Editorials

It is with a heavy heart that I write this piece as I truly hoped that the bad old days in England were a thing of the past.There has been much trouble around Europe with racist chanting and actions in Spain, Poland and other countries, but we in England have looked smugly on thinking that […]

After Manchester United, Real Madrid and Arsenal sent their message to Europe on Tuesday night it was the turn of Liverpool, Inter, Barcelona and Chelsea to make their mark last night.Of those four big guns, only Liverpool really lived up to their billing. Their 3-1 win over PSV was as impressive as it was comprehensive. […]

What an interesting night of Champions League football we had last night. Manchester United went to Aalborg promising to put out all of their big guns to ensure victory. Arsenal entertained Porto, promising to make changes from the side that lost embarrassingly to Hull on Saturday.Celtic travelled to Spain to take on Villarreal hoping to […]

Just what is going on at Everton? After the fine season they had last time around, hopes would have been high for this season.A summer of a lack of signings, talk of financial difficulties and the falling through of the plans for a new ground took away much of the optimism, but nobody would have […]

Hot teamSixth place in the league, eleven points from six games and a 2-1 at the Emirates. They already have as many points as Derby County managed to get in the whole of last season. Hull City fans must think they are dreaming. It will still be a long hard season for the Tigers, but […]

Lots of great football to write about today but once again the subject of referees is right up at the top of the agenda. At Old Trafford yesterday afternoon, Bolton were fighting a spirited rearguard action against Manchester United until on the hour, they were gifted a goal by a shocking refereeing decision.Jay Lloyd Samuel […]

Time for another round of predictions. I got five results right out of ten last week and although I only got one actual score correct, I was pretty pleased with myself.I’ll try to avoid ridiculous predictions this week as my hunch that Chelsea would thrash Manchester United ended up making me look silly!Saturday 27th Septembert […]

The club versus country row has always caused problems but one battle is beginning to take on epic proportions.We are not talking about Barcelona and Spain falling out about the availability of Xavi, or Chelsea and Germany on a collision course over Michael Ballack, or Real Madrid and Italy falling out over whether Cannavaro is […]

The awful tackle by Middlesbrough captain Emanuel Pogatetz on Manchester United’s Rodrigo Possebon raised a number of issues which face the game at this time.Bad tacklesFirstly, there is a general feeling that the amount of bad tackles in the game is on the increase.Secondly, manager’s come under ever increasing criticism for their failure to condemn […]

Don’t ask Sheffield United about Carlos Vela.The Blades travelled down to The Emirates on Tuesday hoping to knock a youthful Arsenal side out of the Carling Cup, but returned to South Yorkshire later that night after being hit for six.And Vela was the chief tormentor as the 19-year old grabbed a hat-trick on his first […]