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 [...]

Craig Bellamy & Roberto Mancini – It was never going to last

It was a bit of a shock to me to wake up and see this morning’s headlines regarding the alleged bust-up between Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini and striker Craig Bellamy, however I must admit, I wasn’t at all surprised. Even the dogs on the street know what Bellamy is like. The Welshman is someone [...]

Can Wayne Rooney Fire England To World Cup Glory

Who’s England’s best player? At least nine out of ten people would surely answer Wayne Rooney and it is very hard to make a case for England at the World Cup 2010 without their star man. If any evidence was needed that Rooney has improved yet again this season it is his two headed goals [...]

Barcelona want John O’Shea to be their new Number 1

John O’Shea’s career reached an all-time high today with the news that Spanish giants Barcelona are planning to buy the slimline Peter Kay in the summer. The Manchester United defender, who still doesn’t fully understand how to celebrate scoring a goal in front of his own fans (as pictured) , has been out of action [...]

A 3-game ban for Patrick Vieira would be good news for Manchester City

There were a few raised eye-brows when Manchester City signed Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira back at the beginning of January. A club who already has a wealth of talented midfielders amongst their ranks, bringing a 33-year old has-been back to the Premier League was quite a bizarre decision in my book. Since arriving at [...]

Manchester United would be nothing without Wayne Rooney

Manchester United take a one goal lead back to Old Trafford in three weeks time after seeing off AC Milan 3-2 at the San Siro this evening thanks mainly to the brilliance of Wayne Rooney. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men came from a goal down to take a 3-1 lead which would have all but ended [...]

Liverpool will finish 4th

After over a week of voting you, the readers, decided that Liverpool will finish 4th in the Premier League this season. Rather expectedly, the poll, which asked who would finish 4th this season, turned into a two-horse race between Rafa Benitez’ men and Manchester City. Liverpool received 47% of the vote, whilst City received 44% [...]