It’s a joy to watch players evolve in the Premier League and become world-class footballers. A few examples include Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Theo Walcott. But for every starlet, there are also shining stars who seem to get worse each week and fail to live up to the promises they showed earlier on in […]
Tags: Alan Smith · Damien Duff · Darren Bent · Jermaine Jenas · Kieron Dyer · Lee Bowyer · Sami Hyypia
If Liverpool fans have dreams of winning the Premier League this season, they can kiss them goodbye. Today at Anfield, Liverpool escaped with a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough with a woeful performance that was rescued by an own goal and then an injury time goal by Steven Gerrard.
This was a cruel blow to Middlesbrough who […]
Tags: Arsenal · Chelsea · Fernando Torres · Jamie Carragher · Liverpool · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Mido · Pepe Reina · Robbie Keane · Sami Hyypia · Steven Gerrard · Sunderland · Tuncay
The most impressive side I watched, by far, on Saturday was Middlesbrough. The link-up play between Tuncay, Alves, Downing, Aliadiere and, later, Mido was sensational. Wheater was also impressive. At times, it was like watching Brazil with all of the backheels and blistering attacks. Seriously.
While Spurs controlled a lot of the possession in this match […]
Tags: Afonso Alves · Arsenal · Blackburn Rovers · Chris Brunt · Damien Plessis · David Dunn · David Wheater · Emmanuel Adebayor · Everton · Gareth Southgate · Ishmael Miller · Jason Roberts · Jeremy Aliadiere · Joleon Lescott · Liverpool · Middlesbrough · Paul Ince · Phil Jagielka · Roque Santa Cruz · Sami Hyypia · Samir Nasri · Steven Gerrard · Stewart Downing · Sunderland · Tony Mowbray · Tottenham Hotspur · Tuncay · West Bromwich Albion · Xabi Alonso
In a week of tragedy for Manchester Utd’s European and Premiership title hopes Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic both suffer injuries that threaten to jeopardize everything. Vidic was assisted off the field during the midweek Champions League game in Rome and then Rio gimped out of the Middlesbrough fiasco after a degree of culpability for […]
Tags: Arsenal · Bacary Sagna · Chelsea · Daniel Agger · John Terry · Liverpool · Manchester United · Nemanja Vidic · Petr Cech · Ricardo Carvalho · Rio Ferdinand · Sami Hyypia
