With last weeks opening weekend now in the history books there is very little time to relax as another set of Premier League fixtures just around the corner. The weekend’s action now starts even earlier this season with the advent of Friday night Football and this Friday sees Manchester United …
Read More »Hart beat in bid to regain Manchester City place
Manchester City cruised to victory in their Champions League play-off round game in Bucharest earlier in the week but once again the headlines surrounded the fact that Joe Hart was once again dropped to the bench in favour of Willy Caballero. And it seems as if Hart has now accepted …
Read More »Steaua Bucharest vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
Manchester City turned in a 5 star performance although it could have been 7 Actually you could have picked any number and they should have scored 1 more goal than that How much of the display was down to City playing well and Steaua playing badly can be argued One …
Read More »The 3 things Chelsea will need if they are to finish in the Top 4
Antonio Conte got his reign as Chelsea manager off to the ideal start on Monday as he side got the better of West Ham in what was a lively London derby. I wouldn’t quite say it was a flying start as Chelsea needed a last minute goal to snatch all …
Read More »Real Football Men – Fantasy Football Roundup Gameweek 1
And we are back!, another 38 Gameweeks await us in a bid to become the second winner of the “Real Football Men” FPL Trophy (trophy doesn’t exist ). This season sees 35 competitors which is more than double last years 17, so thanks to everyone which has joined. But there …
Read More »3 Forwards that Crystal Palace could capture this month
The criticism that followed Crystal Palace last season is one that has been thrown at them this and that’s the fact there is a definite shortagevof goals in their side. Alan Pardew may have bought in new faces this Summer but they are still very much lacking a striker who …
Read More »Chelsea vs West Ham a few quick thoughts
Chelsea get off to a winning start under Antonio Conte as he masterminds a win over cross town rivals West Ham That said they certainly left it late in which to do so The big news before the game was that Cesc Fabregas was dropped to the bench Could the …
Read More »Steaua Bucharest vs Manchester City – Match Preview
For Manchester City to reach this season’s group stage of the Champions League they must first clear the hurdle of the play-off round and a tie against 1986 European Cup winners Steaua Bucharest. The Romanians don’t quite have the same impact on European Football as they did 30 years ago …
Read More »Premier League Predictions – Week 1 (Review)
The first long weekend of Premier League action has now in the history books and it’s time to see how I fared in terms of my Premier League predictions Hull vs Leicester – Leicester Win NO Crystal Palace vs West Brom – Crystal Palace Win NO Burnley vs Swansea – …
Read More »The 6 key stories from the Premier League opening weekend
It’s as if it never went away. The Premier League kicked back into action over the weekend and it has already thrown up some major talking points. We’ve seen the defening champions fall at the first hurdle and the boos already ringing out at The Emirates. That sandwiched winning starts …
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