3 Premier League Strikers In Need Of A Good Season

“This is our year” is a phrase often associated with Liverpool fans and their dreams of winning the Premier League title.  Although it is early days, the Reds have made their most convincing start to a season in years, sitting top of the table as the only team to win all three of their games.  The Anfield club, however, are not the only ones in need of a convincing campaign…

Click to read more ...

Robert Pires - Still Got It (video)

Robert Pires was one of those quirky 'who is he?' Arsene Wenger signings that actually came off.

Click to read more ...

Where Does Juan Mata Stand At Chelsea?

Manchester United and Chelsea played out a boring and somewhat uneventful Premier League match at Old Trafford on Monday night. Despite the eneventful 90 minutes, there were two aspects that intereseted me; the first was that Wayne Rooney started and played quite decently, and the second was that Juan Mata was once again overlooked by Jose Mourinho. What is going on with the little Spaniard, and has Mourinho already taken a dislike to Chelsea's Player of the Season for the last two years?

Click to read more ...

Why Arsenal Should Forget About A Striker And Sign A Centre-back

Following Arsenal's 3-1 home loss to Aston Villa last Saturday, an Arsenal fan was filmed speaking passionately about his (and indeed everybody else's) disillusionment with the club and the lack of spending over the summer.

Click to read more ...

The New Premier League Season - A Return To Form

Premier League football has returned, and we are all better for it. The opening weekend provided plenty of drama and intrigue as we saw Arsenal on the brink of crisis, normal business resumed with Manchester United, the return of Jose Mourinho and exactly why Manchester City are favourites to win the league this season.

Click to read more ...

Do Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures At Arsenal?

Six minutes into the Premier League season and Arsene Wenger would have been feeling fairly good about his team. Olivier Giroud had put the Gunners ahead in their tie against Aston Villa, and most fans in the stadium would have been expecting more goals to come. The following 20 minutes did see further reasons for encouragement, but the ball didn't end up in the back of the Villa net.

Click to read more ...

This Weekend's Premier League Talking Points - Part One

With only one fixture left of the first round of games of the new Premier League season, I thought I would have a look to see if the results of the teams I watched are an indication of what you can expect to see from them this season. Let’s start with Arsenal, shall we?

Click to read more ...

Arsenal's Wonderkid - Gedion Zelalem

My article from yesterday has inspired my video choices for today, as I will provide three clips on some of the Arsenal youngsters I mentioned. I will start with Gedion Zelalem, who has impressed people the most. The player is still just 16 years old but  there are already whispers around the club that the German could be make the bench for Arsenal's opening Premier League game against Aston Villa due to the Gunners having an extremely thin squad.

Click to read more ...

West Ham Look To Capitalise On Liverpool Flops

A total of £55 million is the amount Liverpool paid in transfer fees to acquire the services of Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing in 2011.  Just two years they later, they both face being sold for less than half of that.

Click to read more ...

Premier League preview - A look at how Aston Villa are looking to rebuild

It would be easy to look back at Aston Villa last season and say that they underperformed compared to previous seasons, but Paul Lambert had to put together a team full of young players and he did a pretty good job.

Click to read more ...

Which league is the best? - trophies (Video)

Whilst the English Premier League is the self-proclaimed greatest league in the world, and attracts the most viewers from a worldwide audience, is it actually the best league regarding quality of players, teams and football played, or is it just that the increased media coverage makes people believe that it is the finest on offer? This piece analyses the number of trophies won by each European league to see if the Premiership really is the greatest.

Click to read more ...

Darren Bent: broken goal machine or out of use?

Darren Bent’s time at Villa Park appears to be coming to an end.  Now 29 years of age, will regular playing time see him back amongst the goals?

Click to read more ...

Aston Villa tie up their beast, but can he be tamed? (Video)

After initially fearing him leaving, Aston Villa now possess the only Premier League defence that does not have to worry about one of Europe’s most powerful strikers: Christian Benteke.

Click to read more ...

Three reasons Darren Bent and Newcastle could be a match made in heaven

Out of favour Aston Villa striker Darren Bent has been linked with Alan Pardew’s Newcastle side for a couple of weeks now and Newcastle hope they can complete the signing in the near future. Bent has struggled to find a place in the first team at Villa Park due to the form of Christian Benteke which meant he only made 16 appearances all season. So it would appear that now would be a good time for Darren Bent to move on and Newcastle could be the perfect destination for the striker.

Click to read more ...

Depression in football

The BBC Three programme 'Football's Suicide Secret', which was shown last week, highlighted the very real dangers that many professional footballers face in coping with depression.

Click to read more ...