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 […]

Saturday night was a big night for the New York Red Bulls as they finally had destiny in their own hands. It was a big match for the club as they needed a single win to put themselves into the postseason and you thought this was going to be a goal fest from the beginning […]

Arsenal and Chelsea face each other in both club's biggest game of the season today. We'll get a chance to see whether Chelsea's loss to Manchester City was an anomaly or whether Chelsea is as human as they seem to be. Plus we'll get to see whether this season's Arsenal are the real deal or […]

Saturday's Bundesliga action featured the highs and the lows of Bundesliga life: from Mainz taking their winning streak to seven in a row and equalling the record for best Bundesliga start of all time, to Felix Magath's Schalke stumbling to a disappointing loss at Nurnberg. Sunday's action promises to be just as exciting. VfB Stuttgart […]

Manchester United missed the chance to put some real pressure on early season pace-setters Chelsea with a disappointing draw at Sunderland. But perhaps a more worrying consequence to come from the game for Sir Alex Ferguson was the desperately below par performance of his side. In normal circumstances I suppose a point at the Stadium […]