Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 3 - Crystal Palace and Everton
by Ben McAleer
at jeudi, août 8 2013 15:00
The loss of Wilfried Zaha will be a blow to Crystal Palace upon their return to the Premier League. The young England international signed for Manchester United in January, but spent the remainder of the season with the Eagles and played a vital role in their route to the play-off final win over Wat...
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 2 - Cardiff City and Chelsea
by Alistair Tweedale
at jeudi, août 8 2013 10:07
Cardiff City return to the top flight this season after a hiatus of more than half a century, having finished the last campaign as winners of the Championship by some distance. Manager Malky Mackay will be fully aware of the fact that last season's achievements will be meaningless once August 17th r...
Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 1 - Arsenal and Aston Villa
by Martin Laurence
at mercredi, août 7 2013 14:48
Having pledged to spend big, by their standards at least, the break from football has been somewhat underwhelming for Arsenal's fans this summer. While they continue to pursue their interest in Luis Suárez, targets such as Jovetic (Man City) and Higuaín (Napoli) have moved elsewhere. Up front is cer...
League Focus: The Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed
by Ben McAleer
at mercredi, juin 19 2013 15:40
With the Premier League fixtures now released, planning ahead to the 2013/14 season can begin. While the new campaign may not kick off for another 59 days, excitement levels are now beginning to rise as supporters of each respective team study their opponents and plan each three points that can be w...
League Focus: Differing Styles of Europe's Top 5 Leagues
by Alistair Tweedale
at lundi, juin 10 2013 16:36
After barnstorming wins for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund set up an all German Champions League final this season, much was made of the decline of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and indeed the rise of the Bundesliga. It was also only the second season out of the last nine without an English team i...
League Focus: The Premier League Team of the Season
by Alistair Tweedale
at lundi, mai 20 2013 17:42
The Premier League has finally reached its rather anticlimactic end. Manchester United have long since been crowned champions, QPR and Reading were relegated weeks ago, Arsenal pipped Spurs to Champions League football, again, and Liverpool underachieved, again. Arguably the biggest surprise was tha...
Team Focus: The Preference To Pass To The Right
by Ben McAleer
at vendredi, mai 17 2013 17:12
As the domestic campaign in each respective league across Europe draws to an end, teams will naturally look at where to strengthen over the summer.For the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund - each of whom finished second in their respective league having won the title last s...
Player Focus: Is Marouane Fellaini Good Enough For Manchester United?
by Ben McAleer
at lundi, mai 13 2013 13:00
When Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed his intention to step down from his role with Manchester United at the end of the season, it was understandable to see the outpour of emotion from the footballing family, even from those that do not support the Manchester side.A career spanning 26 years at a single c...
League Focus: Is Serie A Still The Most Defensive League In Europe?
by Ben McAleer
at lundi, avr. 29 2013 17:20
In the 1960's, Inter Milan were highly revered as the greatest defensive team in world football. At the forefront of the Nerazzurri's success was Helanio Herrara. The Argentine moved from Barcelona to Italy after two rewarding years in Spain before he was forced out of the Camp Nou following several...