Why would SWP go to Tottenham, and why would Chelsea want Defoe?
A transfer move that has all the trappings of a real move (down to the ‘inside news’ that both players have agreed to the swap) but the ridiculousness of randomly…
Adriano going to: West Ham, Manchester City, Lazio or Manchester United?
Inter Milan’s Adriano has had a tough time of late – injuries, disciplinary problems and a falling out with his manager means that he’s fast on the exit list for…
West Ham will be a bad move for Reading’s Shorey
The Beeb reports that West Ham have made a 5m bid for Reading left-back Nicky Shorey. Shorey’s a good player and West Ham will improve thanks to him, but I…
Transfer Roundup: Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Arsenal, Middlesbrough, Real Madrid and Barcelona
4 days left to go in August and hopefully we can keep you updated through all the madness.
Normal service resumes in the Premier League
It’s back to familiar terms for Manchester United this weekend as they claimed their first win of the new season, albeit a nervy (and controversial) one against Tottenham. The rest…
Who Should be England’s Next Goalkeeper?
Paul Robinson’s crucifixation has started again, and combined with ‘that goal’ in the Croatia game as well as the short term memory of the press hacks calling for the recall…
Latest Transfer News: Tottenham, West Ham, Newcastle United, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Bolton, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Fulham and others
A quick look at the transfer rumours doing the rounds – as the 31st August deadline approaches, things just keep getting crazier and crazier.
SquadGod Week 2: Suck it up, it’ll get better
Welcome to another edition of our Soccerlens Fantasy Football news update, and the headline just about says it all – if you’re sucking (or more appropriately, if your team is…
England 1-2 Germany – 1 step forward and 2 steps back
Get all the updates on the latest England-Germany match here. If England continue their progress at this rate, we will lose in Russia and crash out of the Euro 2008…
No reason for Ashley to sell Newcastle…yet
Yesterday there were strong rumours coming out of Iceland that Mike Ashley was ready to make a profit on his investment in Newcastle United and wanted to sell the club…
Why are people so afraid of instant video replays in football?
The move to keep Rob Styles and Ian Gosling (the assistant referee who failed to spot Fulham’s equalizer against Middlesbrough) out of the next weekend’s fixtures is a damage-limitation exercise…
Premiership Preview: Tottenham, Arsenal, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Liverpool to win, West Ham and Chelsea to lose
Remember the time when you just couldn’t wait for football to come back? Depending on your allegiances, that feeling has either faded fast or reached an all-time high – less…
Beckham’s goal, Manchester United’s All-time XI and Ferguson blames Ronaldo
A few news items to go through quickly this morning.
List of Premiership players to miss matches during African Cup of Nations
SL reader and forum member XerxesK was kind enough to post the following list in the forum – see if you can add to it and / or find flaws…
Opening Weekend: Guts, Goals and Injuries
Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose… It was a topsy-turvy weekend (and I’m not even going to talk about the fantasy football aspect of it – damn you…
