Player Focus: Modest Modric Madrid's Superstar in the Shadows
by Alistair Tweedale
at mercoledì, set 17 2014 17:31
All four players comprising Real Madrid's superstar strikeforce was on the scoresheet as they kicked off their Champions League defence with a resounding 5-1 win over Basel on Tuesday night. Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale both added assists to their goals, while James Rodríguez netted only...
Player Focus: A Year to Remember for Christoph Kramer
by Alistair Tweedale
at martedì, set 9 2014 15:45
The overriding memorable image of Christoph Kramer is that of a disorientated youngster being helped off the pitch in the first half of a World Cup Final he wasn't even originally meant to be a part of. If that wasn't enough to endear him to the watching public (if only through sheer sympathy), then...
Player Focus: Wilfried Zaha Can Fire Palace to Further Success
by Alistair Tweedale
at venerdì, set 5 2014 09:54
A hiatus in Manchester and then the Welsh capital did not stop Wilfried Zaha from continuing where he had left off with Crystal Palace. Drama, drama and more drama surrounds everything that he does in the Eagles' colours, and there was plenty of it on Saturday afternoon when he made his first appear...
Player Focus: Stevan Jovetic Ready to Fight for Starting Spot at City
by Alistair Tweedale
at mercoledì, set 3 2014 12:35
It had started in pre-season. Stevan Jovetic looked like twice the player he had last campaign. He was scoring all types of goals against more than decent opposition. Yes, these were friendlies, of the sort that plenty of players have waltzed through in the past, scoring countless goals, only to rea...
Player Focus: Is Signing Mario Balotelli Worth All the Hassle?
by Alistair Tweedale
at venerdì, ago 22 2014 15:01
Mario Balotelli has never been far from controversy, and now even an innocent move from Milan back to the north west of England is attracting a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. Having been at Inter from the age of just 16, Balotelli appeared on Italian television in a rival Milan shirt in 201...
Team Focus: Is Malky Mackay the Right Man for Crystal Palace?
by Alistair Tweedale
at mercoledì, ago 20 2014 14:52
That Tony Pulis' odds to be the first Premier League managerial casualty of the season were as great as 40/1 shows just how much of a shock his departure would have come as. Nonetheless, he has indeed gone, and the task of replacing him looks like it will be a tough one, both for chairman Steve Pari...
Team Focus: Vast Changes May Bring Consistency to Newcastle
by Alistair Tweedale
at mercoledì, ago 6 2014 11:07
The fate each season of Newcastle United has been by a distance the most difficult to predict Premier League history. While most teams tend to float around the same part of the table for a few years at least, the Magpies have barely established any degree of consistency in their position over the pa...
Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One?
by Alistair Tweedale
at giovedì, lug 31 2014 16:19
A new chapter indeed this is for Romelu Lukaku. Originally purchased as Didier Drogba's long-term replacement at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old has seen the tables turned by the return to west London of the Ivorian veteran. Shipped off to Everton this week on a permanent deal, Lukaku has left in s...
Team Focus: What Next For Southampton?
by Alistair Tweedale
at martedì, lug 29 2014 17:45
Once we all get past the pity that comes with seeing a successful team picked apart by the financial super powers of football, it is time to turn attentions to the season ahead. Jokes are abound that Southampton will not even have enough players to field a team come the start of the 2014/15 campaign...