James Milner Manchester City
Boring James Milner

The Bosman transfer of James Milner has been widely acknowledged as a shrewd piece of business by Liverpool. Two Premier League medals, 56 international call-ups, a wealth of experience, and an Englishman,…

The Premier League Prediction Five

The Sky Sports TV advert for the Premier League’s 2015-16 season saw Thierry Henry relive some magical moments of the “best league in the world”. But the fleet-footed-ball-handling-striker looked at the past…

Everton: The Difficult Second Album

A perfect and somewhat overused analogy to sum up Everton’s sophomore season under Roberto Martinez is ‘the difficult second album.’ How can you top what was accomplished the first time round when…

Rafa Benitez: A Harbinger of Success

  “This is a cut-throat business.” Real Madrid, the very reason football’s become a cut-throat business. Carlo Ancelloti becomes the latest to face the axe of Florentino Perez, paving the way for…

Juventus Sings Again

The referee blows. Full time: Real Madrid 1 – Juventus 1. With a Clasico final in the offing, Real Madrid went all out for a victory. Missing out would’ve hurt, but they’ve…

The Mismanagement of Brendan Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers is the man for Liverpool should they have a proper off the field structure to support the manager on it. Ferguson with Manchester United, Jose Mourinho with all his clubs,…

Victoria Concordia Crescit

“Key for me was the all-togetherness. What I liked about that team was the unselfishness of everybody. Everybody was willing to give the ball to the guy in the better position. The…

Top Of The Klopp Heap

It is quite hard to imagine the birth of a tactical genius. He appears the heck out of nowhere, and becomes famous for a fantastic style and vision for the game. But,…

The Premier League Rat Race

Rat Race (noun) (informal) 1. A way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power. 2. A rat race is an endless, self-defeating,…

Francis Coquelin
The Coq Returns to Roost

(This article was written before Arsenal´s match against Crystal Palace on February 21) In 2015, Francis Coquelin has recorded the most interceptions in Europe and the most tackles in the Premier League –…

Sir Alex Ferguson: “The boy is walking now.”

In England, fans, pundits and players relish the verity foreigners find the style of play difficult, and there’s a peculiar fetish for newcomers struggling with physicality. Though, there’s also huge respect for…

The Curious Case of Manchester United

The year is 1970, two Englishmen, John and Ben, are at a dusty pub, watching Pele lift the third World Cup. Frustrated at England’s performance, John passes a prophecy, “One day, there…

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