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Player Focus: Fortunes Favouring Neymar While Unrest Amounts Towards Bale

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Player Focus: Fortunes Favouring Neymar While Unrest Amounts Towards Bale Two seasons ago, La Liga welcomed two giants of the game into their league. Barcelona secured the signature of Neymar, while Real Madrid spent big, even for their standards, to bring Gareth Bale to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. The duo arrived with huge expectations having established themselves as...

You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 38

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You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 38 Coming into the final day of the season, we reveal our updated form rankings ahead of the last round of fixtures this Premier League campaign.These rankings should help you decide which players to opt for in this week's MondoGoal fantasy football offerings, and also give you a free pass, as it were,...

Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared

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Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared Signing for a new team in January is always tough. Managers largely have their best team in place and, if a side has gained a head of steam following the hectic festive period, a starting XI is unlikely to change. However, the lack of activity in the January transfer window meant that the few new ad...

Player Focus: United Would be Wise to Cut Van Persie Ties This Summer

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Player Focus: United Would be Wise to Cut Van Persie Ties This Summer Much was made of Manchester United’s strike force when Falcao joined last summer. After a hugely underwhelming 2013/14 campaign by United’s usual high standards, the acquisition of the Colombian, coupled with the signings of Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Ángel Di María, had ...

Match Report: Defeat at Spurs Leaves Toothless Hull on the Brink of Relegation

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Match Report: Defeat at Spurs Leaves Toothless Hull on the Brink of Relegation Back-to-back wins over Crystal Palace and Liverpool had given Hull hope of avoiding relegation, but defeats to Arsenal and Burnley prior to Saturday left them in the mire as they made the trip to the capital. Steve Bruce's side had overcome just one of the current top-10 sides this season coming int...

Player Focus: Pint-sized Pritchard Central to Brentford's Promotion Push

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Player Focus: Pint-sized Pritchard Central to Brentford's Promotion Push Back in December 2013, Mark Warburton was handed the opportunity to succeed Uwe Rösler as Brentford boss after the German took over at Wigan Athletic. Despite being offered the chance to follow Rösler to the DW Stadium, Warburton opted to remain at Griffin Park, with the decision, in hinds...

You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 37

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You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 37 Our expert returns for the penultimate time to select his picks for the latest rendition of the ‘You vs WhoScored’ league over on MondoGoal. The title may have been sown up and the top-4 all but decided, but there is still plenty to play for in the race for Europa League qualification an...

Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth

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Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth There’s no denying that Sergio Agüero is the Premier League’s in-form frontman at this current time. It was something of a travesty that the Argentine was overlooked for a PFA Player of the Year nomination, while many felt that striker at least warranted a place in the team of the y...

Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace

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Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace The race for the fourth and final Champions League spot in England's top tier before today was one that had the potential to go down to the final game of the season. Manchester City and Arsenal are effectively guaranteed a return to Europe's elite competition, with Manchester United and Liverpool in...

League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation

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League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation May is always a month to look forward to for the British public. The days are longer, the evenings brighter and the weather warmer with summer just around the corner. For teams at the wrong end of the Premier League table, however, May can be a month of despair in a battle to secure top-flight safet...