This season, Rob Green will be the one to blame. Just as the general anger and disappointment surrounding England’s shameful World Cup exit was beginning to fade away, the pre-season friendlies offer up an opportunity to vent those frustrations. In West Ham’s friendly with MK Dons, Green’s first save… 
When Robbie Keane returned to Tottenham from his six-month stint on Merseyside the usual optimism of a new signing was overshadowed by a sense of reluctance. Reluctance that his boyhood dream hadn't worked out the way he had hoped, that he had to admit that he had made a… 
At Everton, Steven Pienaar and Mikel Arteta are given freedom to express themselves. David Moyes has moulded his team over his tenure at Goodison Park into a balanced, competitive outfit. To match the creativity and guile of Pienaar and Arteta, the likes of Neville and Fellaini add the extra… 
With so many strikers on their books already, it would appear that buying another one would be the last thing Manchester City need to do. But great teams improve their squads continuously, regardless of whoever they have already. Fernando Torres would improve any team, he is that good. If… 
In the transfer market, the quicker a deal can be done, the better. Manchester United acted swiftly after scouting Javier Hernandez and wasted no time in signing the 22 year-old. The fact that it happened before the World Cup, and for a relatively modest amount of money - around… 
When Tottenham signed Jonathan Woodgate in 2008 it looked like a gamble that would pay off. Having resurrected his career with two relatively injury-free seasons at his boyhood club Middlesborough, the £8m Spurs paid for him seemed like money well spent. His first season at White Hart Lane saw… 
The sight of Fernando Torres pulling up injured in the World Cup final would have been far more of a concern for Liverpool fans than those cheering the Spanish on. As with the last three seasons he has been at Anfield, he will be an integral part of any… 
With the signing of £16m Aleksander Kolarov from Lazio, Manchester City took their summer spending to over £75m. The Serbian left-back became the club's fourth signing after the arrivals of Jerome Boateng, David Silva and Yaya Toure, and it is unlikely the club will stop now, as James Milner… 
The common belief is that the team that wins the Premier League; taking aside all complications, injuries, if's and 'might-have-beens', the apt cliché is that the table does not lie. Chelsea may not have set the footballing world alight last year, but they were the most consistent. Plundering goals… 
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