Premier League

Ref Review: Chelsea manager is taught a lesson as Crystal Palace boss deflects attention

October 20, 2015

The Offside Rule’s Tom Bennett casts his eye over the refereeing performances of the weekend, and discusses the ongoing and increasing trend for managers to pin all blame [...]

Five Things We Learned: United are still contenders, Sterling is settling in nicely and Klopp has a burgeoning bouffant

October 19, 2015

United’s defeat to Arsenal was just a blip Manchester United were back on song as they returned to league action with an away win at Everton, overcoming the setback of [...]

Team of the Week: Wijnaldum surprises for the magpies as Manchester United and Manchester City players dominate the weekend

October 19, 2015

This week’s premier league action saw Raheem Sterling’s hat-trick over shadowed by Georginio Wijnaldum putting four past Norwich, but Manchester United players dominate [...]

I am an architect. They call me a butcher: The lessons that Sunderland fans should heed if Allardyce delivers Premier League safety

October 14, 2015

By Tom Simmonds The confirmation of Sam Allardyce’s appointment as Sunderland’s new manager last week was met with general purrs of approval from Black Cats fans [...]

Merseyside Insider: Brendan Rodgers sacked as Jürgen Klopp takes charge at Liverpool and the Merseyside derby sees good behavior

October 9, 2015

What’s been happening in the world of football on Merseyside this week? Jennifer Atherton gives us the scoop… Rodgers sacked! There’s never a good time to be [...]

Your Arsenal – Will tomorrow really come for Wenger’s Gunners in Europe?

October 7, 2015

by Tom Simmonds The last week in the life of Arsenal gave us another two vignettes of their hot-and-cold nature as a team. An atrocious performance at home to Olympiacos in [...]

Ref Review: Southampton’s win was despite the ref and Alex Neil’s attitude is a revelation, but the governing bodies still aren’t enforcing their own rules

October 6, 2015

It’s that time of the week to have a rant about the latest batch of refereeing howlers or daft decisions, and highlight the odd right call, from the Premier League’s men [...]

Five Things We Learned: Sometimes the rumour-mill really is true, Mourinho needs a break and in Arsene the Gunners can (still) trust

October 5, 2015

Jen Offord picks out five key moments from an extraordinary weekend of Premier League action There’s no smoke without fire Liverpool Football Club and Dick Advocaat proved [...]

Team of the Week: Manchester City and Southampton share the spoils

October 5, 2015

Manchester City and Southampton stars form most of this weekend’s Team of the Week, as Benjamin Wills finds that most of the Premier League teams provide a standout player [...]

Premier League Predictions: Chelsea held by Saints, Manchester United edge Arsenal and Everton in derby triumph

October 2, 2015

Mark Young believes Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger and Brendan Rodgers will be under serious pressure after this weekend’s fixtures, but what does football writer James [...]