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The 15 ‘Most Wanted’ transfers by Premier League Clubs this summer

Tottenham Hotspur's Luka Modric

One of the most exciting times for a football fan comes when the transfer window opens and clubs start competing for the signatures of their various targets. It’s a time when the rumour mill goes into overdrive and gossip columns are filled with expectant fans hoping to find some truth …

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Does Torres Have What It Takes?

Date: 25th May 2012 at 3:12 pm | Filed under: Champions League,Chelsea,Premier League,Spain | Author: | Tags: , , , , | image © Action Images
Champions League Final Chelsea

Didier Drogba has announced that he is set to leave Chelsea this summer after 8 years at the club. Drogba has won three Premier League titles, four FA Cup trophies and has scored 157 goals for Chelsea, so is Fernando Torres ready to step up to the mark?

Didier Drogba confirmed …

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Hard Sell Becomes Even Tougher After Draw For Olympic Football

Wembley

With the greatest sporting festival in the World now less than 100 days away, those who speculated on buying tickets for the Olympic Football tournament now finally know who they will be watching when the competition begins on Wednesday 25th July.

Apart from the novelty act of a Great Britain side …

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The Top TEN ‘Worst Excuses’ For Failure In Football

James Blames Video Games

Excuses. As a nation we’re full of them, it’s our first line of defence as the brain desperately tries to shift the blame from our shoulders. As the brilliant Nike commercial starring wheelchair basketball player Matt Scott proves, we’re prone to uttering them on a daily basis.

Unsurprisingly these futile explanations …

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The top TEN goals that were mysteriously ruled out

Allen V Coventry

Another weekend, another flurry of debatable decisions for us to digest, epitomised by Clint Hill’s clear yet not given goal in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Bolton. We’ve all been on the receiving end of a controversial decision or two, it’s the nature of the beast but some instances are so …

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Time for Andre Villas-Boas to say enough is enough?

Date: 28th January 2012 at 10:53 am | Filed under: Chelsea,Football Blogs,Premier League,Spain | Author: | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | image © Action Images

I was watching Sunday Supplement, waiting for some more moments of comic genius, when something really strange happened. Henry Winter was in a heated debate with Shaun Custis about the merits or otherwise of persevering with Fernando Torres in the Chelsea team, and I found myself taking Custis’s side.

Winter was …

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The problem facing the national side

When we look overseas to see examples of our compatriots flourishing in other leagues we tend to be disappointed. With the exception of a handful of players such as Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne or David Beckham our players have left little impact on the minds of our continental brothers and …

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Goals, scandals and Gary Neville – a Review of 2011

Another year has passed, and as always football gave us a bit of everything. Sexism, racism, brilliant games, terrible games, and of course The Big Sam on Twitter. It really did have it all.

It was the year of the World Cup fiasco and as always it was the year of …

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The TEN players in Europe that have Premier League clubs sniffing in January

Eden Hazard

The likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are not likely to be seen in the Premier League in the near future but the rest of Europe is certainly open to trading for the big guns in the English game and whether it be in January or the summer, there …

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Does size still matter in the Premier League?

man city

There is a long-established myth that to succeed and be influential in the Premier League you need to be physically big and strong. However, the arrival and success of smaller players like Luka Modric, Jack Wilshere and David Silva is quickly dispelling this notion.

We often hear about young English players …

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