Brendan Rodgers was unfairly criticized this week for fielding a ‘weakened’ team in the 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid where Steven Gerrard made a 71st minute appearance and Mario Balotelli was an unused substitute. Although described as a Capital One Cup starting XI by most media outlets, the Liverpool players […]
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The lunchtime kick off on Sunday gives Manchester City a chance to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat at West Ham as they line up against city rivals, United, on home soil, looking to make it four Premier League wins in a row over The Red Devils. Louis Van Gaal’s […]
This weekend, one of the most watched sporting events on the globe will be hyped up even further as Luis Suarez’s end of suspension from football coincides with the first El Clasico encounter of the season at the Santiago Bernabeu. Barcelona have never arrived in Madrid in such imperious form […]
As an exciting International week comes to a close as we return to the familiar business of the Premier League this weekend, with the top two sides looking to grab all three points against winnable opposition. Manchester City should record a third consecutive league victory over a Tottenham Hotspur team […]
Brazil and Argentina meet in Beijing on Saturday afternoon (BST) at the 2008 Olympic ‘Birds Nest’ Stadium for a commercially led but still possibly entertaining International friendly. The ex-Barcelona and new Argentine head coach, Gerardo Martino, orchestrated a superb 4-2 win over Germany in his first game in charge, a […]
Everton’s trip to Old Trafford on Sunday does not have the same fused poignancy as last December’s 1-0 win, which was the first victory there for The Toffees in over 25 years, and of course, it also meant that David Moyes finally oversaw a winning Everton team at a top […]
The UEFA Champions League returns for week no. 2 on Tuesday/Wednesday, and one of the most intriguing matches is the English Champions Manchester City versus AS Roma, who have began this Serie A season with 4 straight wins, conceding just 1 goal. Coach, Rudi Garcia, has added another experienced full […]
West Bromwich Albion supporters were rejoicing after a much needed 1-0 win at White Hart Lane last Sunday, when Spurs again failed to perform following a tricky away from home Europa League outing, this time around it was a disappointing 0-0 draw in Belgrade. The Baggies much maligned and unpopular […]
The Merseyside Derby this Saturday lunchtime will see last season’s 2nd and 5th placed teams in the Premier League come face to face at Anfield for the 223rd top flight meeting in this fixture. The difference this term for both of these two giant clubs of the English game is […]
Manchester United’s lunchtime trip to the King Power Stadium on Sunday will see them come up against a highly organised and spirited Leicester City side, whose consistent first XI will pose a far more serious test than the rag tag bunch of millionaire misfits at QPR. The 4-0 win last […]
England begin the first of ten qualifying matches for the 2016 European Championships in France by facing their strongest rivals for the top spot in Group E, Switzerland, at the St Jakob Park Stadium in Basel on Monday night. On Paper, this is the most difficult game of all the […]
FREE TIP! Been a while since we had any freebies, so let’s get them going again for the new season, here’s the first: Austria » Bundesliga Wolfsberger v Neustadt, Saturday 30th August 2014, 18:00 50 Points Over 2.5 goals, best odds 1.50 @ Lads If you do like this tip, […]
Champions, Manchester City, have not made their usually massive outlay in the transfer market this season for two major reasons; Manuel Pellegrini’s squad is vast and soaked in quality, and Uefa’s financial fair play regulations have finally come into effect, ruling that the Arab petro-dollar funded club are required to […]
Roberto Martinez’s “private” conversation to Bill Kenwright at the beginning of last season promised Champions League football for Everton within his tenure. It was a claim that seemed idealistic and far-fetched twelve months ago, but less so now at the start of the 2014/15 campaign. A fifth placed finish last […]
When you analyse the goals for & against column in the completed Premier League table 2013/14, it’s not difficult to surmise where Liverpool’s run for the Championship went awry. A goals against statistic of 50 meant that the Merseyside club had only three other teams in the top eleven places […]