Ok, so Landry was talking about the ‘other’ type of football, however the sentiment remains true for ‘real’ football.  One of the most beautiful things about the beautiful game is the potential for a freak, unexpected result.  An incredible, unbelievable result. There’s nothing that neutral football fans enjoy more than seeing an underdog grabbing a [...]

The Belgians are coming, you have been warned. If we didn’t already know about the remarkable number of talented players coming out of Belgium in recent years we do now. Many people have already earmarked them as dark horses for next year’s World Cup with a view to them becoming genuine contenders for the European [...]

“We are Premier League, we are Premier League” Being a Hull City fan, I heard this a lot over the weekend.  A lot!  And I loved every single chant of it. The incredible roller coaster ride that was the final day of the Championship season has been very well covered (Amber Nectar and From Boothferry to [...]

Teams that can hit you on the counter attack at any moment are incredibly hard to defend against, especially when speed merchants such as Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott are running at your defence. So which teams have impressed in the counter attack and how have they been so successful? We can start to answer [...]

Ashley Cole has dominated the England left-back spot for many years, first breaking into the team against Albania in 2001, back when Sven was in charge. Wayne Bridge provided a little competition from 2002 until his last appearance in 2009. Since then we’ve seen Leighton Baines come into his own at Everton, being linked with [...]

It is a sight no football fan wants to see.  The dreaded ‘R’ next to your club in the league table. It is incredibly difficult for fans to prepare themselves for the emotions that they go through when relegation from the Premier League is sealed.  Anger, frustration and even relief are just some of the [...]

We’ve all been there.  Your team is a goal down, with 20 minutes to go and you know the only way to get a result is to make substitutions.  But how many?  And who?  Once the changes have been made you can sit back and wait for the sub to score the goal that may salvage a [...]

Despite being in possession of a great managerial record, Di Canio’s appointment at The Stadium of Light has been one of great controversy as his supposedly facist and racist beliefs have suddenly unearthed. The decision to bring in the ex-Swindon manager could prove to be a brilliant one as his fiery passion has summoned some [...]

As I get older I am finding that I am becoming less interested in the players at clubs and much more interested in the managers.  What do they do?  Are they worth the money?  Are they actually needed at all? Once the team is picked and the tactics discussed, is there anything that a manager [...]

Welcome to a weekly article on EPLIndex.com examining some of the talking points from the Premier League fixture week. This week Karsten looks at van Persie, James Collins, Kevin Mirallas, Sergio Aguero, and Paolo di Canio’s Sunderland. All of the Talking Points are below.  van Persie’s Creative Contribution When Manchester United take the field at [...]

Poor Sunderland. They deserved more from  a reinvigorated performance that contrasted with the majority for their season. 2 scrappy goals sunk Sunderland’s 1 goal lead against Chelsea. This puts a larger ding in their hopes of avoiding the drop. It will sting, because Sunderland actually played pretty well, and the match could have easily gone either way. [...]

Both West Brom and Southampton possess teams that are full of underrated or unheralded players. I have identified both as teams with criminally underrated players in the central midfield areas: Yacob and Mulumbu for West Brom; Cork and defensive stalwart Morgan Schneiderlin for Southampton. Within football circles all four players have impressed and we could well [...]