Why Moyes Would Be Foolish Not To Make Any Signings This Month

After losing yet another game, more specifically another home game, David Moyes is really feeling the heat up at Old Trafford. Wilfried Bony struck in the 90th minute to send Swansea into the next round of the FA Cup, but the consequences could be huge for the former Everton manager. Now, according to the Express, he has admitted that he may not make a single signing this month, something which I think is the wrong thing to do.

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The dark art of diving

It is the worst form of gamesmanship in modern football and yet no matter how many campaigns and rules are enforced, the acts of diving will never go away. It is like a horrible disease.

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Will Leeds ever be back in the Premier League?

Over the last three seasons I have seen a lot of Leeds United matches. Once I have watched a Leeds match whether they have won, drawn or lost I keep asking myself will they ever be back in the Premier league?

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If don’t play for a Spanish club, you can’t start for the national side?

This international break for England hasn’t anything riding on it, but the side along, with some new faces will be given a huge test on Saturday at home to World and European champions Spain.

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Is there no end to this man’s talent?

Another landmark was achieved on Tuesday night by arguably the best footballer ever to play the beautiful game. You all know who that man is... Lionel Messi.

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The greatest rivalry in English Club Football

Every year when the fixture list comes out for the new season, the first thing a fan does is look at when their team is playing their fiercest rivals. The next thing they do is to tell the girlfriend, wife or fiancé that under any circumstances nothing is to happen on the day of that fixture.

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Respect the shirt, fans and your contract

It seems that the negative stereotypical view of modern day footballers is again in the media spotlight. As we have all read lately it seems to be largely circled around Carlos Tevez. Although what he did in Munich was unforgiveable, he isn’t alone.

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Double signing could complete the AVB jigsaw

As Chelsea look set to complete the signing of Valencia playmaker, Juan Mata and continue in their pursuit of Tottenham Hotspur’s Luka Modric, The Blues’ long-awaited summer rebuild finally looks underway. With further investment in youth seeing Oriol Romeu join from Barcelona and Anderlecht’s Romelu Lukaku making his long-awaited move to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas will be looking to usher in a new era at the club.

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Team selection: Now we’re thinking clearly

Yes, you heard it right. In a rare moment of clear-thought at Premier League HQ, the men in suits have finally allowed common sense to prevail, by relaxing the rules on team selection. As of the coming season, Premier League managers will be free to select their matchday squads from their registered squad of 25 players, plus under-21 ‘home-grown’ players, without restriction as to which combination of players the manager selects.

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Media formats continue to revolutionise football recruitment

Last week, 123 Premier League players joined the many thousands of footballers in the UK, at all levels of the game, seeking a new club for the upcoming season. While the Premier League took the step of releasing a complete list of those top-flight footballers seeking new employment, scouts worldwide will already be hard at work, seeking potential new investments for their clubs. As the summer recruitment drive begins, the methods used by both players and clubs, have broadened in recent years.

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Emerging Talent: Accept no imitations.

Here we go again! Its summertime, clubs around the world draw up their list of transfer targets and the press silly season begins once again. However, as stories emerge of football’s elite looking to strengthen their squads to take themselves to new heights, many reports would have you believe they are merely looking to replicate the past. As Chelsea look close to securing the signature of Anderlecht striker, Romelo Lukaku, dubbed “The new Didier Drogba”, here are a few examples of past signings, that haven’t quite lived up to their previous comparisons.

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International Retirement

England stars continue to desert the national setup when things don’t go their way.

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How does the future look for football’s volatile marriages?

As the dust settles on the royal wedding, and the world begins to watch William and Kate beginning to settle down as husband and wife, attention also turns firmly back towards the Premier League. With the season drawing to a climax, we begin to look to the other tempestuous relationships that may or may not survive the summer.

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Why English football should not be forgotten on St. George’s Day

First things first- It’s our game: The art of kicking an inflated pig’s bladder is believed to have originated on our shores in the 14^th century, however, fast-forward 500 years and in 1863, a group of our nation’s finest folk decided to form the Football Association. Almost a century and a half later, we take pride in quite possibly the greatest invention the planet has ever known. It brings justification to excessive beer consumption; it allows boys to live out their childhood dream under the gaze of a worldwide audience, with untold wealth and fame; a game which unites nations yet divides cities, and it was our idea.

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The awards season: The unsung heroes

Mascots: “He must be hot in there!” is the common cry from the terraces, as these brave souls don their oversized animal costumes and parade around pitchside (apart from Fred the Red, he’s a real, child-friendly devil.)

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