Aston Villa’s Bent buy will flummox O’Neill
It is hard to know who is more disappointed at Darren Bent’s 24 million pound switch to Aston Villa. Sunderland fans and their manager Steve Bruce, who were losing their main striker or Villa’s former boss Martin O’Neill who was told in the summe...
Dalglish needs a quick fix to hint at hope for future
Liverpool's new owners have listened to the fans and replaced Roy Hodgson with Kenny Dalglish. The question now is whether he can provide real leadership or will be little more than a morale-boosting figure around the training ground.
Reports of Chelsea’s decline are greatly exaggerated
Chelsea are away to Birmingham on Saturday and it would take a brave gamble to bet against them returning to winning ways -- whatever the current mutterings about weaknesses in their squad.
Lucas hints at brighter Anfield future
Lucas Leiva has had a lot of crticism from Liverpool fans over the years but his performance against Chelsea stole the show.
Comolli appointment a step into the sabermetrics unknown for Liverpool
Only time will tell if Comolli and Hodgson can make a success of a relationship between director of football and manager that has no obviously successful template in English football.
Hodgson fends off Liverpool crisis talk but…
Roy Hodgson has received a vote of confidence as Liverpool manager but after a terrible 2-0 defeat by Everton even he concedes that it is not going to hold indefinitely.
Liverpool’s midfield not as much to shout about
Liverpool fans used to sing about having the best midfield in the world. On Saturday against a modest Birmingham side they did not even have the best midfield on the pitch.
Deja vu all over again? Soccer romantics will hope so
Soccer romantics will be hoping that history repeats itself in the second round of Premier League fixtures.
