Olivier Giroud’s capture has been confirmed by Arsenal – joining Lukas Podolski as fresh attacking options for Arsene Wenger in the 2012-13 season.  The arrival of another striker could have signalled the exit of Robin van Persie, but given the relative youth of Giroud (25) and the immense positional flexibility of Podolski (winger, attacking midfielder, [...]

Welcome to part three of the end of year statistical review of Liverpool’s 2011/2012 season. You can find part one and two here if you wish to brush up on what I all ready compiled for LFC’s goalkeeper, defender and centre midfield statistics. In this part we are going to be looking at mainly attacking [...]

Sir Alex Ferguson has completed the signing of Shinji Kagawa and the Japanese international has officially joined the stable of premier attacking options at Old Trafford.  Our own @RedMancunia touched briefly on the quality of Manchester United’s wingers as compared to the rest of the league in his post here, and the addition of Kagawa [...]

When Vedran Corluka claimed that Spurs poor end of season form was down to Harry Redknapp’s reluctance to rotate his team he was quickly shot down by the Spurs manager, but did the Croatian have a point? Tottenham had six outfield players that played at least 75% of their 3420 Premier League minutes last season [...]

England were always up against it with one win over Italy in 35 years. Despite their record, the opening stages suggested England might end Italy’s stranglehold. However, despite the early signs of life, the game settled into a familiar pattern with Italy dominant. De Rossi’s early volley left Hart stranded as the post rescued England. Roy [...]

One of the more interesting innovations from an analytical standpoint at the current European Championship has been the measuring of the amount of time that a player spends with the ball per game. This measure of player involvement has in particular been applied to forward players, such as Mario Gomez. Gomez managed to score 3 [...]

 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, [...]

Welcome to part two of the end of year statistical review of Liverpool’s 2011/2012 season. You can find part one here if you wish to brush up on what I all ready compiled for LFC’s goalkeeper and defender stats. We will take a look at central midfielders in this part; however, I will divide the [...]