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Do England need to embrace different styles if they’re to succeed in 2014?
After another quarter-final exit at a major tournament, England, under the supervision of Roy Hodgson, begin their 2014 World Cup Qualifying campaign next week. Hodgson’s men travel to Moldova next Friday (September 7th) before hosting fellow Euro 2012 Group D opponents...read more »
Who Will Fill “The Hole” For England?
Increasingly, national teams share a fixation with deploying a player in "the hole", just off a central striker. This is the man to whom the team invariably looks to link play and bring further dynamic to attacking situations. Spain have...read more »
Clues about the man in blue: Could Nando finally be the one to watch?
Less than 1 day… that’s about 24 hours to go for the 2012/13 season to kick off. Hazard, Oscar, Podolski & Giroud to name a few, should be giving Premier League followers more than enough to look forward to, as...read more »
Is AVB repeating his Chelsea mistakes at Tottenham?
Andre Villas-Boas joined the White Hart Lane club this summer following the sacking of Harry Redknapp, with many fans sceptical about the new managerial appointment, and weather he'd learned from the mistakes he made that ultimately lost him the Chelsea...read more »
Will Eden Hazard meet the expectations of the Premier League?
The noise surrounding Belgian player, Eden Hazard, has recently grasped the attention of the football world. In the wake of the yearly transfer madness, the young Hazard rated at £ 32 million, has finally decided to end the suspense surrounding...read more »
Miracle On Las Ramblas – How Did Chelsea Beat Barcelona?
Whichever piece of commentary you prefer, either Alan Green's "it's a miracle" or Gary Neville's cry of "unbelievable" nobody can avoid the astonishing nature of Chelsea's triumph over the Catalan giants. Ignoring momentarily the result, surely there was no chance...read more »
Are the old guard good or bad for Chelsea?
Chelsea recovered from a 3-1 first leg defeat to Napoli to become the only English side to reach the last eight of this season’s Champions League. Drogba, Lampard and Terry were all on the score sheet. So what is all...read more »
Are Arsenal and Chelsea further evidence of British decline in Europe?
Both Arsenal and Chelsea face an uphill battle to make it into the Champions League quarter-finals after suffering first leg defeats in Italy. With Manchester City and Manchester United already eliminated what does this say about the English game? Is...read more »
Has It Ended For Andre Before It Has Even Begun?
In a week of sparked controversy and downright craziness surrounding a particular senior management role at the head of our country’s football-ing ambition, it seems the talk about Chelsea gaffer Andre Villas-Boas has died down somewhat in the last few...read more »
Arsenal are the League’s ‘top performers’ but why haven’t they met expectations whilst clubs like Norwich are overachieving?
Believe it or not, Arsenal were the best performers in the Premier League last year. According to statistical analysis, composed and interpreted by Opta Sports Data and CIES Football Observatory, Arsenal were the only side in the top 5 European...read more »