With so many foreign players being exhibited each week in the Premier League, it was refreshing to see Aston Villa, a historic club with strong traditions, field a side containing eight English players this week.
Whilst building the defence around experience of Laursen, Mellberg and Bouma, Villa were able to field a side against West Ham […]
Story of the Weekend
Liverpool and Arsenal lead the table after victories against Derby and Portsmouth respectively, the Reds hammering Billy Davies’ Rams side 6-0 with Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso scoring twice apiece as Liverpool indicated for the first time in a long, long time that they will sustain a challenge for the league. Arsenal […]
Fulham have sold long-serving defender Zat Knight to Aston Villa, and in doing so made a tidy profit for a player plagued by inconsistency, hesitancy and poor decision making, though the 27-year-old patently has the attributes to become a solid centre-back.
His former employers paid nothing to sign him in 1999 bar 30 pairs of tracksuits […]
Story of the Weekend
It was a return to form for the omnipresent Premier League quartet; the top four all securing narrow victories to ensure the league table has some resemblance with reality, though Manchester United remain in mid-table. Their lack of firepower up front was again apparent in a tight 1-0 win against Tottenham, though […]
Story of the Weekend
No one would have dreamt it, but Wigan went top of the Premier League, albeit temporarily, after Saturday’s seven matches following a 3-0 hammering of Roy Keane’s previously impressive Sunderland. There was an unjustified wave of sympathy for big-spenders Tottenham after successive defeats, and so the world breathed a sigh of relief […]
Premiership Preview
Liverpool take on Chelsea in the game of the weekend while Manchester City host fierce rivals United on a Sunday that could definitively shape the title race. Elsewhere, Tottenham need points and fast - they play Derby - Newcastle are up against Aston Villa, and high-flying Everton go to Reading. Footballing World previews and […]
Our predictions for the 2007/8 season attempt to forecast the fate of clubs fighting for the title, a place in Europe or to stay in the Premier League. Part one covers ten of the twenty sides, from Arsenal to Liverpool. Do you agree?
Arsenal
There’s little chance of Arsène Wenger’s side winning the Premier League, so it’s […]