There has been a big reaction over the last two or three days to the appointment of Rafa Benitez at Chelsea. While many Chelsea fans are unhappy with the appointment for a variety of reasons, it is important to actually look at the appointment from an objective point of view and study the reasons why Benitez has [...]

A game generally controlled by City but only won from a set piece. Man City played in a 4-2-3-1 system with David Silva the main target of their attacks with his movement and control between the lines.  He played off Sergio Aguero up front with James Milner and Adam Johnson supporting from wide. Aston Villa played [...]

An astonishing weekend of EPL football, full of chaos, controversy and a couple of freak score lines. Some interesting stats and quite interesting to see how some of the teams developing. So onto my EPL review; the last game of the weekend was quite clearly the strangest game. In the last 30 minutes it bordered on ridiculous, reflected in the scoreline. [...]

After two inspired performances against the then European Champions, Gareth Bale’s praise soared through the roof. Two top quality performances against Inter Milan in the group stage of the Champions League threw him into a shower of admiration from the country’s press and pundits alike. The first game, Inter had completely dominated Tottenham and were [...]