It all looked so easy on Sunday. Despite losing the titanic battle for possession and corners, Chelsea garnered enough wherewithall to dismiss title rivals Arsenal 2-0, moving solidly to the top of the table. Arsenal were dead and buried; United were still walking their admittedly impressive tightrope, though never far away from collapsing around a […]

Gary Neville is many things to many people: a legend; 'a red who hates Scousers' in the eyes of United fans; an insufferable manc in the eyes of opposition fans; and to that list you may well add 'bootlicker' – kissing the feet of his manager, expressing his 'views' to present a-fan's-view-that-conveniently-supports-that-of-his-boss. Carlos Tevez's candid description of his former […]

Jermain Defoe hit five goals yesterday in Spurs' demolition – the word doesn't seem strong enough, at times – of Wigan Athletic, but has he done enough to merit a place in Fabio Capello's World Cup squad next summer? Many pundits and people in the game, including 'Arry (who would of course be a neutral observer […]

Almost everything is going wrong for Liverpool. I say 'almost', because last week they beat Manchester United at Anfield, and the gloom was temporarily lifted. "Liverpool have turned a corner... This will kick-start their season... etc" in the end, it hasn't. Liverpool's continued struggles share similarities with those of the aforementioned United in the 2004-05 […]

There is history, here. England's two greatest football clubs lining up on the hallowed turf of Anfield, some of the World's greatest players are there; two of the World's greatest managers are there; but this is worth more than simply names and people: this is about bragging rights, this is to prove which is actually […]

For “Collymore closing in…” in 1996, you can read “It’s Michael Owen…” in 2009. Both games were littered with brilliant goals, pathetic defending and some of the most exciting football the Premier League has seen. Now though, two days on from “The Greatest Manchester Derby in the History of Anything Anytime Ever”, it is surely […]

Arsenal Fans Can Have No Excuses Emmanuel Adebayor is Public Enemy Number One at the moment, partly for his stamp on Robin Van Persie, and mostly because of his goal celebration in front of the Arsenal fans. "Inciting a riot". Of course it was ill-advised – he must have Ashley Cole's Public Relations officer – […]

In the short time since Chelsea were found guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to breach his contract at RC Lens, and banned from the registration of new players until 1st Sept 2010 – i.e. two transfer windows away – a lot has been written, blogged, said and alleged – some fact, some fiction. Let's separate […]