As we always say, in-depth reports and stats are better found elsewhere – we usually recommend the BBC, but after the Strictly Come Dancing fiasco they can no longer be trusted… so try Times Online instead. Our mini-round up starts with the Big Four – a couple of weeks after they all failed to score, [...]
15 games in, how have the Premiership managers fared so far this season? We take a look… 1. Chelsea – ‘Big Phil’ Scolari Up until a couple of weeks ago, there would have been no complaints. But after home defeats to both Liverpool and Arsenal in the last few games, along with stuttering progress (not [...]
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 [...]
Torres starts for Liverpool, while Lucas comes into the side for Xabi Alonso, while Fulham remain unchanged from the side that defeated Tottenham. Jermain Defoe and Lassana Diarra are both injured for Portsmouth, replaced by John Utaka and Richard Hughes. Hull are unchanged from the 2-2 draw with Man City. Lampard does indeed make it [...]
Read this if you haven’t done so already – it is my take on the shirt pulling debate. If you can’t be bothered, my basic tenet is that to cut out widespread cheating you have to clamp down on the little things, and refs who penalise minor examples of offences are right to do so. [...]
After gloriously, temporarily sitting in a Champions League spot, Hull are now revelling in 7th place. Man Utd sit in a lowly 15th, with 5 points from 4 matches. Hull, 10,000-1, are 8 places ahead of Man Utd, who were 6-4. Also, brilliantly, Spurs are now two points adrift at the bottom of the table. [...]
Two good wins for the English teams last night – a Gerrard inspired Liverpool won 2-1 in Marseille, and Chelsea were ominously efficient in a 4-0 destruction of Bordeaux. Scolari revealed the first signs of pressure in his pre-match interview, reacting nervously to the suggestion that he had to win the Champions League to avoid [...]
From the excellent Football 365: Hull City Last season it was possible to retain Premier League status with 36 points. The year before, 38 was the magic number. So let’s say that 37 ought to do it this year. In which case, Hull already possess 11% of the points required to stay up after playing [...]
