Football FanCast columnist Ed Jeffery reflects on Liverpool's victory, over the old enemy. Games against Man Utd are never run of the mill, but if our victory is to mean anything in the long term, then that's exactly how yesterday's match must be treated. Having seen Sky and the increasingly sensationalist broadsheets bill the game as "make or break" for Liverpool…

Sport Blog's Gaffers wonders when it is in fact the right time to change your manager. Especially when you take the helm as a manager of a football club and also the running of a football club must be extremely difficult. Even more so when it comes to the arguably the…

Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill accepted that his side had struggled to get going in the 1-1 local derby draw with Wolves at Molineux. The visitors eventually hit the front 11 minutes from time through Gabriel Agbonlahor, but Villa were pegged back soon after when Sylvan Ebanks-Blake levelled from the penalty spot. O'Neill told the club's official website:"We didn't play well…

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce admitted that his side had deserved nothing from their trip to one of his former clubs, Birmingham City. The Black Cats had only a Scott Dann own goal to show for their efforts, with the home side running out 2-1 winners at St Andrew's. Bruce commented after the loss:"After the heights of last week, for the first…

Boss Paul Hart accepted that his Portsmouth side had been far from their best in a disappointing goalless draw with Hull City at the KC Stadium. Pompey missed a couple of chances to take all three points back to the south coast, with Aruna Dindane unable to capitalise on a couple of openings. Hart told Sky Sports:"I think we haven't played…

Harry Redknapp has dismissed reports that Gareth Bale will be sold in the January window. The Welsh full back has been linked with moves to AC Milan and Birmingham City in the past few weeks, having only featured in only two games this season, the most recent being a five minute cameo in the recent victory against Burnley. However the…

Football FanCast guest columnist Todd Westward feels that Van der Sar will rue the decision to quit United and football at the end of the season. They say hindsight is a wonderful thing and according to Peter Schmeichel he looks back at the decision to quit Old Trafford with a certain tinge of regret, especially when you consider he ended…

Football FanCast guest columnist Jim Monroe feels that Zola should sacrifice his principals in order to get points on the board. I have a huge amount of respect for Gianfranco Zola, his achievements in the game as a player and the sterling work he put in as a manager during his first season at the club. There is no doubt…

Football FanCast columnist ‘The New Voice of Football' wonders if Bassong should remain first choice at WHL, given the return to fitness of Woodgate and Dawson. Despite the defeat to Stoke at White Hart Lane today, Tottenham have still enjoyed a first ten games to the Premier League season far removed from the last campaign. This accomplished with a central-defence…

Football FanCast guest columnist Les Fitzpatrick feels that things at Liverpool may have to get a little worse before they can get better. There is a saying in life that sometimes things have to get worse before they get better and the last thing Liverpool football club needs now is more heartache and misfortune. In last weekend's Sunday papers we…