Five England stars before Harry Kane who won f*** all…

The debate continues to rage over Harry Kane and whether the England captain will have to leave Tottenham if he wants to win major honours. He wouldn’t be the first England star go potless…   Matt Le Tissier When Southampton pair Le Tissier and Alan Shearer presumably wept having ended up on the losing side in […]

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Premier League rookies: ten youngest players in the top-flight this season

Featuring a couple of Man Utd starlets, eight academy graduates, a £10million recruit, and a record signing…   1) Antwoine Hackford – Sheffield United 16 years, 9 months,  13 days Crystal Palace 2-0 Sheffield United The centre-forward was given his Premier League debut at the start of January, perhaps in part for Chris Wilder to […]

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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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Tottenham and West Ham stars lead the list of Premier League’s bargain transfers this season

Tottenham and West Ham stars lead the list of Premier League’s bargain transfers this season – originally posted on Sportslens.com The transfer market has exploded in recent years. Newly-promoted clubs spend tens of millions, the top sides seem to cough up nine figures every summer, and someone breaks their transfer record every five minutes. However, […]

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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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Souness insists Prem relegation fight is ‘very hard to predict’

Graeme Souness has insisted that it is “very hard” to call who will be relegated out of Newcastle United, Fulham and Brighton. With eight/nine Premier League games to go, the fight to avoid the drop is up for grabs between Newcastle, Fulham and Brighton. The Magpies were sitting pretty in mid-table before the end of […]

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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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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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Premier League winners and losers (mostly Steve Bruce)

On a truncated Premier League weekend there was still plenty to praise (mostly Brighton) and plenty to bemoan (mostly Steve Bruce)…   Winners Brighton, the opposite of Newcastle If you’ll forgive me for going all Marks & Spencer, this wasn’t just a 3-0 win. It was emphatic proof that Brighton and Newcastle United are two […]

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