Utd won the battle of Manchester 1-0 thanks to a Wayne Rooney tap in on the stroke of half time. Utd were clinically good throughout – this was their best away performance of the season. Fletcher and Carrick passed the ball enterprisingly in midfield, and were busy and energetic. It was this central midfield axis [...]
A wholly uninspiring set of results yesterday. You can can get full match reports and details of the tedium elsewhere, so we’ll focus on a more abstract element of each game. Stoke 1 Hull 1 A debatable 73rd minute penalty, won and converted by Ricardo Fuller, cancelled out Marlon King’s excellent strike on the stroke [...]
Rumours are rife that Stuart Pearce has applied for the vacant Swindon manager’s role, and looking to combine this with his work with the England U21s. Swindon would do well to bite his arm off – he would be a huge improvement on the now departed and largely unlamented Maurice Malpas. And a much better [...]
There are a raft of Sunday games because of yesterday’s UEFA cup action; unsurprisingly its the teams that featured in Europe contesting them, plus the obvious ‘Big Four’ televised game, which sees Chelsea take on Arsenal (at 16.00). Chelsea have a few injuries, with Joe Cole, Drogba, Belletti, Essien and Carvalho all missing (though Alex [...]
Joking Here – Joe Kinnear? No? Ah well. In any case, his contract has been extended to the end of the season – his mediocrity has been rewarded. Read the full story here on Sky Sports. Spare a thought for Michael Owen. A couple of years back he was playing for Real Madrid and a [...]
Fernando Torres has suffered his fourth hamstring injury inside 12 months and will be sidelined for up to 3 weeks. Bad news for Liverpool, bad news for Fantasy Football managers. Torres will miss games against West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers and Hull City and the Champions League tie against PSV Eindhoven. Its not only the [...]
Portsmouth were cruelly denied a famous victory over AC Milan last night. After taking a 2-0 lead they were pegged back by a fantastic Ronaldinho free kick, but Pippo Inzaghi broke Portsmouth hearts in the last minute, sliding home a cross to bring it to 2-2 and ensure Milan’s qualification from the group. You have [...]
Yep, that’s right. Playalikes. Lookalikes are ten-a-penny – anyone can make Dirk Kuyt look like Sloth from the Goonies, or Peter Reid look like a monkey. It takes more to put two people together stylistically and functionally; players who remind you of one another, players with similar styles – players that could be clones of [...]
Dull games all round last night. Here is the BBC’s round up of all the action: Wednesday’s Champions League review GROUP A Chelsea drew in Bordeaux and know that a win over lowly Cluj at Stamford Bridge in the final round of games will secure qualification. However, a draw will be enough for the Blues [...]
