And so in just one weekend there has been a shift in the Premier League. The almost dominant force has been Arsenal and up until last Saturday everyone could only see them as champions, they were that good. This was a club who were not only winning games but were not... Read More
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Manchester United and Everton may have started the season with different objectives but their respective managers will now be under some considerable pressure after this weekend. For United they travelled to West Ham and for the second consecutive time lost in London. The final score of 2-0 seemed pretty conclusive and the damning verdict came like wildfire from... Read More
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Attentions will turn to European football this week as the Champions League and Europa League start with the group stages.
Current Champions League winners Liverpool kick off their defence with a tricky away game to Italians Napoli. Liverpool are around 6.50 to win the competition again, which if they did would make them just the 2nd team behind Real Madrid to win back to back Champions Leagues.
The bookmakers have installed... Read More
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The Premier League is by far the most advertised league in the world, and that has been greatly helped by Richard Scudamore's presence for the past 20 years and Sky and other satellite broadcasters in England putting up so much money going into the billions to make clubs who even finish in mid table rich above their wildest dreams.
By the late 90s Sky would offer tag lines to go along with the season, one of those was the big two, in reference to Manchester United and Arsenal who were dominating the domestic game at that time. Then the rules for the Champions League changed and if you... Read More
So nobody expected Manchester United and Chelsea to challenge for the Premier League title this season, but at this rate they will be lucky to finish in the top 4. Both clubs have failed to get off to good, positive starts and the worry is that it could continue.
Frank Lampard was never going to have an easy time as manager of Chelsea. With just one professional season behind him as manager of Derby in the Championship and a summer transfer ban, the odds were stacked against him. A 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Manchester United actually hasn't been their worst result. The focus should be the... Read More
