Jesse Chula

This past week in football taught the world that Harry Redknapp is a football manager first and a 'wheeler dealer' last. If you missed his verbal tirade on the poor Sky Sports reporter who so mistakenly uttered the phrase in Redknapp's direction, you'd have also missed Tottenahm's securing of Dutch playmaker Rafael van der Vaart as […]

The Three Lions resume meaningful international competition this Friday v Bulgaria at Wembley stadium as weary and untrusting eyes focus on equal parts Fabio Capello's management and various members of the new look England squad. Bulgaria is the opponent and three points towards Euro 2012 qualification is the goal. A little over two months to […]

I'm chucking work and heading to the UK in October. I'm putting my money where my loud mouth is. Months and years are creeping by far too fast. My twenties are oh so close to a fleeting memory in my mind while I continue to count the long gray hairs that emerge from my dark […]

Just as the Premier League begins to stretch it's legs into a stride, the ill-timed, oft-hated and much maligned international break emerges like some disease spread upon the world footballing community. I don't necessarily dislike the break as some do, but do I look forward to it's oddly timed, momentum sucking arrival as club football bows […]

Gameweek three of the Barclays Premier League had that business as usual feel to it as it marked the first time in the young season where one or two of those marquee matches weren't on offer. Approaching the weekend, the Aston Villa v Everton clash intrigued me the most, while Manchester City v Sunderland and […]

As Fall taps on our shoulders and scatters around the corner here in the States, the impending chase to catch it can only mean one thing: College Football. I recently received another story idea from a reader of EPL Talk asking to take a glance at the rituals of college football, more specifically, tailgating in […]

Raise your hand if you knew that an English Football Hall of Fame existed. If you're anything like me, it's likely you didn't have a clue about the Hall that is currently being relocated to Manchester from the National Football Museum in Preston. I recently received a tweet from an EPL Talk reader asking that […]

It's only been two games in the Premier League and one in the Europa League, but Manchester City keeper Joe Hart has continued his dominating form and has yet to give up a goal in his first three matches. Manchester City were quite brilliant on Monday night at Eastlands as they passed their way through […]

6-0, the new 1-0. Parity, maybe? Well, not really. Three Barclays Premier League matches ended 6-0 this weekend with one still left to come Monday night. As the parity debate rages on concerning the overall quality of Premier League teams 1-20, gameweek 2 went a long way in proving just how unequal the league currently […]

Stoke City lost a hard fought match on Saturday at home to Tottenham as yet more controversy surfaces concerning goal-line technology. Spurs went up in the first half thanks to a bundled goal off the face of Gareth Bale before Ricardo Fuller equalized for Stoke City after showing his well-timed striker's instinct. Bale again scored, […]

No stranger to German football but new to writing for Bundesliga Talk, I'm interested in knowing which club readers of this site support. Take a second to vote in the poll below so the writers for this site can get a better idea of who the readers want to hear about the most. If there's […]

As the second gameweek of the Premier League descends upon football fans in the States and across the world, supporters scramble and plan how they'll view matches and just how many they'll be able to fit into their crowded weekends. As new ways to view the Premier League constantly introduce themselves to the masses, more […]

Having spent my Wednesday evening immersed in equal parts Werder Bremen v Sampdoria Champions League playoff and Jonathan Wilson's What is a playmaker's role in the modern game?, I find it abnormally appropriate to comment on Aaron Hunt's man of the match performance in Bremen's eventual 3-1 first leg home victory v Antonio Cassano and […]

The 2010-11 German Bundesliga begins again Friday with a more than mouth watering fixture to start a season which promises to again be one of the most competitive in Europe. The league itself is set to receive added attention stemming from the success of the German national team and various Bundesliga based players at the 2010 World Cup. […]

Mesut Ozil has officially signed for Spanish giants Real Madrid as Premier League clubs Chelsea and Manchester United miss the chance to secure the talents and play-making abilities of the 21 year old German international. At a bargain, Real Madrid payed somewhere in the realm of £12m to Bundesliga side Werder Bremen for the midfielder […]