Month: October 2010

With the financial turmoil at Anfield eased (and my knowledge on finance not enough to fill the back of Tom Hicks’ fan mail), attention turned back to the football pitch and back to beleaguered manager Roy Hodgson on Sunday for a meeting of Liverpool’s red and blue halves.

Chelsea’s Carlo Ancelotti has indicated he may be interested in replacing Fabio Capello as England manager in 2012. Capello will step down from the international job after the Euro 2012…

It’s safe to say that before the current season got underway, no one would have anticipated this. In an unusually straight-forward statement made by a dejected Sir Alex Ferguson, it…

 With the words “… he wants to leave, and I just can’t believe it…”, Sir Alex Ferguson probably released the most speculative statement of the year, with Manchester United superstar…

The Manchester United supporters were sent into an emotional tailspin after learning that Wayne Rooney wants to leave, but Sir Alex Ferguson delivered a message that we all must follow….

As the old saying goes, a picture is ‘worth a thousand words’ – and that was certainly the case with Sir Alex Ferguson during Monday’s  press conference where he confirmed…

From strugglers to pace-setters The last five games have seen Portsmouth and Derby each take 13 points from a possible 15. The transformation is impressive. In Derby’s case, we are…

Could the 27th man freed from the Chilean mine disaster be about to rescue the reputation of football? As Franklin Lobos emerged from the depths of the San Jose mine and…

Jose Mourinho pointed out this fixture as being pivotal for their Champions League qualification and his troops lived up to the billing with their performance of the season as they…

There is a saying that “Leopards do not change their spots,” which is the only way one can address what has unfolded at Old Trafford today. Sir Alex Ferguson has…

Well, well, well. How the mighty has fallen. 8 years after that goal against Arsenal, his career had gone from strength to strength. After bursting onto the scene as a…

Alex Ferguson spoke about Wayne Rooney to MUTV earlier today before reading out a prepared statement at the pre-Champions League press conference – here’s a brief transcript from the MUTV…

Back in July, Joe Cole‘s fee-less saunter between Chelsea and Liverpool looked like one of the shrewdest pieces of business conducted over the entire summer, the spark required to reignite…

For all the praise lavished upon Jose Mourinho for his so called ‘shrewd’ signings this summer, it should not be forgotten that there were other coaches around who did a…

You’ll have undoubtedly already been slapped across the eyes by this morning’s sensationalist headlines regarding a certain sweaty little pink fellow and his quest to put the frighteners up his…

There are certain players you can rely on in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game. Guys you can select for your team and then all but guarantee they won’t let you…

Two and a bit years since Juande Ramos within the space of a few months bought two wildly different right backs for a combined £17.5 million, the more dynamic of…

The news that Wayne Rooney has told Manchester United that he wants to leave seems to have hit the club like a bolt out of the blue. However, this has…

Bristol v Reading BRISTOL WIN Nothing too scientific behind this prediction, just a feeling that Bristol are due a win. Burnley v Barnsley BURNLEY WIN Barnsley just aren’t the same…

After months of underachievement and frustration, Gordon Strachan has chosen to bring his time at the Riverside to the end. Quite possibly, he jumped before he was pushed. This was…

Real Madrid vs AC Milan Group G, UEFA Champions League Santiago Bernabue Stadium, Madrid Tuesday, 19th October 2010 20:45 GMT When Milan last visited Bernabeu, they grasped a late winner…

What a difference six months make. Only last March Rooney was being cited as the second best footballer in the world and the only hope of England winning the World…

Whereas simple laws of probability suggest that the more scheisters a global organisation employs, the more likely it is to succumb eventually to the rot of corruption, FIFA are a…

Prior to the employment of Carlo Ancelotti several people, like Sir Alex Ferguson, were dooming Chelsea because of their ageing squad. It is certainly true that when Ancelotti inherited his…

It would appear that, after being dropped for contributing the square root of f**k all to the Manchester United cause over the past two months, Wayne Rooney is preparing to…

With all the money and fame that being a superstar footballer brings, it is not exactly difficult for the modern player to find a woman. But as the following list…