by Greg Lea | 07 October, 2018
Hodgson must return to 4-3-3 to get best out of Zaha
When Christian Benteke suffered a knee injury in September of last season, Roy Hodgson deployed Bakary Sako as a makeshift centre-forward in Crystal P...
by Greg Lea | 19 September, 2018
Burnley must improve at both ends to avoid relegation battle
It has been a testing start to the season for Burnley. Sean Dyche’s men are now without a win in five Premier League games following Sunday&rsqu...
by Greg Lea | 12 September, 2018
How will the English clubs fare in the Champions League this season?
Liverpool became the first English club to reach the final of the Champions League since 2012 last season. Jurgen Klopp’s men may have lost 3-1 ...
by Greg Lea | 04 September, 2018
Cardiff dealt lesson in cruel realities of the Premier League
After failing to score in their first three games of the Premier League season, Cardiff City opened their account by finding the back of the net on tw...
by James Horncastle | 30 August, 2018
Will Atalanta boss Gasperini get another chance at a big Italian club?
"The squad, as it is, makes it hard to be competitive on all fronts," complained Gian Piero Gasperini. Just 72 hours of the transfer window remained i...
by Tim Vickery | 27 August, 2018
Uruguayan football crisis has come at exactly the wrong time
Between 1994 and 2006, Uruguay missed out on three World Cups in four. They did qualify for 2002 – but failed to make it out of the group phase....
by Tim Vickery | 19 August, 2018
As Messi takes a break from international football, what now for Argentina?
One man could be forgiven for being happy that Lionel Messi is taking a break from international football. For the Argentine FA, it is bad news. This...
by James Yorke | 14 August, 2018
Targeted transfers for top Premier League teams in shortened window
It already feels like a long time since the transfer window shut for incoming Premier League transfers, despite it being just a few days. Premier Leag...
by Simon Harrison | 12 August, 2018
Lucas Digne’s sale gives Barcelona the chance to set down a marker for La Masia’s future
Ernesto Valverde may have won a domestic double during his first season in charge of Barcelona, but the Extremadura-born tactician has not been immujn...
by Tim Vickery | 12 August, 2018
Will Colombia be the ninth nation to win the World Cup?
Uruguay were the first winners of the World Cup in 1930, and lifted the trophy once more twenty years later. Argentina also have two titles to their n...
by Tim Vickery | 06 August, 2018
Aguero isn't as talented as Romario, but he performs on a more consistent basis
In eight years of regular appearances on Brazilian TV, nothing has ever drawn a response as negative as daring to compare Sergio Aguero with Romario. ...
by James Yorke | 05 August, 2018
Chelsea and Arsenal need to bounce forward in top-four race
It is hard to believe that we are only a shade over two years on from Leicester City’s improbable Premier League title. Everything that has happ...