Part of the reason that football in England is heralded as the best in the world is because of the unique atmosphere. The FA is threatening this. Their unwillingness to try something new and not just abide by the rules is wearing thin not just with me, but many others. There would be no question
Chelsea forward Daniel Sturridge is still expected to jump ship and join Capital One Cup Champions Liverpool. Sturridge was expected to undergo a medical with Liverpool last Sunday, but it never materialized and both clubs are now remaining quiet on the transfer. A fee of £12 million has been agreed for the England international and
On Boxing Day, Stoke City produced one of the performances of not just that day, but in my opinion the entire Premier League season, in order to come back from going behind after the best part of 90 seconds to defeat Liverpool 3-1 at a raucous Britannia Stadium. The Potters belied their somewhat harsh attribution as a
Since Rafa Benitez left Liverpool FC in the summer of 2010 every one of his successors has had the same task: get the club back into the Champions League. Roy Hodgson was brought in to “steady the ship”, but he left the club after only 6 months in charge. Kenny Dalglish was seen by many
Looking for a brilliant bargain in the bank holiday sales? Then look no further than a little investment on Swansea to pick up all three points from the Madjeski Stadium against an increasingly doomed Reading side, reeling from seven Premier League defeats in a row, during which the Royals have conceded 18 goals. Whilst Brian McDermott and
At PowerTable, we are always looking for new and innovative ways to present football data to fans of the beautiful game. We have therefore come up with our English Premier League infographic which is a visual way of showing random data, stats and facts to do with the English football season so far. For instance, how
Right, we all have shopping to do, the weather’s atrocious, and you’re probably still recovering from that excuse of a ‘work Christmas party’, so let’s make this short, snappy and concise. Kind of. Congratulations to QPR for deciding last weekend to win a game the one week where I dont back them to win a
This wasn’t the most memorable Premier League weekend to date, although there were three matches that really caught my eye. Liverpool 1 Aston Villa 3 Brendan Rogers’ reign as Liverpool boss took another step backwards as Paul Lambert’s Villa took to Anfield. Lamert’s men didn’t enjoy the best opening to the 2012/13 season, although
I have always maintained belief in my pre-season prediction of Manchester United to win the Premier League, and the Red Devils took a sizable step towards regaining the top-flight crown from their despised neighbours with a dramatic last-minute victory at the Etihad last weekend, courtesy of a sublime deflected Robin van Persie free-kick. It was the third
Jesús Joaquín Fernández Sáez de la Torre, better known as Suso, has had a rapid rise since joining Liverpool FC from Cadiz CF in 2010. The 19-year-old has finally been given a chance in the first team, and since then he hasn’t failed to impress. But let’s start with his early and humble beginnings. Suso
From Vyacheslav Malafeev to Alexander Kerzhakov, Zenit Saint Petersburg have somewhat of a golden generation on their hands. And midfield lynchpin Igor Denisov is no different. The 28 year old one club man has been showing Russia and Europe just what he is made of for a number of years now, but without ever landing
This wasn’t billed to be the year Liverpool returned to accompany those at the top of the tree in English football and fight it out for qualification for a place amongst Europe’s elite in the Champions League. This was supposed to be Brendan Rodgers’s year of transition as he aims to inject a fresh air
It was goals galore in the Premier League this week, with some top-class football played over the weekend. Top three games of the weekend- Manchester City 2 Manchester United 3 Sunday saw the arrival of the much anticipated Manchester derby. Of course titles cannot be won in December, but it enables the winner
The January transfer window is seen by many managers as a bad time to do business, prices are often over-inflated, top players are usually ineligible for European competitions and there’s the potential difficulty of integrating them into a new team without the benefit of a pre-season. However, this season, possibly more than any other previous,
It’s finally here. The game we’ve all been waiting for since the production of this season’s Premier League fixtures in this hazy pre-Olympic summer days of June. A match that may very well alter the landscape of the most popular domestic football competition on Earth. That’s right, this weekend the eyes of the world will
On Saturday at the Emirates, Michu scored a late double to give Swansea all three points. It was also his tenth goal, an impressive tally considering his natural position is in midfield. At £2 million, he has to be up there with one of the best Premier League signings ever. On the same day, at
There seems to be a touch of hesitancy of thought when the name Steven Gerrard is mentioned. Having been with Liverpool since the age of nine, the midfielder has been the living embodiment of a club draped in history with a fan base from which you can not escape the passion that arguably cannot be
After a bad start to the season, Liverpool have now gone 7 games without losing in the league. The key factor in Liverpool’s unbeaten run is the form of Luis Suarez. With 10 league goals scored so far this season, Suarez is currently top scorer in the Premier League. While Suarez’s form is a good
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With eight goals each, Robin van Persie and Luis Suarez headed the Premier League goal scoring charts. Now, after last weekends fixtures, Suarez has 10 goals. Even though only less than one third of the season has gone, odds point heavily in favour of one of these two players finishing as Premier League top
Liverpool suffered a shock 1-0 loss to Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala as Lacina Traore spurred his team to victory at the Lokomotiv Stadium. Traore’s impressive individual finish came in stoppage time at the end of the first half. Liverpool have lost just three of their last 23 Europa League matches. The goal was just enough to see
Since taking over from Kenny Dalglish, Brendan Rodgers has had a mixed start to his Liverpool career. League results have been disappointing so far, and the home loss to Swansea in the Capital One Cup proved the bad transfer business the club made in recent transfer windows. Joe Cole, Stewart Downing and Jordan Henderson
The great captains of modern football are so much more than just the guy in the armband who calls the coin toss. A captain of the quality of Steven Gerrard, Roy Keane and Bobby Moore are players who lead by example and unite and oversee a team to ensure it meets the management’s objectives, wins
Liverpool’s resounding win against Norwich City last weekend was supposed to be a catalyst for change. It was supposed to be the fixture that ended a terribly unlucky start to the season and start to the Brendan Rodgers project at Anfield. The word project perfectly fitting because of the long term nature of the task
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