Why Manchester City will fold under pressure

February 27, 2012

It was a sure thing that the millions of Pounds pumped into Manchester City would play a huge role in their attempt to challenge for the Premier League title, but no one could have predicted how successful they would be in such little time. With the arrival of Roberto Mancini came big money signings, Champions [...]

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United struggle at home again as Ajax crash out in style

February 24, 2012

Manchester United’s home form in Europe is becoming a real problem for Sir Alex Ferguson and a better team than Ajax would have put his men to the sword in last nights Europa League 2nd leg. It all started so well for last seasons UEFA Champions League finalists with Javier Hernandez splitting the Dutch defence [...]

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Goodbye Thierry Henry, thanks for even more memories!

February 15, 2012

We are getting prepared to say goodbye to Premiership legend Thierry Henry once again. His short loan spell has reinforced Arsene Wenger’s credentials as king of the dealing as in the last two months Henry has scored more goals than 85million pound combo Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll put together. Yes there is no denying that the [...]

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Why Jose Mourinho is heading to Manchester

February 12, 2012

Rumours of Jose Mourinho wanting to leave Real Madrid for the Premiership would mean only one thing: he is heading for Manchester. Since his famous Champions League win with Porto in 2004, Mourinho has had no desire to manage any side lacking truly world-class pedigree. For this very reason, a return to a depleted Chelsea [...]

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Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool

February 11, 2012

With all the build up revolving around Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra, this afternoon’s early kick-off between Manchester United and Liverpool lived up to the pre-match hype. Arguably the spiciest fixture in the Premier League calendar, it was given even more zest before a ball had even been kicked, when Liverpool’s Luis Suarez refused to [...]

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Moving With The Ages

December 19, 2011

Hi guys, I was watching the Napoli v Roma derby yesterday,and I haven’t watched Roma play for a good couple of years and to my surprise with along with young talents like Bojan in their team Totti was playing.Yes at the grand old age of 35 Francesco Totti was starting and captaining Roma.At the heart [...]

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London 2-0 Manchester – How will this affect the title race?

December 8, 2011

Both Manchester United and Manchester City crashed out of Europe last night leaving just two English representatives in the knockout stages. Now, the question all football fans, players and coaches will ask is how is this going to affect their form over the coming season? Mixed opinions are flowing but many believe “Manchester” to now [...]

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Why can’t Englishmen manage?

December 8, 2011

Not so long a go, Ellis Short offered Steve Bruce a four year contract to help quieten the murmurings in the media of Bruce’s strong contention for the England management job. This was despite the fact that Bruce had seemingly only had modest achievements in his twelve year managerial career, with the only tangible success’s [...]

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Red Mist

October 4, 2011

The mist has cleared from derby day. Undoubtedly Jack Rodwells red card has been on everyone’s lips.Everyone on the blue half of Merseyside is bemoaning the the sending off, but common sense has prevailed over at Anfield this photo has done the rounds and tell me these challenges aren’t worse Foul Play.No disrespect to Everton [...]

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Champions League/City round up

September 27, 2011

Its 8 past nine in the evening and I have been overjoyed by the news filtering through from Old Trafford,Basel equalise (Basel not to be confused with Basil Fawlty or Basil the herb).I have though been admiring Bayern’s midfield set up this could its Europe’s most underrated midfield Ribery-Schweinstieger-Kroos-Robbben,Man City never ha [...]

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In defence of Fernando Torres

September 22, 2011

For Fernando Torres, it will be a long way back to media approval. His move to Chelsea, for a record £50m, will lead to him always being highly scrutinised and criticised for each game where he doesn’t score. His performance against Manchester United, which included a fine goal, a number of feats of fleeting footwork [...]

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The return of One Nil To The Arsenal?

September 15, 2011

If Arsene Wenger’s men haven’t been winning trophies in the last six years, at least they’ve been doing it in style, right? As an ardent Arsenal fan, I have always had faith in the club’s philosophy and the fluidity in which we play our football. Although many have more than criticised the club for the empty trophy [...]

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