Man City dominate the Premier League XI of the season

The ease with which Man City brushed Paris Saint-Germain aside was scary. It should come as little surprise that the players of the best team on the planet dominate our Premier League XI of the season so far…   Goalkeeper: Ederson (Manchester City) He’s kept clean sheets in more than half his Premier League games […]

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Every Premier League club’s three most-feared opponents…

A quarter of the Premier League could be rid of their worst nightmare this summer. Man Utd meet one of their nemeses this week… There are certain players who you just know are going to score against your team. Five Premier League sides can’t wait to wave off Sergio Aguero this summer – unless he […]

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Roma an ideal host for the Mourinho Show – not a compliment

For the fourth time in his career, Jose Mourinho is taking over a football club that last won a trophy in 2008. If Inter in 2008 and Real Madrid two years later were evidence of an unstoppable upward career trajectory, Spurs in 2019 and Roma in 2021 are… well, it’s not quite what he would […]

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Ruben Dias has brought Blue Steel to Manchester City

Riyad Mahrez scored two goals but this was a victory born of a defence superbly marshalled by Ruben Dias… “This is the guy to replace Vincent Kompany, if you like. £65m, a huge figure again, but if this doesn’t work, I think it’s possibly the end of the Pep project,” said Jamie Carragher in September, […]

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Prick of the Week No. 32: Graeme Souness and his alternative facts

We were, like so many of you, gravely shocked that a former Liverpool and Rangers ankle-botherer has at best a shaky grasp of the finances and behind-the-scenes goings on at Manchester United.   So who’s this week’s prick then? Renowned former hardman turned big soft pearl-clutching, haircut-disliking Sky pundit, Graeme Souness.   What’s he done? […]

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Man Utd under the Glazers – the ridiculously frightening numbers

Man Utd have spent more on financing the Glazers’ debts than they have on players over the last 15 years…   Whatever you make of the scenes at Old Trafford on Sunday, the numbers behind the Glazers’ ownership of Manchester United make it easy to understand the protestors’ grievances. Here are some of the eye-watering […]

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Manchester United protestors letting down Solskjaer? F*** off

Why don’t Manchester United fans think of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer instead of leveraged buy-outs by money-grabbing owners?   Clickheads In 2021, every tweet designed to bring in clicks – which is every content tweet ever – is described and dismissed as ‘clickbait’, which has replaced ‘lazy journalism’ and ‘fake news’ as the response of choice […]

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Top 11 goalscorers of 2021 in Champions League week

We are talking the in-form goalscorers of 2021 across the top five leagues in Europe in all competitions as we enter a massive week of football which Lionel Messi can only watch. And there’s only one man from England and that man is…   11) Harry Kane (Tottenham) 2021 goals: 15 It’s little wonder that […]

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If Kroenke truly cared, he would sell Arsenal now…

Arsenal are different from Manchester United because there is a potential buyer… It was interesting watching Graeme Souness on Sky Sports attempting to make viewers understand the business principles behind the Glazer family’s neglect of Manchester United. Maybe this sort of thing is unique to football, that we must understand the need for owners to […]

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Big Midweek: Chelsea v Real Madrid, De Bruyne, Arteta

The Premier League has become a little dull so thank f*** for the Champions League riding in on its white horse to save the day. It really does get sexy this week with both games poised at a very exciting juncture.   Game to watch – Chelsea v Real Madrid Chelsea were excellent in Madrid […]

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