Karl Sears

U.S. international Heath Pearce is on the move, headed to Chivas USA to fill Jonathan Bornstein's shoes at fullback. Teal Bunbury's picked up an elbow injury in preseason work, while we have a new set of rumors surrounding a potential dimming start making his way to Major League Soccer. On this edition of the show, […]

A spectacular Wayne Rooney goal capped a 2-1 Manchester United victory Saturday, but did the loss shove the Citizens out of the title race? On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna talk about Saturday's big match, one that keeps United five points clear at the top of the […]

All week we’ve been hearing about the fight involving Tottenham and West Ham for the right to move into the Olympic Stadium in 2012. We’ve seen Daniel Levy and Karren Brady exchanging blows in the press, while numerous celebrities have been throwing punches in aid of their favoured bid. With the bout going to a […]

As I watched the news on Thursday morning I was cheerfully informed by the reporter that England had beaten Denmark the night before. I raised my eyebrows...then made breakfast. This low key response to an England result is a fairly new phenomenon for me, for there used to be a time when I would look […]

The weekend preview edition starts with Olympic Stadium news and the potential return of Chris Hughton, which I discuss with a special guest. Making his first appearance on the show is Kevin McCauley (manager of CartilageFreeCaptain.com, managing editor of WorldSoccerReader.com, and contributor at SBNation.com), filling in for Kartik Kishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna. Kevin and I […]

Numeric annotation of formations was on my mind before I started firing off emails late last year. Even before I got his response, I'd seen Michael Cox's thoughts on the practice, the Zonal Marking owner giving his views to Tom Williams. When the AFP writer asked Cox why we annotated attacking fullbacks as part of […]

It's early February and there's still no schedule, and while February came last year without our list of matches, this year, first kick is much closer. Without a schedule (because we are down one television deal), my co-host Christopher Riordan and I are forced to talk about other things. Lucky for Chris, a DC United […]

It's early February and there's still no schedule, and while February came last year without our list of matches, this year, first kick is much closer. Without a schedule (because we are down one television deal), my co-host Christopher Riordan and I are forced to talk about other things. Lucky for Chris, a DC United […]

With Liverpool’s recent decline, the buzz at the start of the season was focused on who would occupy the Merseysider’s Champions League spot in May. Could Manchester City fulfill their promise or would Spurs nick it again? Well, it is beginning to look as if both could get there. ‘Five into four? That doesn’t go!’ I hear […]

Got your breath back yet? It was a Saturday where an abacus was a necessity for keeping track of the 41 goals scored and good defending appeared to be more out of fashion than luminous shell suits – Manchester City apart. Where better to begin this Premier League round up than at Molineux, where we […]

On a historic weekend of football in the English Premier League – one that saw a record number of Saturday goals, Manchester United's first loss of the season, and a memorable capitulation from Arsenal – the story was Kenny Dalglish; or, the story was Carlo Ancelotti, depending on how you want to look at Sunday's […]

For many of you, it's Super Bowl Sunday, so we're moving the show up one hour giving you a slightly larger gap between show and Bowl. For myself, Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer, it was Chelsea-Liverpool Sunday, with Kenny Dalglish leading the Reds to a potentially season-defining win at Stamford Bridge. That result meant the […]

After 92 minutes at the Reebok Stadium, Wolves were looking set to earn themselves a creditable draw. After 93 minutes Bolton had nicked a goal and had escaped with all three points, condemning Wolves to their 15th defeat in 24 games. The point earned from the 0-0 draw was beginning to look like a necessity […]

In the latest round of Premier League fixtures something rather unusual happened. We were treated to three unusual goal scorers: Wayne Rooney, Peter Crouch and Robbie Keane, players who had only scored three league goals between them before Tuesday. As I imagine you’d have noticed, the 2010/11 Premier League season has been uncharacteristically quiet for […]

Only one of the league's top five stumbled mid-week, with Manchester City being drawn at St. Andrew's, though Tuesday and Wednesday's matches were overshadowed slightly by Wednesday's news, when the best right back in Premier League history announced his retirement. Because the sometimes controversial way Gary Neville went about his business, many will overlook him […]