Well Done Wayne Bridge

Fair play to Wayne Bridge. In yesterday’s Chelsea vs Manchester City game at Stamford Bridge, Wayne Bridge refused to shake former friend and team mate John Terry’s hand – and so he should have. With every pair of eyes in the stadium and indeed those watching around the world glued to the pre-match handshake, Bridge [...]

Is Arsene Wenger right – Do teams play harder against Arsenal?

First and foremost, it was an horrendous tackle from Stoke City’s Ryan Shawcross which now leaves Arsenal midfielder, Aaron Ramsey’s career in the balance. “I’m not very happy with the tackle.” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger following his side’s 3-1 victory at the Britannia last night. “I just want to say we know what we [...]

Who Will Lift The Carling Cup?

On Sunday the final of the Carling Cup will see Aston Villa and Manchester United battling for the first major silverware of the season at Wembley. The current holders, Manchester United will be looking at keeping a firm hold on this Cup while Villa will be keen to wrest it away from one of the [...]

Fabio Capello Could Upset The World Cup Odds By Leaving Ashley Cole And John Terry Behind

Fabio Capello has announced he will take into account players’ off the pitch conduct when he makes his World Cup Squad selection and that could beg the question, how many players will the Italian be left with? We all know many of the English players are not the most clean cut characters and with the [...]

Perhaps appointing Roberto Mancini was the wrong decision for Manchester City

At the time Manchester City sacked Mark Hughes, I honestly felt the world’s richest club had made a good decision. I mean, what’s the point in keeping a manager who just keeps drawing games, right? The decision to appoint Roberto Mancini so soon after the departure of Hughes was questionable in my opinion, however after [...]

Three words to sum up Ashley Cole

It’s over. Cheryl and Ashley Cole have split. About time is what most people are saying, including myself. Ashley is possibly one of the best left-back’s in the world, however off the field is a different story. I think it’s fair to say he is possibly one of the biggest idiots in the world. Football [...]

Will Bobby Zamora be on the plane to South Africa?

Bobby Zamora continued his magnificent run of form this afternoon by scoring the winner in Fulham’s  2-1 victory over Birmingham. One very interested spectator at Craven Cottage this afternoon was England manager Fabio Capello, who will doubt be contemplating whether or not to include Zamora in his 23-man World Cup squad. Zamora, 29, has now [...]

Ferguson, Stelling, Jamie & Harry Redknapp impressions you simply don’t want to miss

Al Foran. Remember the name because I have feeling you’ll be seeing a lot more of this guy in the coming months and years. The 18-year old from the sunny seaside town of Portmarnock in Co.Dublin has been making locals laugh uncontrollably with his impressions of numerous sporting figures. A Facebook page by the name [...]

Could Sunderland be joining Portsmouth in the Championship next season?

Before I get on to Sunderland, I think we can all agree that Portsmouth will not be playing Premier League football next season following tonight’s 2-1 defeat to Stoke. Anyway, Sunderland. Steve Bruce’s men fell to their 12th defeat of the season this afternoon at the hands of Arsenal. The North-East club are now just [...]

Didier Drogba doing his best to catch Wayne Rooney

Whilst Didier Drogba was off playing for the Ivory Coast at the African Nations in January, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney simply couldn’t stop scoring. At one stage most leading bookmakers made Rooney the 1/4 favourite to be the Premier League’s top goalscorer this season and many saw that as buying money, however Drogba is [...]