The managerial merry-go-round is one of the unpleasant facets of Premier League football. Too often, the board members of clubs are quick to sack a manager due to a string of poor results or because of outside pressure. The objective of dismissing a manager is, of course, to effect change. Immediate results are often improved, […]

In December 2010, Newcastle United was making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Chris Hughton was sacked, Mike Ashley was up to his typical tactics and a month later Andy Carroll was sold to Liverpool for more than $50 million. Those were the dark days for the Toon Army. Fast forward one year, and manager […]

Real Madrid suffered another home defeat to Barcelona but this time in the first-leg of the Copa del Rey. The cup loss has not been as painful as the La Liga loss to the bitter rivals from Catalonia. In both defeats the hosts took the lead early on only for the Catalans to strike back […]

Could it be at all possible that Manchester City could be at the center of more criticism? The answer to that is yes, of course, as the “Noisy Neighbors” have a Argentinean striker that seems to have trouble coming to terms with the fact that as a footballer, he must play football. Meanwhile, City play […]

Less than a year after hosting it's first playoff game, PPL Park will be showcased on July 25th as the venue for the 2012 MLS All Star Game. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber officially announced the event at City Hall, alongside Mayor Michael Nutter and Philadelphia Union CEO Nick Sakiewicz. The format will not […]

In this day and age it is somewhat accepted that the "big clubs" will dominate all across the board in English football. Somewhat stale air breathes on football as the stranglehold of money dictates all. Is it possible a manager could overcome these shackles of expectations and pessimism to follow in the footsteps of Brian […]

"We've got to look at ourselves. If that's the level they expect this football club to play at, then they won't be here long." These were the words of Kenny Dalglish after a humiliating defeat to Bolton at the weekend. David Johnson, a former Liverpool striker who enjoyed much success with the club in the […]

After a day to let the occurrences #EpicSunday settle in, it is time for the renewal of the EPL Talk “Daily Ticker.” This makes the site your one-stop-shop for all things Premier League. The day’s news is all here, along with recaps of undermined matches and other happenings around the world of football. A new […]

I was originally skeptical of diving into Sunderland, A Club Transformed, Jonathan Wilson’s book about the 2006-2007 season for the Black Cats. As much as I respect Jonathan Wilson’s intellect and analysis of topics related to football, there were two red flags for me. Firstly, any narrative about a single season in football tends to […]

A photo of Newcastle United's home shirt for the 2012-13 season has been leaked on the Internet. Newcastle United only just changed their sponsor a few weeks ago, so Puma obviously hasn't had time to update the sponsor's name on the front of the shirt. However, when updated, I like this shirt a lot. It's […]

Way back somewhere in the annuls of time; before the awe inspiring stadiums and the anti-sweat kits, before the mega millions and the sponsorship deals, before television and radio and the world wide web – back when the beautiful game was anything but. When football was little more than a pigs bladder and a muddy […]

Premier League soccer on TV is at an important crossroads in the United States. The interest in the league is growing by such leap and bounds that several Premier League matches have graduated from FOX Soccer to the free-to-air FOX network (Sunday's Arsenal-Man United game scored an 0.9 rating). However, with these changes come growing […]

UPDATED: FOX's live broadcast of Arsenal against Manchester United delivered a 0.9 overnight rating, according to Sports Business Journal. This compares to a 1.5 overnight rating from the record-breaking Chelsea against Liverpool match from November 20, which was shown on tape delay on FOX. Two factors that can explain the decrease are (1) the Chelsea […]

1. The game is flawed- It's a point I've been meaning to make for a while and one that arose in a comment on last week's post. In that article I, perhaps harshly, described Modric's goal against Wolves as the first sign of the Apocalypse. Given that Modric is probably the most talented creative player in […]

One day Robbie Keane will write/dictate his autobiography, and it will be filled with fantastic stories of playing football for some major clubs, living in Italy and the USA and full of scoring goals. Keane marked his full Aston Villa debut on Saturday with two sublimely taken goals against relegation threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers. Keane’s move […]