The Week 27 numbers look like this... 5 year comparison Week 27 Thru Week 27 YTD Avg +/- GP Avg +/- GP 2006 18,083 6 15,116 180 2007 18,241 0.87% 7 16,593 9.77% 181 2008 15,291 -16.17% 7 16,946 2.13% 181 2009 16,844 10.15% 7 15,748 -7.07% 190 2010 17,636 […]

Gregorio Manzano took the reins of Sevilla FC one week ago from the sacked Antonio Álvarez, and he did not inherit a club that inspired any confidence from los nervionenses that filled the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on Sunday afternoon. Although the Andalusians only lost one of their first five matches in La Liga, two […]

Seeing Kevin Davies name in an England squad may be a shock to some people, indeed it may be a shock to Kev himself. Is it some sort of madness by Capello? Is he really so desperate for strikers that he has to select this Bolton Wanderers journeyman? Well, yes. At 33 years of age, […]

Jesse Chula is busy packing suitcases for his upcoming journey to England to watch some of the best soccer in person, so he asked me to step in today to write the Premier League Footballer Of The Week post. And he sure left me with a tough feat to pick out one footballer especially on […]

I know. I know. It’s only seven games into the season, but I guarantee there wasn’t anyone predicting that after seven matches Liverpool and Everton would be desperately trying to keep their noses ahead of Wolves and West Ham. At some point you have to the stop the “It’s only [insert number of matches] into […]

Borussia Dortmund were filled with the confidence of knowing that a win against Bayern Munich tonight would mean a massive dent in the champions' title hopes; Stuttgart were under pressure at home to Frankfurt after a start that leaves them bottom of the league with just three points; and Werder Bremen had the task of […]

Chelsea's bounce-back from their Manchester City loss is complete, though the same questions about Arsenal have resurfaced. On this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast, myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna review Sunday's match at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool's new low, Nigel de Jong and Karl Henry's antics, and the rest of the action from around […]

Liverpool are, quite frankly, terrible. Seven games into the season, they have played exactly two halves of Champions League caliber football. Ten men against Arsenal was riveting, and the comeback against Manchester United raised some hopes, although in retrospect that is probably made to look better than it was by the score sheet. Now, how […]

Monday, October 4th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Preview Show Guests: Seattle Sounders Head Coach Sigi Schmid Columbus Crew Technical Director Brian Bliss NASL Segment: Garrett Tozier, FC Tampa Bay Rowdies Supporter Re-Capping the Red Bulls one goal clean sheet victory against Kansas City & Clinching a playoff spot Thursday, […]

While most of the stories surrounding Blackpool’s shock win at Anfield will be angled at Liverpool’s disastrous performance, I feel the need to praise Ian Holloway’s Tangerines who continued their roller-coaster start to the season. It’s now three wins away from Bloomfield Road for Holloway’s side, and for a team that many expected to be […]

We're hours ahead of our 10 p.m. BST/5 p.m. EST/2 p.m. PST start, where myself, Kartik Krishnaiyer and Laurence McKenna will talking about a truly interesting weekend of Premier League action. Chelsea and Arsenal gave us a decent match at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool gave us fodder for hysterics, and Nigel de Jong ... what will […]

Manchester City's Nigel De Jong committed another horror tackle in the Premier League Sunday. This time against Newcastle United's Hatem Ben Arfa. The tackle resulted in a broken leg and definitely dashes Newcastle's chances for the next few months. What is it about the Premier League where we see so many horrible tackles and broken […]

Before today, the last time Liverpool were in the bottom three of the Premier League was after the opening day of the very first Premier League season. That day they lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest. But any team can be near the bottom after losing its opening fixture of a season. Prior to that, the […]

The old saying is that a good team can grind out a result when they are not playing well. Well Manchester City did that today with a hard fought win over an impressive Newcastle United side. If there is one that that City boss has brought to the club since his arrival last December, it […]

Tottenham playmaker Rafael van der Vaart is certainly enjoying his start to life in the Premier League. The Dutch midfielder, who signed for Spurs on deadline day from Real Madrid, completed an impressive week with an excellent brace in his side’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa yesterday. The double took his tally to four goals […]