Middlesbrough FC have today announced that manager Gordon Strachan has parted company with the club, a mere 12 months after initially taking the position. A 2-1 defeat at the weekend to new boys Leeds United in front of a sparse Boro crowd appears to have been the final straw for the club as the former […]

He has clocked up over 640 appearances for the Reds and over the years has displayed the sprit and fight that Liverpool need right now but his form over the last few seasons and this season in particular has been questionable. This leaves us to ask the question whether or not the Merseyside club were […]

Through the first six rounds in La Liga, Valencia CF led the way at the top of the ladder with sixteen points, one point ahead of Villarreal, two points ahead of Real Madrid, and three points ahead of FC Barcelona. Along with Real Madrid, Valencia remained only one of two teams still undefeated in the […]

For the past four days, I was away in Chicago in business meetings. Normally this wouldn't be so bad if the trip happened during the week. But as it happened on a weekend when I'm usually at home watching the Premier League matches on my trusty laptop or television, it messed up my typical routine […]

So, Wayne Rooney has declared his intention to walk out on Manchester United after having serious differences with manager Sir Alex Ferguson. I find this story extremely fascinating because it's ultimately a power struggle between two egos, Rooney and Ferguson. As manager, Ferguson has every right to bench Rooney during previous weeks because of his […]

Who should the next England manager be after Fabio Capello retires? It's the age old question that everyone in England has an opinion about. Should he be English or a foreigner? Should he play a 4-4-2 or a formation used by continental countries or Premier League clubs? Click on the above flowchart that's a foolproof […]

The Week 29 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 29 Thru Week 29 YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- GP 2006 20,277 6 15,502 192 2007 20,575 1.47% 7 16,767 8.16% 195 2008 17,338 -15.73% 7 16,460 -1.83% 210 2009 22,165 27.84% 7 15,878 -3.53% 205 2010 20,048 […]

Liverpool opened the John W. Henry era with one of their mos disappointing Merseyside Derby performances in recent memory. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna talk about the result at Goodison Park, Villa's result against Chelsea at Birmingham, Manchester United's troubles with West Brom, and the rest […]

The Serie A has returned, and we're beginning to see some interesting developments regarding teams which might need a new manager sometime soon. Just looking at the bottom three teams: Fiorentina, Parma, and Udinese, you find underachievers which will need to either start winning, or be replaced. The question is, how much time will Mihajlovic […]

They say the sign of a good side is winning when you’re not playing well. If that is the case then Roberto Mancini's Manchester City could be a real challenger for the Premier League this season after grinding out another result, this time a one goal advantage as City won 3-2 at Premier League new-boys […]

Trust Special 1 TV to return with perfect timing. The BBC 3 show is back with its first episode of the season, albeit quite late. But in the episode, there's plenty of talking points including: Wayne Rooney's sexual indiscretions, Sven's recruitment by Leicester City, Liverpool fiasco, and much more. Not the greatest episode but definitely […]

As good as United were in the opening twenty minutes of the match, so too were they awful in the second half when they allowed West Brom to equalize through a myriad of mistakes. Many of United's gaffs were easily avoidable, Patrice Evra's botched clearances and Edwin van der Sar's bobble which allowed the Baggies […]

Kaiserslautern 0 – 3 Eintracht Frankfurt I definitely didn't see this one coming! Frankfurt's Theofanis Gekas was once again the man of the match for his side as he scored a brace and lifted his side to what ended up being a comfortable win. Kaiserslautern had the chance to go ahead after 25 minutes, when […]

It might have been a good week for Liverpool off the field, but their on pitch woes continued with a woefully disappointing defeat at the hands of Merseyside rivals Everton. New owner John W Henry, who was in attendance at Goodison Park, might have been thinking what he had parted £300 million for as goals […]

Thank the heavens that league football is back! And boy, did the English Premier League remind us what we were missing. A Merseyside derby, a compelling (if deliberate) affair at Villa Park, and a slew of great matches adorned this weekend's fixture list. For myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna, it's fodder for a great […]