English Premier League
Michael Owen To Sign With Manchester United. (Yes, You Read That Correctly.)
By: chris |
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And no, it’s not FC United of Manchester as some would believe. It’s the Red Devils. Old Trafford. Three time defending Premier League champions. That one.
Two days ago it was thought that Michael Owen would be signing for a team which was aiming for the Europa League, not world domination. His stint at Newcastle was [...]
Tags: Carlos Tevez, Cristiano Ronaldo, English Premier League, Karim Benzema, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Michael Owen, Real Madrid, Ronaldo, World FootballYet Another Reason For British Clubs To Spend Obscene Money
By: chris | 4 Comments
Most, even the Brits among us, have at one point or another decried the excessive, borderline loony, transfer fees among Premier League clubs, and particularly those for Brits. Tottenham was a nice example last year, doubling David Bentley’s value overnight before loaning Robbie Keane to Rafa & Co. for six months, netting a free £5m.
Well [...]
ESPN Are Anti-Big 4; Name Hull City Preseason Prem Favorites.
By: chris | 15 Comments
ESPN’s football coverage is, shall we say, sub-par at best - which is fine, they do the others well enough. The economic recession forced them to, presumably, fire all of their Soccernet copy editors, resulting in strange typo after strange typo. And now they’ve got more faith in Frazier Campbell than we do, putting Hull [...]
Category: English Premier LeaguePhoto: Waving Goodbye to Newcastle United
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Full time at Villa Park yesterday, and a Villa fan waves goodbye to his Newcastle counterparts. The two probably won’t be meeting again for a while.
Painful stuff for Newcastle fans, who have my sympathies.
You could argue that the Toon were relegated because of Mark Viduka’s disallowed goal vs Fulham, or Damien Duff’s bad bad luck [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueThe Arshavin Files: The Quote Machine Returns - Women Beware.
By: chris | 8 Comments
Andrei Arshavin is officially the best thing to happen to the Premier League ever. All 17 years of it or so.
Last we spoke Andrei had just finished a haircut by a stylist flown in from Russia because his wife doesn’t trust the stylists in London to make him look like an 11 year old [...]
Man Utd 18-18 Liverpool
By: Daryl | 5 Comments
With today’s 0-0 draw at home to Arsenal, Man Utd won their third Premier League title in a row, and Alex Ferguson’s 25th trophy in 23 years. “It makes you want to go on for ever,” said Fergie, who actually might do exactly that.
Arguably more importantly, today’s title win brings Man Utd level with Liverpool [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueLondon’s Not Calling Chelsea Strikers, Home Is.
By: chris | 6 Comments
Two rumors which have popped up today are so unbelievable they’re believable - but still didn’t warrant mention in transfer talk. It seems a couple of Chelsea strikers - one who actually plays in London and another merely on the books…but will be returning very, very soon - have developed a bit of homesickness and [...]
Adebayor Tells Us What We Already Knew: It’s All About The Money.
By: chris | 9 Comments
We’d like to think that footballers have an overwhelming attachment to the shirt or that their love of the game supersedes all. But they don’t and it doesn’t. At least not typically.
No need to sit down and catch your breath for this one: Emmanuel Adebayor doesn’t play for Arsenal or the fans or his [...]
Category: English Premier League€70m for Franck Ribery? Football Has Gone Mad
By: chris | 15 Comments
It must have. Right? Surely that can be the only explanation. Because there’s no logical reason why Manchester United have reportedly lodged…wait for it…a €70m bid for Franck Ribery.
Don’t readjust your screen, rub your eyes or contact your “guy” to ask if you got the wrong stuff - you read that correctly. €70m. £62.5m. [...]
When Frank Lampard Attacks. (Or Defends.)
By: chris | 5 Comments
Frank Lampard’s ex (Elen Rives for those allergic to gossip) had a vino-fueled tirade the other evening in which she said she’s living in a small flat with their two children after the breakup while Frank lives in their nice, big house (which would make sense since he is one of the highest paid footballers [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueWhat Would It Take for You to Stop Watching the English Premier League?
By: Daryl | 45 Comments
The Premier League is pushing it. Game 39? The copyright gestapo? Premier League II? The powers that be seem to think they can get away with anything and we’ll all just keep watching. I think they’re wrong.
Everyone has their limits, even us football fans.
Take Chris from TwoFootedTackle for example. He makes a very convincing argument [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueAre Liverpool the Most Exciting Team in the World?
By: chris | 11 Comments
They may be out of Europe and the title may be an uphill climb - Manchester United now have two games in hand, after all - but Liverpool can take a small bit of consolation in the fact that they are, over the last two or so months, Europe’s most exciting team and perhaps the [...]
Poll: Do You Want Newcastle to Get Relegated?
By: Daryl | 16 Comments
So far, not so good for Alan Shearer’s attempt to rescue Newcastle United from relegation. Big Al has taken just one point from the first possible nine, and Newcastle are four points away from safety with five games to go.
Question for neutral fans is: Do you want to see Newcastle go down, or would you [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueBig Daddy Abramovich’s Wallet Now Open For Service
By: chris | 3 Comments
And so it begins. After two summers of what could only be considered financial prudence by his lofty standards, the rumors of Roman Abramovich spending and spending big to usher his Chelsea to Europe’s promised land have popped up again.
Yesterday it was the signed, sealed and delivered signature of Carlo Ancelotti - along with Rafa [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueMirror, Mirror on the Wall: Who is the Most In-Form of Them All?
By: chris | 5 Comments
One can always count on a little bit of oneupsmanship between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Back in week three of the freshly christened La Liga season, Barcelona strolled into Asturias and rudely smacked the lollipop from the mouth of “we’re just happy to be here” Sporting Gijon to the tune of 6-1. As if through [...]
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