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Misfiring Norwich All But Condemned to Relegation

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Misfiring Norwich All But Condemned to Relegation If Norwich City lose at Watford on Wednesday, or if Sunderland beat Everton at home, they will be relegated. Even if Norwich win both that game and the one at Everton next Sunday - and they’ve lost their last four - they are reliant on both Sunderland and Newcastle slipping up. An instant retu...

Dembélé Absence Will Hinder Spurs' Pursuit of Second Place

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Dembélé Absence Will Hinder Spurs' Pursuit of Second Place To say Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea was a heated affair would be an understatement. Spurs’ nine yellow cards received set a Premier League record in a single match - it’s astounding to believe they ended the game with 11-men on the pitch. 20 fouls committed in the hot-tempered...

Mahrez a Worthy Winner of Player of the Year Accolade

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Mahrez a Worthy Winner of Player of the Year Accolade As Sunday’s PFA Player of the Year was announced, there was an expected name read out - Riyad Mahrez. The Algerian was the strong favourite to secure the gong having thrived for the title-chasing Foxes and it so came to pass as the Leicester star picked up his award at the end of the weekend, ...

Is Sanchez Flores Following a Trend as Watford Decline Continues?

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Is Sanchez Flores Following a Trend as Watford Decline Continues? The reaction to the news that Watford are likely to replace Quique Sanchez Flores has been one of shock. After all, their aim at the beginning of the season was to avoid relegation, a job that was effectively done with four straight wins culminating in the 3-0 victory over Liverpool in the week befo...

Testing Times for Martinez as Everton Continue to Flounder

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Testing Times for Martinez as Everton Continue to Flounder “I will get you into the Champions League,” Roberto Martinez promised Everton chairman Bill Kenwright following his appointment in 2013. In his debut season in charge of the Toffees, progression was clearly made. They secured nine more points than the previous campaign as Everton finishe...

Long Lacks Star Quality But Remains Key Saints Regular

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Long Lacks Star Quality But Remains Key Saints Regular Back in January, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman was regularly forced to bat away speculation linking Shane Long with a move away from St. Mary’s. “Nobody will go out, maybe I have to repeat it 80 times more,” the Dutch boss said. Liverpool were credited with an interest at the t...

Can Ulloa Ease Vardy's Absence in Leicester's Title Run-in?

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Can Ulloa Ease Vardy's Absence in Leicester's Title Run-in? When Leonardo Ulloa stepped up to take Leicester’s last minute penalty on Sunday afternoon, the hopes of the Foxes fans rested firmly on his shoulders. Any pressure thrust upon the one-time club record signing, though, swiftly evaporated as Ulloa blasted past Adrian to snatch a draw from the j...

Alli's Advanced Role Pushing Tottenham Forward

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Alli's Advanced Role Pushing Tottenham Forward It was a moment to sum up Tottenham Hotspur’s season so far, and could yet help decide how it finishes.About two thirds of the way into the game at Stoke City, Mauricio Pochettino’s side were happy with how things were going thanks to another Harry Kane strike and had been impressive&hel...

Clinical Rashford Spearheading United's Attack With Aplomb

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Clinical Rashford Spearheading United's Attack With Aplomb It didn’t take long for Marcus Rashford to announce himself to the Manchester United faithful. Having been thrown into the starting XI against Danish side FC Midtjylland as a result of Anthony Martial’s injury in the warm up for the Europa League fixture back in February, Rashford netted...

Why Hodgson Should Opt Against Taking Andy Carroll to Euro 2016

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Why Hodgson Should Opt Against Taking Andy Carroll to Euro 2016 There are major problems international managers face that club managers do not. One is that if, say, your country hasn’t produced any left-wingers for a decade you can’t simply go out and buy one. And the other is that as soon as a player who is qualified for your country plays well, the...