Decision time: One loanee per club causing a dilemma…

With the season approaching business time, it’s decision time for clubs over the players they have allowed to leave temporarily. Keep, sell, release or loan again…   Arsenal – William Saliba Most of the players dispatched on loan by the Gunners this season need to take the hint. Lucas Torriera and Matteo Guendouzi have their […]

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England’s brilliant youngsters deserve a far better guardian

England have an unbelievable crop of young talent. Some players are good enough to conquer any obstacles but they all deserve better coaching.   With plenty of talent, a wealth of top-flight experience and world-class coaching at club level, surely the FA can find a more inspiring figurehead of youth than Aidy Boothroyd? England have […]

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Every Premier League club’s worst collapse of the season…

We’ve already looked at the points won from losing positions this Premier League season. Yes, well done, Manchester United, we’re all very impressed. Now let’s get on with something much better for the soul: laughing at the disastrous losing of points from winning positions. Everyone does it – not a single club has managed to […]

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Ten unique England XIs that would deliver Euro 2020 glory

England could dominate the Euros with Harry Kane and John Stones, sure. But their tenth possible unique XI features Dominic Solanke, so there   Gareth Southgate would be forgiven for sacking it all off, albeit in his incredibly mild-mannered and amiable fashion, when you consider just how many English footballers actually exist. There are bloody […]

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Ranking all 23 2020/21 Premier League managers so far…

It seems likely the season will end with 23 coaches having a crack at being in charge of a Premier League club this season. Let’s rank them.   23 (NE) Paul Heckingbottom (Sheffield United, since March) Harsh to put him last, but however bad the results were under Chris Wilder when viewed collectively, individually they […]

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Man Utd star one of three on Spurs ‘shortlist to replace Lloris’

England trio Dean Henderson, Sam Johnstone and Nick Pope are all interesting Spurs ahead of the summer transfer window, according to reports. Henderson has been getting a chance in the Manchester United first team over the past month but now David de Gea is back from paternity leave his starting place is under threat once […]

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Arsenal and Liverpool top Premier League run-in table

We are now in the final straight of the Premier League. With only eight/nine/ten games left of the season, we can look at the run-ins and work out who now has the advantage in the race for European places and against relegation…   * Liverpool’s next four opponents lie in 9th, 10th, 11th and 17th […]

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Alan Shearer’s Premier League Team of the Week

Alan Shearer’s Premier League Team of the Week – originally posted on Sportslens.com Premier League legend Alan Shearer has revealed his best XI from the weekend’s round of fixtures. Burnley are the most heavily represented side in the team following their impressive win over Everton, boasting two players and manager Sean Dyche. Leicester City also […]

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Fernandes, Mane, Mount among Premier League’s top 20 foulers…

Harry Kane was called out in the morning Mailbox for his apparent immunity from punishment for persistent fouls. But the Tottenham striker doesn’t feature in the top 20 serial offenders in Premier League. The most prolific sinner is a Jose Mourinho player – perhaps the most Mourinho player in the Spurs squad – while the […]

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Premier League winners and losers after north London derby

Another weekend of Premier League football can be crudely divided into winners and losers…which is absolutely what we saw in the north London derby with Arsenal coming out on top. But first…   Winners Burnley, staying at the party In early September, in our pre-season predictions, I picked Burnley to go down. They had only […]

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