As an exciting International week comes to a close as we return to the familiar business of the Premier League this weekend, with the top two sides looking to grab all three points against winnable opposition. Manchester City should record a third consecutive league victory over a Tottenham Hotspur team […]
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Champions, Manchester City, have not made their usually massive outlay in the transfer market this season for two major reasons; Manuel Pellegrini’s squad is vast and soaked in quality, and Uefa’s financial fair play regulations have finally come into effect, ruling that the Arab petro-dollar funded club are required to […]
Jose Mourinho’s claim last season that Chelsea were a “little horse” in amongst the favourites for the title will hold no sway for the new campaign. The Portuguese has added three high quality signings from Spain to strengthen their push for the Premier League crown. Diego Costa (27 goals for […]
Arsenal’s great start to the 2013/14 Premier League campaign was constantly dampened by naysayers who claimed they could not “go the distance” and claim their first title for a decade. Inexperience and a flimsy squad were seen as the main factors why the Gunners would inevitably fade away in the […]
Everyone’s been talking about the surprising amount of goals in the opening of this FIFA World Cup (3.5 per game as opposed to just 1.6 in South Africa four years ago ), a ratio which is the highest average tally since the 1958 tournament in Sweden. Of course, as football […]
Nearly every week now, the main focus of our dissection of the weekend’s football action is concerned with simulation; i.e. diving. The main culprit, in the English Premier League at least, is the Uruguayan striker, Luis Suarez. His dive against Stoke City last Sunday was a blatant attempt to earn […]