Manchester United will be without striker Wayne Rooney and midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin for their crucial Champions League game at Wolfsburg. Rooney, 30, remains out with the ankle injury that forced him to miss Saturday’s 0-0 draw with West Ham. Schneiderlin, 26, came off injured against the Hammers and will not …
Read More »Scottish League Cup format to change, does anyone care?
Scottish football will next season launch a revamped League Cup with a group stage and bonus-point system. The group stage will involve all 38 teams not involved in European competition, plus the winners of the Highland League and Lowland League. There will be eight groups of five teams playing each …
Read More »Real Football Men – Fantasy Football Round Up Gameweek 15
We now enter December and the race for the Real Football Men FPL Title hots up, let’s see how the runners and riders got on this week The top two are unchanged with Nana Kofi Abiri still top although he knows sees his lead from David Lucas’ Gutterslugs cut to …
Read More »What if the World Cup was played like the F.A. Cup? – Round 2 Draw
So yesterday Round 1 took place with full details here: What if the World Cup was played like the F.A. Cup? – Round 1 But now it’s time for the big guns to enter and the Second Round draw. The Top 47 FIFA Ranked teams will take Numbers 1-47 with …
Read More »Champions League Predictions – Tuesday
Tonight It’s the start of final Matchday of the Champions League. Manchester United still need to secure qualify while Manchester City will have a difficult challenge in trying to top their group. Here is what I think will happen tonight PSG vs Shakhtar – PSG Win Real Madrid vs Malmo …
Read More »Week 15 – Premier League Predictions (Review)
The first fixtures in December are in the books and that means it’s time to review my Premier League Predictions for last week. Here is what happened Saturday Stoke vs Manchester City – Manchester City Win NO Arsenal vs Sunderland – Arsenal Win YES Manchester United vs West Ham – …
Read More »What if the World Cup was played like the F.A. Cup? – Round 1
I’m not sure if you read the article I posted last week on the back of FIFA proposing to expand the World Cup to 40 teams. Well that led me to have a brainwave and ask the question “What if the World Cup was played like the F.A. Cup? ” …
Read More »Everton vs Crystal Palace – Match Preview
Everton midfielder James McCarthy faces a fitness test on the hip injury that ruled him out of the midweek Capital Cup win at Middlesbrough. Leighton Baines made his comeback from ankle surgery in midweek but is unlikely to start as the Toffees ease back him gently. Crystal Palace will be …
Read More »Dagenham and Redbridge vs Whitehawk a few quick thoughts
As I now don’t live too far away from Dagenham but lived in Brighton (where Whitehawk are based) this game was of interest to me, so I thought I would go along and lend my support to The Hawks this afternoon And wow, what a support it was. Over 500 …
Read More »West Brom vs Tottenham a few quick thoughts
The unbeaten run continues to 14 matches but it wasn’t the best of days at The Hawthorns You have to consider it 2 points dropped especially with the other results yesterday Salomon Rondon could have put The Baggies in front after 6 minutes but blazed his effort high and wide …
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