Manchester United 1/5 – I won’t dwell here, I’m sure you’re all well aware of them. United have progressed from every Champions League group stage since 2005-06, when they finished bottom of a group featuring Villareal, Benfica and Lille. Quarters last season, runners-up before that, winners before that. Wouldn’t throw any money on them to win the group around at 1/5.
Key man: Wayne Rooney – Little point saying anything here, really. Needs to get …
Having recently conducted a spring-clean, Chelsea will be looking to strengthen for another multi-faceted trophy assault. Inevitably many names have been mooted, but let’s have a look at two of the more likely, feasible and, indeed, practical names being tipped to make a difference at the Bridge.
Firstly, focusing on primary requirements, the midfield looks likely to be the central focus for enhancement. The departures of Joe Cole, Michael Ballack and, to …
June 2004. Liverpool Football Club had just finished the domestic season a massive 30 points behind Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’. Supporters were downbeat, players were questioning their futures and the club were in desperate need of change. Although having qualified for the Champions League this, as the board stated, was a “minimum requirement”, not the ultimate goal. The club required fresh impetus, someone with new ideas, with a proven track record in delivering …
Has Wenger found the new Cesc Fabregas?
Arsene Wenger is reportedly poised to make Spanish teenager Fransisco Alcacer his first signing of the soon-to-be-opened transfer window.
Ever heard of him? No – me neither but apparently a long line of scouts from a whole host of Premiership sides have been left in awe at the sight of the 16-year-old Valencia forward making light work of scoring in the recent U17s tournament in Liechtenstein.
The …
Owing to the current cash crisis engulfing Anfield at the present time, it becomes a difficult task to know whereabouts Liverpool will be shopping this summer…Harrods or Poundstretcher?
For Liverpool fans the depressing thought is that it’s most likely to be the latter, certainly until the two cowboys from across the pond disappear over the horizon.
The club currently have their hands tied in the transfer market until this situation is resolved and …
Manchester City have given those in the upper echelons of the Premier League a stay of execution after missing out on the Champions League.
Their own disappointment at failure, lay not in the millions they have thus missed out on, they aren’t particularly desperate for money are they? But more in their now reduced ability to attract the star names that they will have been waiting to pounce on.
The added attraction of …
Determining a list of the best five forwards in the World Cup preliminary squads was a much harder task than that of the goalkeepers. Names omitted include the likes of Didier Drogba, Carlos Tevez, Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka, showing the quality that will be on display in South Africa. Nevertheless see below my top-five.
Lionel Messi – The obvious first choice. The incredible little Argentine is the worlds best. If he can perform …
Ibrahimovic celebrates his first goal
A player with undoubted ability, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a player that too often has flattered to deceive. That Barcelona were willing to part with £57 million and send Samuel Eto’o off to Inter Milan in exchange made his signing for the European champions all the more surprising.
It is a struggle now, as it was then, to see how they got the better end of that particular deal, …
Saturday 30th January 2010
We’ve been working hard this morning on our final preparations for the game with Manchester United. I’ve told the team I want to play an attacking 4-3-3 formation after I read the scout report on Manchester United which said, as usual, “just play your usual game”. I think that is a wise move as doing what we have done in the last 200 games is precisely the thing …
The rules of this little game are very simple. You imagine you are a Premier League manager, in this instance Arsene Wenger. Now imagine the financial situation at your club, how much money do you think you have to spend? Now imagine you can only buy ONE player to add to the current squad at the managers current club. Furthermore, the player you buy must be ‘likely’ to come to you. For example, …
Escapini, LOL! Point taken! Got a little carried away (removing bug from ze a**)! Craig, mate, no offense!
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