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What Are The Prospects For Aston Villa?

Aston Villa on Monday sacked Alex McLeish. You can hardly blame them for sacking him. McLeish is so negative magnets in his presence never attract and only repel. He could fall on some tube tracks and not be electrocuted.  He’s a dour, defensive manager who this season left Villa in the hands of Morpheus. Moribund,…

2012/13 Pre-Season Schedules: Tottenham, Liverpool, Real Madrid and more

Despite the 2011-12 season just drawing to a close and Euro 2012 and the Olympics on the horizon, a raft of leading European teams are planning their warm up games for next term. With an increase in popularity in the game across in North America, it has been the trend for pre-season friendlies to be…

Premier League Week 37 Preview

A look at this weekend’s Premier League matches as Manchester fights for the league title and London teams play for their Champions League futures. Arsenal v Norwich The chase for third place remains in Arsenal’s hands, but with Tottenham and Newcastle in close pursuit there is no room for error. Arsene Wenger’s team, without a win…

Aston Villa v Tottenham Preview: Big Clubs And Small Margins

Aston Villa take on Tottenham on Sunday afternoon with two clubs separated by 28 points and fighting on opposite ends of the table, yet not too long ago they were both considered ‘equal’ footballing powers. Where Villa fans are now contemplating an unlikely relegation, Tottenham fans will be hoping that Man City and Bayern Munich…

10 Most Overpriced Footballers

There are many, especially those who don’t have very much of an interest in sport, who think that top athletes are overpaid to do nothing more than ‘play a game’. However, there are many like Lionel Messi, Tom Brady, Derrick Rose, and others who are the best or among the best in their respective sports…

Redknapp and McLeish deserve to be sacked

Last week I wrote an article highlighting Tottenham’s failings and reasons for their recent collapse. Poor defending, a lack of squad rotation, the mental strain for Harry of managing Spurs while dealing with his court case along with dodgy tactics on the pitch were the problems I felt Spurs had. Well having seen not only…

Aston Villa: what if the problem is the club and not McLeish?

This Premier League season has been a memorable one, with the title race again going down to the wire and potentially being settled by a Manchester derby, the new arrivals Norwich and Swansea reminding everyone that the gap in class between the Premier League and the Championship actually isn’t all that great, and the relegation…

Liverpool, Chelsea, United, City and Arsenal all have points to prove this weekend

With live football on the telly for the next 6 days, it’s a good time to be a football fan. There’s plenty of mouth-watering action in tge Premier League for you to look at. Titles may be won, title challenges may be salvaged, teams could be doomed to relegation or rise from the ashes –…

Most efficient Premier League clubs in the last three seasons (2009 to 2012)

Building on our previous post about the most efficient football clubs across Europe’s top four leagues this season, here we do an historical analysis of the Premier league and the best performing clubs in the last three years (2009/2010 to 2011/2012). The chart below shows some fascinating visual data about Premier League teams in the…

Premier League betting – Arsenal, Chelsea and United to win, Liverpool to lose

Here’s a look at this weekend’s best Premier League action and top betting tips for the big games. QPR v Arsenal: Eight in a row for the Gunners? Arsenal are on a roll and make plenty of appeal at 1.62 with Betfred and Paddy Power to make it win number eight on the bounce when they take on QPR…