Can Wayne Rooney ever be called “world-class”?
Watching Wayne Rooney’s performance against Real Madrid this week, one word sprang to mind – selfless. It is a word that describes many of his performances in the Champions League, certainly in recent...
View ArticleBayern Munich: The German giant rising from its slumber
On Wednesday evening, a team who have been all-but-invincible since August won arguably their biggest game of the season. Despite being 17 points clear in the Bundesliga, qualifying from their...
View ArticleThe Chelsea Conundrum: Ifs, buts and maybes
For a team who – for a few more months at least – can call themselves champions of Europe, Chelsea are in something of a mess. Only, the word mess doesn’t quite cover it. Current interim manager Rafael...
View ArticleShinji Kagawa and a glimpse of things to come for Manchester United fans
When Shinji Kagawa joined Manchester United for an initial fee of £12million in the summer, many football observers were calling it a masterstroke. After all, this was the player who ended his last...
View ArticleWigan Athletic and the possibility of last-day roulette
Last season, with just nine games left in their Premier League campaign, Wigan looked doomed to relegation. And then something amazing happened. Winning seven of their last nine matches, the Latics...
View ArticleManchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham: Each club’s...
With 10 games still to go in this season’s Premier League, some may argue it is too early for us to be commenting on future arrivals. But this is football – half of what is written is hypothesis. The...
View ArticleManchester United’s wingers must show they are up to the job
This was going to be a piece about the worrying decline of Antonio Valencia, whose abject display against Chelsea on Sunday was that of a man who has forgotten what he is good at. But the truth is none...
View ArticleChelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham: have a look at Crystal Palace’s Glenn Murray
Hands up if you know who is the top scorer in English league football? Not in the Premier League – Luis Suarez falls seven goals short. We are talking about the top scorer across all four divisions. It...
View ArticleJack Wilshere: A victim of Arsenal mismanagement or just bad luck?
Jack Wilshere is injured again. And with that news, Arsenal fans everywhere hold their breath. Because hindsight says that a Wilshere injury is rarely as simple as the headline diagnosis. Arsene Wenger...
View ArticleBayern Munich vs Arsenal: Last hope or no hope?
Following last week’s eliminations of Manchester United and Celtic, Arsenal are now Great Britain’s last remaining representatives in the Champions League. Fans not susceptive to tribalism may, for one...
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