Worst Opposition Players To Have Scored At Old Trafford
Most of us can only dream of scoring a goal at OT. As this list shows, you don’t necessarily need talent to do so…
How I Gave Up On My Team: A Former Fan’s Story
It is a given that all football fans have a team. Since I gave up on mine, football has been a lot more fun…
Figo Is Bang On – Watching Lionel Messi is Like Having An Orgasm
Pelé? Maradona? Cruyff? Beckenbauer? Zidane? None of them come close to matching Barcelona’s number ten…
Shaun Wright-Phillips Could Have Achieved Greatness At Arsenal
SWP’s recent winner at Stamford Bridge brought back memories of his Man City heyday. How different would English football have been if he’d signed for Arsenal instead of Chelsea?
Why Moving Suarez Wide Of Sturridge Will Give Liverpool More Attacking Threat
Luis Suárez has had a superb season but Daniel Sturridge’s arrival means Liverpool’s main man will have to adapt. Thankfully for Reds fans, Brendan Rodgers is very much the man with a plan…
Sandro, Dembélé & AVB: Tottenham’s Holy Trinity Can Lead Them To Glory
André Villas-Boas has re-built Spurs around the best midfield partnership in the Premier League – and it looks set to get even better at the Lane…
Arsenal Target Stoppila Sunzu: One Of The Best Defenders In The World & The 2012 World XI
Arsenal & Reading fans may be disappointed to hear that they have been linked with a defender they’ve never heard of. They needn’t be…
Jack Is Certainly Back, But The Loss Of Diaby Has Shaped Arsenal’s Season
Before his return from injury Wilshere was being hailed as the Messiah. He may end up being so, but we’ve missed Diaby far more that many prominent Arsenal fans are prepared to admit…
Champions League: Germany’s Innovation Trumps England’s Investment
The most important lesson that the English teams will take from this season’s group stage is that it does not matter how expensive or famous your players are when your opponents are better organised in a more sophisticated system…
From Superman To Supersub, The Fall Of The No.9 In The Premier League
Darren Bent, Nikica Jelavić, Edin Dzeko, Javier Hernandez: all great goal scorers who would be better off the bench than in a starting 11…
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