Aston Villa have 17 matches to Cash in on perfect recruitment

Aston Villa still have 17 Premier League matches to play this season and they have already equalled their points tally for the whole of last campaign. Dean Smith’s side had an early goal from Ollie Watkins to thank for a 1-0 victory over Arsenal on Saturday lunchtime. Having unofficially secured their Premier League survival for […]

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Mourinho can only envy Klopp’s fatigued family…

A London tourist (remember them?) would not have captured as many smileys as there were in Liverpool’s squad over the past week. From James Milner’s passive aggressive stance then belated smiley face substitution on Sunday to Gini Wijnaldum’s fixed grin after a delicious third goal against the Hammers, this was a team that remembered how […]

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Does nerdy vegetarian Tuchel have any hope in England?

Thomas Tuchel seems a decent guy with a clear plan for what he wants to achieve at Chelsea and how he wants to do it. That much seems obvious from his early days in the job. It also seems obvious that he has almost no chance of staying beyond his 18-month contract – a deal […]

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Laziness? Golf? Why can’t Gareth Bale just fade away?

Gareth Bale’s much-publicised return to Spurs was met with optimism by many. Finally free from the shackles of that dastardly Zinedine Zidane, Tottenham fans were delighted to have arguably their greatest Premier League player back at the club. A club he loves. A club where he wouldn’t sulk and shuffle through the corridors, halfway between […]

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No creativity, no fight and no hope of a title defence…

Liverpool were utterly bereft of creativity, ideas and hope against an excellent Brighton side. The mentality monsters look pretty scared.   Jurgen Klopp must be sick of the sight of Brighton and the BT Sport cameras. That potent combination so riled him back in November when Pascal Gross scored a controversial penalty in second-half stoppage-time […]

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Luke Shaw: From shiniest turd to England’s best left-back

‘Luke Shaw wins awards for being Man Utd’s shiniest turd’ was our headline in May 2019, when United’s season had ‘wound down to an embarrassing conclusion’ and the left-back was narrowly favoured ahead of Victor Lindelof and top scorer Paul Pogba by fans and team-mates alike. The tallest dwarf. The shiniest turd. That headline alone illustrates […]

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