Andre Villas Boas has taken a lot of stick from some Tottenham fans over recent weeks, despite the challenges he has faced in his short time at the helm at White Hart Lane. Some have questioned his ‘negative’ tactics and him not playing ‘the Tottenham way’.  Question marks have been placed on his team selection [...]

At present, Arsenal is sitting with a record of 4 wins, 3 losses and 4 draws with 16 points in the Premier League which is a full 11 points behind league leading Manchester United.   At this point, most sports analysts would agree that the team would be a long-shot to take this year’s Premier [...]

Looking at the season so far, Everton are doing to their best to shake their slow starters tag. Aside from 2005, this is Everton’s best start to a season under David Moyes with Everton currently sitting pretty in fifth place. However, after three successive draws, the weekend trip to Fulham is crucial as the Toffees look [...]

This year’s Premier League is wide open and looks set to be one of the most enthralling seasons English domestic football has ever seen. All of the big sides have made some big decisions whether it’s changing managers or investing heavily in players and this has thrown a great deal of uncertainty into the lives [...]

 It would be fair to say that there’s a buzz at Villa Park once again with Paul Lambert’s appointment, the weekend’s Kit Festival unveiling the new shirts and then Monday’s fixture announcement. Paul Lambert’s arrival has been a breath of fresh air for Villa fans who has said lots of positive things about the club, [...]

How quickly things can change in football. Just 5 months ago Harry Redknapp was lapping up the applause as his Tottenham side thrashed Newcastle 5-0. A chorus of ‘We want you to stay’ was reverberating around White Hart Lane. This was in response to Redknapp being installed as the firm favourite to succeed the recently [...]

If you watched their opening Group B game with Germany there is a simple answer – No. A 1-0 defeat to a German side, widely tipped to become the next European Champions, is no embarrassment. However, their performance was one to forget if you can recall Portugal’s run to the final back in 2004, where [...]

Welcome to Liverpool Football Club Mr. Brendan Rodgers. To say the Northern Irishman has had a meteoric rise through the managerial football ranks is akin to stating: “Messi, that boy’s decent”. An understatement of epic proportions. But somehow, through hard work, perseverance, and total belief in a footballing philosophy, Rodgers has managed to nab himself [...]

Aston Villa will today unveil their new manager Paul Lambert at Villa Park at 1pm.  The announcement that Aston Villa had captured their original no.1 target came on Saturday afternoon.  Paul Lambert left Norwich under a cloud of smoke following Lambert tendering his resignation at a meeting between him and Norwich board. The meeting was [...]

Brendan Rodgers is a man who has an appreciation of footballing perception and culture, regardless of its roots, a man who strives for perfection in the evolution of the game. The strategies of ‘Tiki-Taka’ and ‘totaal-voetbal’  form the basis of Brendan Rodgers’ modus operandi. For Rodgers the season of 2011/12 will be regarded as the [...]

With 10 games to go till the end of the season is it safe to say curtains to Queens Park Rangers in early March? A terrible run of form has seen them fail to win a Premier league game in the last 6 fixtures, which has them rooted in the bottom three. Making matters worse [...]

I would like to say from the outset of this article the analysis of Randy Lerner is not my own personal view. This is just a collation of views with different aspects and would like to get fellow fans to share their ideas on the comments box at the bottom of the article. On September [...]