Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United – end of season party for Wenger?
Manchester United emphatically dumped Arsenal out of the title race after clinically dispatching the home side in a 3-1 game that saw Nani finally show why he deserves to stay…
Liverpool’s draw raises no eyebrows
The silence that greeted Liverpool’s draw away to Wolves last night was telling and the surest indicator yet that internally Liverpool recognise that there is no longer a Big Four…
Manchester United sign defender, summer exits unlikely
Manchester United have beaten Arsenal in the transfer market by agreeing terms with Fulham to sign 20-year-old Chris Smalling. The Greenwich-born centre-back – who was signed from non-league Maidstone 18…
Why are Manchester City strikers obsessed with past clubs?
Scott over at Republik of Mancunia has an excellent comparative analysis of Adebayor (ex-Arsenal) and Tevez (ex-Manchester United) and their actions since joining Manchester City. As Scott rightly points out,…
Where will Gold and Sullivan take West Ham?
West Ham have had more than their share of problems off the field as a football club and the news today that David Gold and David Sullivan had completed a…
StatShaker – the England football stats app for iPhone
As iPhone apps go, the world is light on football-friendly apps and games. Sure, there’s FIFA 09 and the old live scores / news reader app but overall mobile development…
Putting United’s debt and bond issue into perspective
Every Manchester United fan I’ve spoken to in the last week has said one of two things: United are in deep, deep trouble. No money, players leaving, etc etc. The…
Batting for Rafa and Liverpool
From King of Liverpool to the laughing stock of England – Rafael Benitez has fallen from his high perch and now the sheer disappointment (not hatred, this is not Manchester…
Rafa for Life? It’s more like a life sentence for Liverpool
Football writing is more often than not locked in the present, the now. There’s no perspective, and while this helps sells more newspaper copies (and gets more pageviews), it also…
Hughes lost the Manchester City dressing room, can Mancini do better?
Manchester City fired Mark Hughes because the marquee signings didn’t support him – and they have now hired a manager who was dismissed because he could not get his expensively…
Liverpool fans aren’t happy after shock Arsenal defeat
I just got back from the Soccerlens match-viewing party in Lahore for the Liverpool-Arsenal game, and I can’t forget the look on the face of Steven Gerrard 3 minutes into…
Ferguson: Giggs is a god in the Manchester United dressing room
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson talks to BBC Sport Wales about 20 years about Ryan Giggs, from chasing the player as a young teenager to managing him in his mid-thirties….
Hughton tames Newcastle squad by letting them rule
Newcastle United are a fascinating subject – and thankfully for the club, out of the limelight as they’ve confidently racked up seven straight wins in the Championship and top the…
Shirt Sponsorships – who said there was no money in football today?
Is it any wonder that we are about to see the silly season of transfer deals recommencing, with sums changing hands more than the total GDP in some countries, when…
Champions League Report: Predicting the final 16
Champions League View: Liverpool are dumped to the Europa League, and one of Bayern Munich and Juventus will join them tonight. It’s official – the big sides aren’t having it…
