Premier League Predictions: Round 2
If you look across to the left (do it now before the weekend!), you’ll see my name sitting proudly in second place in The Football Blog’s prediction league on SportGuru.
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Predicting the Premier League: it’s not always that easy
What a difference a few months can make. Oh how the mighty have fallen. As a participant in The Football Blog World Cup predictions pool through Sportguru, I was riding high. In ...
The rise and fall of Carlos Queiroz
In what must be considered one of the more unlikely stories of the year, Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz has been suspended for six months after the country's sports institute ruled that he disrupted ...
Arsenal and Liverpool may live to regret missed signings
After a transfer deadline day which held few surprises, with the possible exception of Rafael Van Der Vaart’s recently confirmed move to Tottenham, we now have a clearer idea of how well ...
Are we in for another anti-climatic transfer deadline day?
It’s the highlight of Sky Sports News’ calendar, the day when reporters are dispatched to a variety of Premier League stadiums and training grounds in a vain attempt to get an exclusive ...
Premier League Weekend Preview
The fixtures are coming thick and fast at the start of the new season, with the focus returning to the league this weekend following a week of Champions League, Europa League and ...Is La Liga Real Madrid’s to lose this season?
Whilst much of the focus of this summer’s transfer activity has been on Manchester City and their lavish purchases, their predecessors as Europe’s biggest spenders have hardly been shy with their cheque book either. Mesut Özil’s arrival at the Bernabeu yesterday took Real Madrid’s spending in this transfer window to €88 million and signals a very real intent to wrestle La Liga title back off Barcelona, as well as to re-establish their Champions League credentials following last season’s second round exit.
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Is Kevin MacDonald the right man for Aston Villa?
Following Aston Villa’s 3-0 opening day win over West Ham, Stilian Petrov amongst others has called for the appointment of caretaker manager Kevin MacDonald on a permanent basis. There is no doubting MacDonald is due praise for steadying the ship just five days after Martin O’Neill’s resignation, as well as for his bold inclusion of Ciaran Clark and Marc Albrighton in the starting line up. However, a quick trawl through the recent history of caretakers who have made the step up to full-time manager suggests that the Villa board should proceed with caution.
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Chelsea and United prove they are still the teams to beat
With the opening round of Premier League fixtures now complete, both Chelsea and Manchester United have laid down an imposing marker to the chasing pack. OK, so we are just one game in and the opposition they both brushed aside were newly promoted sides, but that doesn’t detract from the fact that that last season’s top two sides have effortlessly hit their stride in the new season. Is this a sign of things to come for the nine months ahead?
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Who would want to be a goalkeeper?
So the new Premier League season is up and running and not without its talking points. Amongst the highlights from the weekend, Blackpool’s victory aside, it was the goalkeeping displays which drew much of the attention. Following on from Robert Green’s high profile blunder in the World Cup this summer, along with some others in the tournament, the men between the posts appear to have retained the spotlight going into the domestic season although not necessarily for all the right reasons.
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