England’s ship without a captain?

The recent allegations made against Chelsea and England captain John Terry have once again brought up the seemingly endless question about who should wear the national team’s armband. With Terry’s credibility and the fitness of Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand in doubt, England may go to Euro 2012 without any of the usual suspects to lead them onto the pitch.

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Sunday Morning Round Up @ Cantona hails Fergie, City & Arsenal plan £15m raid, plus more...

Eight clubs will offer midfielder David Beckham, 36. a return to English football.

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Luke Vorm Liverpool draw a blank

Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are and welcome to another edition of The Green Room where we discuss everything Liverpool, The Premiership and the beautiful game.  A week into the official wintertime and Liverpool are already looking “Vorm out”.

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Manchester United v Sunderland Preview: There Will No Sentiment In The Air

Manchester United will be looking for their first league win of November at home to Steve Bruce’s Sunderland at Old Trafford tomorrow afternoon.

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Friday Evening Round Up @ Juve plan United and Spurs raid, what next for Blackburn and Tevez set to sue

Juventus are planning audacious summer bids for Manchester United's Nani and Gareth Bale of Tottenham.

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Friday evening round up @ Chelsea & Madrid in for starlet, United line up £40m midfielder, Brighton line up Newcastle ace

Manchester United have made Benfica midfielder Nicolas Gaitan a target for the January transfer window but will have to meet a £40m release clause to capture the Argentine international.

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Racism Row

In the last few weeks there have been two very high profile incidents involving premier league players: Luis Suarez & Patrice Evra and John Terry & Anton Ferdinand. The latter incident occurred last Sunday during the West London derby

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The players being shown the exit door in the new year

Having looked at two potential incomings already, To the Lane and Back will now take the opportunity to focus on the players that face a potential January exit as part of the Tottenham shake-up.

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Can Chelsea recover to make it a three-horse race

A crazy Sunday of football has meant the bookmakers have changed their odds of who will win the Premier League.

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Promoted trio find their feet

Since the formation of the modern phenomenon that is the English Premier League in 1992, the trio of Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City and Swansea City have just eight seasons of top-flight experience between them, prior to this season. Of those nine, four belong to QPR and four to Norwich, with Swansea flying the Welsh flag for the first time during the current campaign.

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Sunday Morning Round Up @ Harry in for Tevez, Capello offered £30m, RVB best in the PL?

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp will offer Carlos Tevez a Premier League lifeline.

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Weekend Predictions

Whilst unbeaten at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea haven’t exactly lit up the league on their away travels having lost all four of their games away from home with the most recent defeat coming at Carrow Road last week against fellow Premier League new boys Norwich.

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Philospohical Barton a changed man

The words Controversial and Outspoken spring to mind when you think of Joey Barton. But even more so is the word ‘frustrating’. On his day Barton is as good as any midfielder in the Premier League, but has let his off-field dramas and his temperament overshadow what a fine player he really is.

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Saturday morning round up @ Chelsea ay record fee for 14-year old, Arsenal ponder French ace and City target wants move

Chelsea have paid £2million to MK Dons for 14-year-old midfielder Oluwaseyi Ojo, a record fee for someone his age.

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Friday lunch time quiz

What type of quizzer are you? Do you sit drunk and clueless in the corner? Or are you halfway to Nerdsville with a tank top on and a smart-arse smile? Can you admit to watching Eggheads - even if only in a moment of weakness? No matter which category you fall into – try our pub quiz and prove to yourself that the years of watching and talking about footy have not been a complete waste of time. But please try not to cheat, for as my headmaster used to say “You’re only cheating on yourself”, which ironically is not what his wife said to him, when she caught him in congress with his secretary.

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