Michael Somerville

Never afraid of expressing views that provoke debate and banter from passionate football fans; Michael is always interested in finding the alternative angle in a football story. Michael is a double- award winning writer and a third year journalism student in Leicester. He has written about the arts, sports, and current affairs for a variety of print and online publications.

Rooney’s mistake paves way for Crouch to be England’s Euro hero

May 8, 2012

Say what you want about Roy Hodgson’s England appointment, the cultured manager certainly likes his target men. In my view, this will suit England perfectly with Wayne Rooney’s badly-judged sending-off in the qualifiers opening the door for Peter Crouch, who has consistently impressed as an England player under any manager. Hodgson atte [...]

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Fulham’s special signing will show QPR how it’s done

February 27, 2012

Fulham today pulled off a coup of a signing, with the transfer of former Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra. Diarra is joining on a short term deal, with an option to extend in the summer from AS Monaco. He has won La Liga twice and won Ligue 1 on four occasions. Diarra’s decision to make [...]

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Eden Hazard’s Spurs move would make them unstoppable

February 14, 2012

Arsenal will be spluttering. Chelsea will be in disbelief. Real Madrid will be shocked. Young Belgium playmaker Eden Hazard announced his intention to join the renaissance at Spurs under Harry Redknapp and, in my opinion, there’s no place better for him. He told Belgium TV station RTBF: “I will go to England to play my [...]

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Liverpool stun Chelsea at the Bridge to go above Arsenal

November 20, 2011

Chelsea vs Liverpool 16.00. 20/11/2011 Glen Johnson’s struck a late winner at Stamford Bridge as Liverpool offered fresh hope to qualify for the Champions League. Chelsea’s dismal Premier League run under manager Andre-Villas-Boas continued- they have lost three of their last four games in the league. The home side dominated possession in the f [...]

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I feel so sorry for Carlos Tevez

November 15, 2011

Carlos Tevez has once again missed training with Manchester City; hardly the words to conjure up sympathy within the ranks of football supporters. ‘How could anyone be depressed on a million a month?’ ‘£198,000 a week. Depressing times indeed’ said disgruntled readers on the Daily Mirror’s website. There’s been a lot of confusi [...]

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Man City will never match the Arsenal ‘invincibles’

November 8, 2011

City talisman Yaya Toure stated in a recent interview that his team can match the Arsenal of 2004 and go unbeaten in this years Premier League. He said in a launch of Puma’s African National Cup kits, “We hope we can continue unbeaten, we are playing fantastic football.” Although the blue side of Manchester have [...]

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Adebayor will propel Tottenham above Arsenal for good

August 26, 2011

This summer, Tottenham Hotspur have shown Arsenal how it’s done when it comes to holding onto your best players. Spurs can look forward to enjoying Luka Modric’s services this season as well as Emmanuel Adebayor – clearly one of the best strikers in the Premier League. Where Wenger has remained defiant in the face of [...]

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Arsenal’s new signing Jadson will be even better than Fabregas

August 12, 2011

It’s clear that Arsene Wenger needs someone new at Arsenal as months of ongoing transfer gossip involving the sales of Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas finally look to be coming to a close. Team spirit is Wenger’s number one priority, he constantly repeats it in his interviews, and I would strongly concur with him. How [...]

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Sergio Aguero at Man City won’t change much…

July 29, 2011

Sergio Aguero playing as a lone striker? It’s possible he could play second fiddle to Mario Balotelli, Edin Dzeko, or even Carlos Tevez during the Premier League season. £39 million for Aguero is a record signing for the City rich boys, surpassing the £32.5m spent on flop Robinho but will their new number 16 be [...]

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Mark Hughes abandons Fulham FC. Why?

June 3, 2011

They defended him, they worked their socks off for him and praised him in front of Mohammed Al Fayed when he demanded why the club was in the relegation zone at Christmas. The players rallied together in strong spirit, digging the club out of bad league form with booming away wins at Stoke, Birmingham and [...]

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Top 10 Flops of the Season

May 28, 2011

It’s been a pretty good year for spendaholics in the Premier League. Manchester City have made the Champions League, therefore robbing fans of meeker sides of ridicule. Job done, but will City’s stars escape ridicule? Here are my top 10 flops of the season. 1. Fernando Torres: £50 million. His arrival was designed to galvanise [...]

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Is Mancini far too conservative for the Premier League?

March 21, 2011

Manchester City’s compounding defeat at the hands of Chelsea yesterday has put another nail into the coffin of manager Roberto Mancini. The man cannot seem to get to grips with the Premier League. His side was far too cautious yesterday with defensive minded players Barry and De Jong literally offering time and space to Michael [...]

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