Is Daglish flooding the midfield to his demise?

Liverpool ended the 2010-2011 campaign on a high, sure they hadn’t reached Europe but after a disastrous start and the sacking of Roy Hodgson miracles could not be expected from King Kenny in such a short space of time. Hodgson left Anfield in a poor state, his summer acquisitions bar one were extremely poor notably Cristian Poulsen and Paul Konchescky.

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A-League more like Z-League...

G’day! Most of you might have heard of the A-League some of you may not? It’s the nearest thing Australia has got to the premier league or shall I say the conference! The A-league has many difficulties to overcome before it is celebrated as the countries number one sport and one of the top leagues in the world. The two main sports in Australia are the NRL (National Rugby League) and the AFL (Australian Football League) which overshadows the ‘soccer’.

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Hugh's the Man

Having recently been instated as Birmingham City boss, Chris Hughton has been handed the task of guiding the Blues back to the big time – a feat he succeeded with Newcastle United just two seasons ago.

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You Will Never Walk Alone ? Or Will You ?

Being one of the most celebrated and decorated clubs in English Football sure has its repercussions.  Seven FA Cups, Seven League Cups and a massive Eighteen League Titles are the envy of gazillions of supporters and haters of the club worldwide. This success has not come easily at all for a club that came back with a Big Bang to win its critics over after being relegated in 1953.

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It’s not so grim up North!

There are always winners and losers in the transfer market and although the window has not been open for long, so far those up North are doing well. Newcastle and Sunderland have started this new window positively, especially the Black Cats, with a flurry of recent signings. 

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Black Cats Pounce Early

Sunderland have stated their intention in attempting to improve last season’s league table position of 10^th by looking to invest heavily in their squad.

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Will England’s Under 21 failure have ramifications for our Euro 2012 campaign?

Stuart Pearce’s men went to Denmark after weeks of speculation about whether his squad would be joined by England starlets Jack Wilshere and Andy Carroll, in the end they did not and at that point Pearce’s men didn’t stand a chance in hell. Where did England’s young boys lack well, in the centre of midfield and up front… Two positions which they were let down in by the aforementioned boys.

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Pay the Price for Premier League Success

Despite there being two months remaining of the transfer window, this is hotting up to be one of the closest-fought Premier League title races in recent years. The amount of money spent has been more ‘sensible’ compared to recent years, coupled with some interesting deals in the pipeline between the teams who want the crown, and of course, not forgetting January’s action. Who really is in pole position to go all the way, or crumble under the weight of expectation?

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Can Wickham be a success at Sunderland?

Connor Wickham has moved closer to a move to Sunderland today after the Black Cats agreed a fee of £9m with Ipswich Town for the striker.

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When Liverpool decided to part with about

When Liverpool decided to part with about £16million for Jordan Henderson eyebrows were raised across the country.

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Is Twitter Good for the Game

There can be absolutely no doubt that social media has rapidly developed into a modern, worldwide phenomenon. With its earlier inceptions such as Bebo and MySpace suffering sharp declines in popularity, the frontrunners in the competitive world of social networking media now appear to be Facebook and Twitter. Since being launched in July 2006, Twitter has amassed approximately 200 million users, generating over 190 million ‘tweets’ per day.

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Not getting married in the summer of a World Cup Year

‘Well, we can’t marry in the summer on a World Cup year,’ said my girlfriend.

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Will the next Fabio Cannavaro or Luis Figo be found in Denmark this month?

Not to discredit Denmark, the 12^th best country in Europe to play the sport of football, according to FIFA, however not many would expect to find the next hot prospect in Southern Scandinavia, furthermore in the month of June, when the Danish ‘Superliga’ season has finished. Although, any club with initiative and the transfer money to spend, would have their best scouts sent to Aarhus, Aalborg, Herning and Viborg, for 15 days, starting Saturday as the 1992 European Championship winners hold the Under-21 version of the tournament.

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Show me the money: Henderson's move good for both parties, but bad for football's transfer market.

As the news broke of Aston Villa’s interest in Darren Bent, supporters of Sunderland were aghast at the sudden thought of losing their most potent attacker.

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Big Four, Top Six, Also-Ran Eighty Six

So here it is, the day when any hope of a slightly competitive league structure in England takes a step beyond that of Spain into the realms of predictability. Sure enough the Spanish only have two teams who can feasibly challenge for the league ala Scotland, but at least they can put the blame due to their rather terrifying television money discrepancies. What’s our excuse?

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