When Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan sign for a club, it is not surprising to see someone like Eric Bailly go under the radar. And yet, after the game against Leicester and Bournemouth, Eric Bailly has emerged as a huge attraction for fans. It would probably be erroneous to call Bailly a small
Praveen’s latest “The Arsenal Annals” column. Arsenal succumbed to a humiliating 4-3 home defeat to Liverpool in their Premier League opener. Although their season is far from over — at least for now — heading into the second league game in the wake of a victory would have catastrophically boosted their confidence. Having said that,
Chelsea have been associated with heavy spending ever since Abramovich took over the club in 2003. Such massive outlays helped propel the Blues to the pinnacle of European club football and are now considered among the continent’s elite sides. Can you name each and every Chelsea signing from their 2014/15 campaign? Created by Sporcle
With Game of Thrones now a month off our screens, I am sure many of you are getting withdrawal symptoms just as I am. Thankfully, we have the start of the new football season to fill the gap. But it got me thinking, in a bizarre Game of Thrones football crossover, who would play who?
The debut installment of a column about everything Man United titled “The Manchester Musings” by our very own Vishakh Chandrasekhar. Three- the number of managers since Sir Alex Ferguson. Three- also the number of goals Manchester United scored at Bournemouth to kickstart the new 2016/2017 Premier League season. Coincidence? Probably. United fans have been looking
Despite being relegated with Aston Villa last season, Idrissa Gana Gueye was signed on a four-year deal by new Everton manager Ronald Koeman in the summer. Although the Senegal international huffed and puffed in the heart of a sorry Villa midfield last term, the 26-year-old failed to help the Villains stay in the Premier League.
It’s probably fair to say that Jese Rodriguez’s move from Real Madrid to PSG caught a few people by surprise. The 23 year old has been on the fringes of the first team for a while now at the Santiago Bernabeu, so it’s not a great shock that he has finally moved on but the
Antonio Conte joined Chelsea with the idea to use a variation of the 4-4-2 formation, which he had previously adopted at Siena and Bari. Last month, Oscar revealed the following in an interview with the Mail Online: “The idea is to play 4-2-4. We tried this every day in training - we’re getting better.” Indeed,
For the first time since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson, there is real optimism amongst Manchester United fans going into the new season. They have one of the most successful managers in the world at the helm and have signed one of the best players in Paul Pogba. Mourinho has had plenty of success
After the absolute roller-coaster that has been the season of 15/16, the first week of Premier League is quickly approaching and it already looks very promising. The vice-champions Arsenal are going to face Klopp‘s determined squad, and we can only hope the match will be half as stunning as the Gunners’ last year’s debut horror.
Ahead of their much-anticipated clash — the Premier League’s biggest opening weekend match-up, can you name the players who have represented both Arsenal and Liverpool? Created by Sporcle Check out their website for more fascinating quizzes Follow them on Twitter @sporcle Like O-Posts on Facebook You can also follow O-Posts on Twitter @OPosts
West Ham United fans who enjoy soccer betting online have reason to be optimistic. Not only did the Hammers have their best finish since returning to the Premier League in 2012-13, but a few new arrivals could propel the team into improving their 7th place from last season. The 2016-17 batch of transfers is headlined
It still surprises me to this day that some people don’t rate Daniel Sturridge highly. Goal-scoring machine It only took Daniel Sturridge 87 games to reach his 50th goal for Liverpool. Sturridge has scored 44 goals in 67 premier league games for Liverpool, if that isn’t world class, I don’t know what is? Last
Tottenham come into the new campaign following their best ever Premier League finish. The disappointment of missing out on the title to Leicester should now have vanished and they should be able to look forward to building on what are some very solid foundations. Mauricio Pochettino doesn’t need to make any radical tweaks to his
The second installment of “The Championship Corner” column by Adam Gray. Arriving with a big profile, Jaap Stam remained humble and reticent over Reading’s chances in his first managerial opportunity. “Of course, when you play football yourself you can think you want to become a manager but it does not make you a good manager”,
As the dust settles on a summer of utter disappointment for English football fans, we’ve got two choices; we can either list the things we think Sam Allardyce needs to do as England manager, or we can look ahead to what promises to be a fascinating Premier League season. Let’s go for the latter (and
Not for the first time in recent years it has all gone rather quiet on the Arsenal transfer front again. While the Manchester clubs have been spending big, the Gunners have failed to make a significant addition since the signing of Granit Xhaka at the start of the summer. A forward still has to be
Compared to the summers of disruption Ronald Koeman endured at Southampton, his first transfer window in charge of Everton has been relatively tranquil. Luke Shaw, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Dejan Lovren and Callum Chambers were all sold in his first few months on the south coast, spawning that memorable empty training ground tweet, while Morgan
After a dismal season in the Premier League last term, Newcastle United dropped down to the second tier of English football for the second time in seven years. However, after spending just shy of £50 million over the summer, the Magpies don’t plan on being in the Championship for long. First and foremost, the best
Manchester City’s dream of having Pep Guardiola hold the reins finally is a reality. Their desire of wanting to bring in the Spaniard hasn’t been a secret as it was well known that they wanted the former Barcelona coach to come in and recreate that kind of success. He will face extra expectations from his