Emphatic Wins in their Infancy While two massively different matches played out to identical score-lines on Saturday, the meaningful implications associated with those 1-0 wins by Manchester City and West Ham United may go somewhere over the rainbow in defining the seasons of the victors. While Roberto Mancini got his formation and personnel spot on […]

As the second month of a pulsating Premier League season draws to a close, I think it’s time to test your knowledge of the most exciting league in the world. What better way then a quick pop quiz about this Premier League. And if you cheat by using the internet, I will find out. Who […]

If I had to pick one Premier League match of the weekend from the past few days, the winner would easily be West Ham United against Tottenham Hotspur. The match seemed like it took me on a timewarp to the 70s or 80s when teams would often take long range strikes at goal and goalkeepers […]

I remember living in the United Kingdom in the early 80s. After spending a long day going to see your club either home or away, I would finally get home, take my boots off next to the fire, and sit on the couch with a hot cup of tea and then watch Match Of The […]

Chelsea is not invulnerable, but what will be the next meme to dominate the Premier League? We try to avoid that on this edition of the EPL Talk Podcast. Instead, we focus on the action at Eastlands, the Emirates, and the Reebok on a weekend that kick-started this year's Premier League season. Kartik Krishnaiyer and […]

Stoke continued their recent revival with a hard fought win over Newcastle today, but the game will have been a learning curve for Potters boss Tony Pulis who had to switch back to his old ways after a poor first half. The Potters boss comes under criticism for his long ball tactics that offend most […]

The top of the Premier League table was rocked, with each of the Big Three dropping points on the sixth match day. Manchester City's performance at Eastlands, Arsenal's flop against Brom and Manchester United's draw at the Reebook will all be talking points, but beyond that ... What do you want to hear about on […]

Tuesday, September 28th 8:00PM EDT – 5:00PM PDT Guests: Patrick Quinn Colorado Rapids Supporter Brian Quarstad of Inisde Minnesota Soccer NASL Segment: Former MLS Talk blogger, podcast host & current Head Communications Officer of the NASL Kartik Krishnaiyer discuss USSF D2 Playoffs Soccer By Ives LA Correspondent Adam Serrano joins me to re-cap the two […]

As the Premier League wraps up its 6th Gameweek, the league table begins to take a familiar yet still somewhat open shape. Manchester United failed to take advantage of the losses suffered by Chelsea and Arsenal when they made the short journey to Bolton and came away with only a point. As disappointing as the […]

Being unbeaten at home for one of the smaller Premiership sides is something that should always be celebrated but at Birmingham City, things are never that simple. They have now equaled the clubs longest unbeaten home record of 18 games, it hides another story entirely. Now, 6 games in, the club have 7 points and […]

Another Premier League game, another defeat and you'd be mistaken for thinking Wolves were a side struggling to play football. Oddly, Wolves have lost the last 3 league games when they probably deserved so much more for their efforts. After running Fulham so close at Craven Cottage, with two defensive slip ups gifting the hosts […]

Gerard Houllier has Emile Heskey to thank for making his first Premier League game in charge of Aston Villa a memorable one. In a match which was very much a game of two half’s, Houllier’s side showed that they do still have plenty of quality with the powerful striker netting a late winner. But what […]

While Michael Owen came off the bench to rescue a point for Manchester United at Bolton, it was another disappointing result for Sir Alex Ferguson’s men. The result completed a bitterly disappointing day for the Scott, who once again saw his talisman Wayne Rooney produce another ineffective display. Rooney’s performance was once again disappointing. The […]

Shh, don't tell Jonathan Wilson, Zonal Marking or the trio of Richard Farley, Kartik Krisnaiyer or Laurence McKenna, but I believe that formations are sometimes overrated. In most matches, they have a massive impact on how teams play and how they match up against each other. But in certain circumstances you may as well throw […]

If you watched the Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion game on Saturday, you would have sworn that the team playing in navy blue and white stripes was Arsenal and that the team in red and white were the Baggies. The Albion played a beautiful passing the game and featured far more creativity than Arsenal. Chris […]