Two seasons ago the Magpies were flying. Alan Pardew had offloaded problem players Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan, creating a harmonious dressing room atmosphere. Last January, with the side struggling against relegation, owner Mike Ashley opened his wallet up and signed several marquee French players, individuals of a high enough standard that had previously been […]

After enduring a different start to the 2013/14 season under Portuguese manager Andre Villas-Boas, Tottenham seem to have turned their fortunes around under new boss Tim Sherwood. While Villas-Boas was in charge, Tottenham mainly used a 4-2-3-1 strategy, which left Soldado isolated up front. Although this formation is gaining popularity within England, probably due to […]

After launching the new, beautiful Colombia home shirt in November, photos of Colombia's away shirt for the 2014 World Cup have now been revealed. The red away shirt features white stripes down the sleeve, while there's a black or navy blue trim. The shirt features the words Colombia on the back top of the jersey. […]

A new image of Real Salt Lake's home shirt for the 2014 MLS season has been leaked on the Internet. This version looks different than the previously leaked image of the Real Salt Lake shirt. The red shirt still features the blue sleeves and yellow stripes down the sleeve, but the design featuring the yellow […]

Manchester United currently look like slaves to Wayne Rooney’s financial ambition. In their current position, United are scared to lose one of their best players, and Wayne knows it. The situation has evolved to the extent that Rooney can essentially name his price and Manchester United will be obligated to pay the ransom. But the […]

Cardiff City came away from yet another home fixture last night with a solitary point following a 0-0 draw with Aston Villa. Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over in early January, the form of the Welsh club has been indifferent at best with defeats coming at Manchester United and fierce rivals Swansea whilst there have […]

This week brought about yet another nonsensical comment from Newcastle manager Alan Pardew: “We like to think we put down the right foundations here for success. “All the players that have come here have improved, I can’t think of one who hasn’t. “That is the most important thing when you are looking at your coaching […]

Kostas Mitroglou has arrived in the Premier League, and I could not be happier. You see, Mitroglou is a perfect example of what is wrong with Greek football, not just at the moment, but for most of recent memory. His career path is one that has been taken by many young Greek footballers over the […]

The January transfer window was a tough time for Arsenal fans as we saw a number of opportunities to strengthen the team fail miserably. Rumors of Diego Costa, Julian Draxler, Alvaro Morata and Miroslav Klose were all names linked with the Gunners throughout January, yet nothing seemed to pan out except for signing a player […]

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Manchester United is not just a football club. Manchester United is an idea. The idea is that they are exceptional in some fundamental way. The idea is that the general rules somehow do not apply to them — They do not struggle, they do not lose and they do not accept anything less than the […]

Cardiff City striker Craig Bellamy has been suspended for three matches after he accepted a charge by The FA of violent conduct for his behavior in the defeat against Swansea City. After running up behind Swansea midfielder Jonathan de Guzman, Bellamy punched him in the side of the face. Presumably Bellamy was getting frustrated by […]

Formerly Championship Manager, now Football Manager (or FM, for short), the FM revolution is an exquisite slice of heaven handed to us from the soccer gods. If you haven’t played it, you don’t know what you’re missing. Over the 15 years that I’ve been playing the game, I have experienced several different types of games […]

Atletico Madrid lost their outright lead at the top of La Liga, their defeat at Almeria providing the story of the weekend. With Barcelona and Real Madrid both winning against Sevilla and Villarreal respectively, the top three are all level on 57 points, Barca having the advantage of a superior goal difference. Barcelona returned to […]

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has warned that Premier League footballers now have carte blanche to do what they want if the referee doesn't see it, after Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure was not charged with violent conduct after stamping on Norwich's Ricky van Wolfswinkel in the match on Saturday. Mourinho said: "If he's not suspended, the […]