Ben takes a look at some of the major summer transfers and how they have fared at their new clubs. Part two to follow… De Souza Robinho (Manchester City) The obvious choice to look at first when talking about the summer transfers. Manchester City would have broken the bank with the British record £32.5 million [...]
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, [...]
Here is the second half of our feature on the Premiership managers, focussing on the bottom half of the table. You can read the first half here. 11. Wigan – Steve Bruce Arguably the most inconsistent team in the Premiership – blessed with talent such as Zaki, Heskey, Palacios and Valencia, Wigan blow hot and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In a move that will alert a good proportion of the Premiership, particularly Spurs and Man City (the latter should be in the market for anyone who can play instead of Darius Vassell) German international Lukas Podolski has stated his desire to leave Bayern Munich. Podolski is quoted as saying: “I have made my mind [...]
Robinho has made a fantastic start to his Man City career, scoring 8 goals in his first 11 matches, including a delightful chip over Manuel Almunia on Saturday. It is often said that players need a time to acclimatise to English football, particularly Brazilians (more failures than successes…) and the fact Robinho has made such [...]
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. [...]
Here is the Premiership table updated after this weekend’s fixtures (courtesy of the BBC). Barclays Premier League : Table 16 Nov 18:04 | Home | Away Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS 1 Chelsea 13 3 2 1 13 3 7 0 0 19 1 28 32 [...]
