Monday, 31 August 2020

Should Jack Grealish Be In The England Squad?

Following the withdrawal of Harry Winks and Marcus Rashford from the latest England squad, Aston Villa's Jack Grealish has earned his first senior call up to the three lions. Villa fans have been demanding this for quite some time now but after an excellent campaign in the Premier League, many other fans have been calling for Jack to get the call too. Grealish will no doubt be delighted to finally get the nod but should he be disappointed that it's taken so long? To answer this question we take a look at some of the other midfielders named in the squad, who he'll be competing with for a starting spot. 

England manager Southgate to check on Grealish before naming squad for Euro  2020 qualifiers | Daily Mail Online

Friday, 28 August 2020

3 Jadon Sancho Alternatives Manchester United Should Consider

Manchester United wanting Jadon Sancho is one of the worst kept secrets around, but despite this, it doesn't look like they're going to get their man anytime soon. With that in mind, we take a look at 3 alternatives United should be looking at instead.

Bundesliga | Jadon Sancho's career milestones for Borussia Dortmund and  England

Thursday, 27 August 2020

Europe's Latest Gold Mine - RB Salzburg

After losing Erling Haaland and Takumi Minamino last season to Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool respectively, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the outlook back at RB Salzburg was pretty glum. An impressive Champions League showing caught many an eye last campaign but with the aforementioned departures, focus on the Austrian side soon dwindled again. However, despite this, the club still boasts a thoroughly impressive set of young prospects in their side.

One of those is Hungarian midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai. The 19-year-old joined from Austrian second division side Liefering and has thrived ever since, earning 8 caps and scoring his first international goal in the process. He boasts an impressive skillset and even at his young age, could be described as a set piece specialist - an asset for any side. 

Arsenal frontrunners to land Red Bull Salzburg attacking midfielder Dominik  Szoboszlai

Thursday, 25 April 2019

Has Football Gone Too VAR?

After a week absolutely jam packed with excitement and controversy, one of the biggest talking points in football has once again dominated - VAR. Last Wednesday saw one of the most exciting games of football that the Champions League has seen in a long time as Spurs edged through to the semi-finals, thanks to both a spirited display and a helping hand from the video assistant referee.

I'll start with the views of those that are entirely against VAR. Despite my suspicions that some football fans find themselves biased against VAR purely due to the fact that they dislike the idea of technology taking over in the world as a whole, many find their main argument against VAR being that it takes away 'human error'. The fact that many choose to use this as a disadvantage seems crazy to me. As much as I agree that having officials actually officiating on the pitch gives football a more human feel, I just think there's far too much riding on matches these days for decisions to be made incorrectly. It's all well and good conceding an offside goal in the last game of the season, costing you 11th place, however, it's a completely different story when this offside goal is the margin between a team staying in the league and potentially avoiding financial oblivion. There's too much money involved in football today to leave outcomes down to error or chance. 

Monday, 2 May 2016

Transfers XI 15/16

The 2015/16 season has seen a surge in new talent coming from overseas clubs and transfers between Premier League clubs. We take a look at some of the best transfers this season and their impact on the Premier League. 


Christian Fuchs and Robert Huth

It would make perfect sense to put these two players under the same roof. Robert Huth and Christian Fuchs have been part of a miracle that is Leicester City, seeing their side reach the top of the Premier League and with one hand already on the title it demonstrates their impact. Alongside club captain Wes Morgan and right back Danny Simpson, this Leicester back four have been near on impossible to break down and the addition of these two players speak for themselves. With 15 clean sheets, they are a huge factor as to why Leicester are sitting at the top of the table.




Saturday, 30 April 2016

The Chelsea Verdict

After an eventful season to say the least, we got in touch with massive Chelsea fan @UberChelseaFC on twitter and got his views on the Blues' campaign so far.  We set him 10 questions and here's what he had to say:

1 - Rate the season out of 10
3, It possibly should be lower but since Christmas, the main aim after Jose was sacked was to rekindle that consistency and belief and Hiddink has achieved that.

2 - What's the main thing that's gone wrong for Chelsea this season?
The players got way too confident and arrogant believing that no one could beat them. A poor summer transfer window didn't freshen up our squad and every other team figured out how to play us. We needed new faces and a new dimension, the board didn't achieve that.