Money can by many things and it certainly has for Roman Abramovich. Ironically, all the money he has spent on managers has come at a cost. He will never be able to recruit a manager who demands complete control of a club or one who has ambitions to build for the future. Most importantly, it […]

Sporting Kansas City is a very different franchise now than a few years ago: A new stadium, name, kit and style of play have all benefited the team and the city that lays on both Kansas and Missouri soil. Yet, the club has failed to capitalize on their excellent regular season in both 2011 and […]

All eyes will be on Harry Redknapp today as the man takes charge at Queens Park Rangers. This is Redknapp's seventh managerial job. And he'll be hoping that the lucky number seven pays off today with their tricky away match against Sunderland. In some ways, Redknapp can't lose today. QPR has been so dreadful this […]

Researching or studying football tactics can seem like an overwhelming task, simply because aside from the basic framework provided by the rulebook, so much else is left fluid. Formations, player roles, player positions, they all mean something different depending on the context and meaning of the speaker. Is a striker always a striker? What about […]

Don't forget that this afternoon (or evening, depending on what part of the world you live in) starts a new gameweek. Gameweek 14, to be exact, with all 20 Premier League teams playing over the next 48 hours. Here are some FPL tips to help you with your decision-making: Gameweek 13: The funny thing about […]

At Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the booing and protest signs aimed at new Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez were misdirected. In Rafa's first game in charge for the Blues, the man was simply trying to do his job. The anger and abuse should have been directed at Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich instead. The decision by Abramovich […]

Tell us something we didn't know already. Alan Shearer is awful. Gary Neville is the best by a country mile. Of course, we're talking about their punditry skills. Not their football skills. But still, the article by Michael Cox is a good review of Britain's pundits — the good, the bad and the ugly. Here […]

We're proud to announce that the winner for gameweek 1 through 12 of Beat The Manager, the prediction game from EPL Talk, is Adam Heap. Adam scored 832 points, which moved him into second place. First place Greg Pierko won his own Apple iPad for coming in first place after gameweek 6 (Greg, we're sending […]

I was one of the lucky few that managed to get a Wii U this past week, and overall it’s a decent new system with the biggest selling point of the GamePad tablet being the way it changes the way we play games. Using the Gamepad, so much information gets shifted from the TV screen […]

NBC Sports will be the sole broadcaster of the English Premier League beginning with the 2013-14 season on US television and the Internet. While we're looking forward to their broadcasts, here's our blueprint for NBC to help them perfect their EPL programming. Feel free to share your own recommendations in the comments section below. 1. […]

A small segment of West Ham United supporters have dragged the club's name through the mud this weekend after sickening "Adolf Hitler is coming for you" chants and Nazi salutes aimed at Tottenham Hotspur supporters in this past weekend's derby match. Here are today's Premier League news headlines: West Ham fans filmed making Nazi salutes towards […]

Arsene Wenger was rightfully under fire from Arsenal supporters and the press following the Gunners’ disappointing 0-0 result against Aston Villa from this past weekend. Chants of “You don’t know what you’re doing” rained down on Arsene Wenger from his own travelling fans after the Arsenal manager brought on defensive midfielder Francis Coquelin for striker […]

Sure, I go away for a week on holiday and nothing happens! Well, not exactly. Mark Hughes and Roberto Di Matteo get sacked. English clubs sputter in Europe. Harry Redknapp and Rafael Benitez return to Premier League management. And West Bromwich Albion move to third in the table. I should take a holiday more often! […]

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After last Sunday's solitary Premier League match, we have four in store today. Kicking off the action is Swansea City against Liverpool, live from the Liberty Stadium in Wales (8:30am ET kickoff time on ESPN2 for viewers in the United States). The three other matches today are Southampton vs Newcastle and Tottenham versus West Ham […]