Man City v Tottenham: One big game, five big questions

Man City v Tottenham in the Carabao Cup final pits a brilliant tactician against an absolute newcomer. Let’s ask the questions…   1) Can Mason build on debut with more confident performance? Ryan Mason hasn’t had any time to change things tactically at Tottenham, which explains why their first-half performance against Southampton was so reminiscent […]

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Manchester United ‘mob’ should just buy Glazers out themselves

It worked for Rio Ferdinand when he said Newcastle fans should shut up or buy the club. Now that Manchester United ‘mob’ get the same advice.   Mobheads ‘UNITED STARS IN ATTACK SCARE’ is an incredibly eye-catching headline on the back page of the Daily Mail. It grabs the attention immediately for an exclusive from Chris […]

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Big Weekend: Leeds v Man Utd, Ryan Mason, West Ham, ASM

The Leeds welcome committee will surely be out for Man Utd, while Ryan Mason and West Ham have golden opportunities…   Game to watch – Leeds v Man Utd For Leeds, it’s their most anticipated game of the season. And, had they been allowed the pleasure of running the Elland Road gauntlet, it would be […]

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Five reasons to welcome the British Super League

Now it’s Celtic and Rangers in a British Super League instead of the Big Six upping sticks and sodding off. We can’t wait for these reasons.   1) It would raise the possibility of Big Six clubs having to travel to Scotland for a Saturday lunchtime kick-off after a midweek European game The poetic justice of […]

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Ryan’s at the wheel as Spurs bask in the post-Jose glow

Ryan Mason is not Pochettino – he’s not even Solskjaer. But he’s not Mourinho, and that’s what matters… Look, I know there was a lot of other stuff going on, but it’s still pretty wild that on Monday pretty much an entire fanbase said ‘We have sacked one of the most successful managers of all […]

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F365 Says: Glazers out? No sign of shifting Man Utd’s scavengers

The Glazers won’t go willingly or cheaply, especially while there is more money to be sucked out of  Man Utd…   Three days is all it took to bin the grotesque Super League. If only shifting the Glazers was quite so simple. Manchester United fans have been trying for 16 years to rid their club […]

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Exposed Kroenke is now vulnerable to Arsenal fans

When you see a headline of ‘Ian Wright sends clear two-word message to Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke as Super League collapses’, you hope for just a second that those two words were “f*** off”; after all, Tuesday night taught us that if we all scream “f*** off” loudly enough then grand but ludicrously shallow plans […]

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What are John W Henry and FSG smoking over there at Anfield?

John W. Henry and FSG have delivered on their promise at Liverpool and ticked every box but one: not treating supporters like customers.   They cannot claim there was no warning. It was in February 2016 when the first genuine misstep was made, when Fenway Sports Group experienced the real magic of Anfield and those […]

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The Super League saga Winners and Losers

The Super League came and went quickly, leaving a pile of victors and a big old pile of losers…   Winners The Fans There are caveats and conditions and there must be an acknowledgement that if things just return to the status quo and the current energy dissipates then it won’t be much of a […]

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City ‘helped save football’ and Woodward was innocent bystander

Manchester City ‘helped save English football’. Roman Abramovich’s ‘reputation and legacy will not be tainted’. Ed Woodward was ‘undermined’.   Sportswashing machine Mediawatch were willing to give Ian Herbert the benefit of the doubt after seeing this MailOnline headline atop his opinion piece: ‘Sheikh Mansour is the unlikely saviour of football. Man City’s owner knows his […]

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