“It’s just a shame that Van Persie, a world-class player, came up with a piece of magic at the end. He is worth the entrance fee alone.” – Steve Bruce What constitutes leadership seems fairly obvious: there’s experience, charisma, success, temperament, and colleagues’ respect. Yet what constitutes a captain is far less clear. What is […]

With a team that has as lush of a history as Arsenal, the idea of a lengthy tome about the club is near picture perfect. In Arsenal: The Making of a Modern Superclub, authors Kevin Whitcher and Alex Fynn have created an extremely detailed, heavily dramatic and well researched book about one of Europe's […]

Wigan Athletic are in the bottom three, along with North West neighbours Bolton and Blackburn, after an abysmal run of six losses on the trot. They are much maligned for their poor attendances despite football being Wigan’s second sport behind rugby league and the club faces competition for fans from the likes of Liverpool, Manchester […]

I almost called it. If you saw my post on Thursday, I stated that Manchester City would play beyond the Carlos Tevez drama and that Mario Balotelli would be a factor. I also stated that the leaky defense would be MUFC’s downfall. Sometimes I hate being right. Not only did Manchester City live up to […]

In tonight's special episode of the EPL Talk Podcast, we want to give you — the readers — the chance to get in your thoughts and questions ahead of the show, so we can incorporate as much listener feedback as possible. Manchester United supporters may not admit it, but we witnessed history being made before […]

Mario Balotelli has done it again. This time it's scoring an exquisite goal in the Manchester derby, and then lifting his Manchester City shirt to reveal a T-shirt underneath which said, simply, "Why Always Me?" Hats off to a brilliant cross by James Milner, and the cool, calm and collected finish by Balotelli. The man […]

Juventus threw away another two points with Genoa scoring a late equalizer in Turin to force a 2-2 draw on Saturday. The Juve supporters must be disappointed with the club's inability to display a killer instinct in finishing off weaker opponents. The Bianconeri also wasted a number of opportunities highlighting the lack of scoring touch […]

httpv://youtu.be/qnaH24608qM The biggest match of the Premier League season kicks off this morning between Manchester United and Manchester City. This could give us an indication of who will win the Premier League. Not mathematically by any means, but whoever wins today will have a huge psychological edge and confidence boost for the next several weeks. It […]

So has everyone caught their breath? Well, if you were a fan of four Eastern Conference teams, this evening was a pins-and-needles expedition. With as much criticism as has been leveled towards a playoff system where 10 out of 18 teams qualify, the way Major League Soccer organized the playoff structure has created some grand […]

httpv://youtu.be/lswilhUBYxU Many of you will have noticed that we've been continually tweaking the design of EPL Talk over the past several weeks. While it's still a work in progress, I want to bring to your attention five new features that you may not be aware of (watch the above video). The redesign is in beta, […]

Mario Balotelli accidentally set his house on fire early on Saturday morning after playing in his bathroom with fireworks. Manchester City's Italian striker escaped from the house unhurt, but it's yet another incident in the very surreal life of Mr. Balotelli. According to The Guardian newspaper, "he has told club officials he and four friends were […]

The late game on the Saturday docket for the Premier League saw Norwich City equalize and hold on, earning a point at Anfield against Liverpool. Without Lucas Leiva, who was serving a mandatory match suspension for yellow card accumulation, Kenny Dalglish chose an attacking 4-4-2 setup. While effectively having three forwards on the pitch, Craig […]

Wolves against Swansea is the early kick-off today, and what a game it should be. Mick McCarthy's side haven't won in their last five games, while Swansea haven't won away all season. Something has got to give today. Wolves have made one change to their line-up, and they start with a 4-4-2 with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake […]

West Brom are clearly recognised by most Premier League fans and pundits as the yoyo team of the division. Over the last 10 years they have been promoted to the Premier League four times and relegated three times. Even their now classic BOING BOING celebration sort of represents their predicament as the perennial yoyo club. […]

DirecTV has threatened to remove FOX Soccer and FOX Soccer Plus from its programming by November 1st if the satellite provider is unable to make a deal with FOX. According to DirecTV, NewsCorp (the parent company of FOX) is demanding that DirecTV pay a 40% increase to show FOX sports channels which include FOX Soccer, […]