Morgan Green

Aston Villa has had a very lackluster season and it’s a season that in my mind is going to end in relegation. They are a side that is in serious trouble. After announcing near £54 million losses last month, the team now sit just 8 points outside of the relegation zone. For any team this […]

Today starts a new regular feature at EPL Talk — a weekly mailbag where you can post questions, and we'll pick the best ones out to be answered in future columns. All your comments and opinions are greatly appreciated and we want to hear more from you. So that is why we will be introducing […]

I’m not the first person to say it and I probably won’t be the last, but what happened to Fabrice Muamba was terrible. A 23-year-old isn’t supposed to suffer a cardiac arrest. A 23-year-old isn’t supposed to be laying in a hospital bed fighting for his life. There are so many things wrong with what […]

What is Roberto Di Matteo doing at Chelsea that Andre Villas-Boas wasn’t doing? The pundits can analyze it until they’re blue in the face but the answer is quite simple. Di Matteo is using common sense. While AVB tinkered and toyed, the established veterans became unsettled, which ultimately disrupted any sort of continuity at the […]

Before the start of the Premier League season, things looked fairly promising for QPR. They were on the verge of getting a new owner, Neil Warnock had his list of players he was ready to buy, while their promotion brethren had barely spent at all. So why is it that QPR now sit in the […]

Kenneth William Bates is a man Leeds United fans have unfortunately come to know very well over the past several years. Even the highest profile of owners has drawn the ire of their fans for various reasons. But no one seems to do it the way that Mr. Bates has. From his puzzling sales of […]

Photo by Leslie Millman-Manchesterunitedman1 Born in England, football has always been considered by purists as a gentleman's game. But lately the notion seems reserved for nostalgic old-timers, pining fuddy-duddies ignorant of the modern game's evolution. The growth of the sport in the last decade, particularly in its founding nation, has shifted the emphasis from sport […]

So that's it, then? Wayne Rooney re-signed at Manchester United. Now, the dickie birds may sing again. A lone cow forages on pastures still green. But isn't his dramatic u-turn just a little bit fishy? In a bureaucratic footballing environment populated by massive clubs and billions of dollars, there's almost always more than what meets […]

Wanderers hosted Man United at the Reebok Saturday evening. The first half was argy-bargy as both teams wrestled for control. Each side had chances during the often end-to-end passages of play. The breakthrough was fortunate for United and abysmal for Bolton when Samual carelessly own-goaled right before the interval. Bolton continued playing well in the […]

"There's only one Keano" usually isn't sung as a lamentation, but never before have Man United missed Roy Keane so much. Whether berating a prawn sandwich culture, or throwing under-performing players publicly under the bus, the man Keane never hesitated to put the spotlights—and pressure—upon his own shoulders. More importantly, beyond the brash outbursts was […]

Confidence is piercing: It attacks the disposition in those it encounters with a domineering force. Arrogance is masochistic: It challenges those dispositions to return force in kind plus more. It demands unequal retribution. It bolsters the defending. Ronaldo has none of the confidence he deserves and too much of the hubris that weighs him down. […]

Liverpool humiliated Man United 4-1 Saturday at Old Trafford in a statement victory that may sustain the Merseysiders' title ambitions: fact. For United, losing soundly to their most fierce rivals at home couldn't have been better timed or circumstanced: thesis. Yes, Manchester United were cruising. They had just vanquished their manager's biggest rival in fellow […]

"His passes stretched forever." To cite any other player being more dominant and expressive in a match this season than Paul Scholes was against Fulham is nigh impossible. The ginger prince shies from cameras and adulation, but on the field he feels, more profoundly than any fortunate observer, the artistry and sheer magnificence he manifested […]

David Beckham wants to leave the Los Angeles Galaxy and stay in Italy, and so does the MLS—but they won't admit it. The current transfer saga itself, as AC Milan negotiate making Beckham's loan move permanent, is the type of high-profile exposure the American league pines for. While garnering both attention and capital—concepts agreeable to […]