Early Contenders for Player of the Season


With votes due to be cast by fellow professionals next month, we make an early prediction as to the likely nominees and contenders for the Premier League's best player this season.












With votes due to be cast by fellow professionals next month, we make an early prediction as to the likely nominees and contenders for the Premier League's best player this season.
After Everton’s failure to sign transfer targets Leroy Fer and Alvaro Negredo on transfer deadline day, we look at David Moyes’ best signings during his reign at Goodison Park and why Everton chairman Bill Kenwright was wrong not to splash the cash this time round.
As the reports grow stronger that Marouane Fellaini is on his way out of Goodison, it begs the question - If he were to leave the club now, would it spark an Everton slump?
When fans bore witness to Marouane Fellaini’s multiple unprovoked set of attacks on Ryan Shawcross during Stoke City’s 1-1 draw with Everton, there were calls that the Belgian would receive a huge ban and miss a substantial chunk of the Toffees season.
Martial arts has been thought beneficial to football before; flexibility in your joints, quicker reflexes, and stronger muscles. Fellaini has all this, so he took it to the next level.
The January transfer window is fast approaching and the rumours are beginning to mount. The same old usual names are in the mix but there are some new names being thrown into the mix.
Marouane Fellaini revealed last week that he wants to stay at Everton, but only if they can make it into the Champions League this season.
Almost a third of the way through this year’s Premier League season, the question must be asked: can Everton hold on to fourth place?
This is the start of a weekly blog which will carefully dissect all facets of our own footballing national treasure: Match of the Day.
In the past, Belgians have been more memorable for their quantities of mouth-watering selection of chocolate than their somewhat mediocre football, but things have dramatically changed over the last few years and we are beginning to witness an infiltration of Belgian ability.
Eden Hazard is the only Belgian sensation at the moment in the Premier League. Marouane Fellaini has been playing well for Everton and Vincent Kompany is ever reliable for City. However lurking quietly in the background of Belgium players within the Premiership is Moussa Dembele.
Belgium have never been classed amongst the powerhouses of international football, often left to simmer in the backwaters together with the nations that rarely manage to qualify for World Cups and European Championships. The spotlight probably won’t even be on them when they meet Wales in Cardiff this weekend for the opening match of qualification Group A for the World Cup in Brazil in two years’ time.
First off, just let me nip this in the bud: this isn’t a passionate article about how, say, Martin Skrtel is a beautiful person, whose loveliness is all the more lovely if you look far enough beyond his brutish exterior.