Weekend Roundup – 5 talking points

Another riveting weekend of action comes to a close as Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion play out a draw on Monday Night Football. Game Week 5 ends with the key headlines being: Liverpool convincingly win 2-1 away at Tottenham in the biggest match of the season so far, and maintain their 100% winning start in doing…

Weekend Roundup – 5 talking points

And so the fledgling 2018/19 Premier League season continues with Game Week 4… All 20 Premier League teams were in action across the UK, with the key headlines being: Watford, Chelsea and Liverpool maintain their 100% winning start to the season Manchester United returning to winning ways after two consecutive defeats West Ham remain pointless…

International Round-up: 5 Key Talking Points

So, we are almost at that stage once again. England, as well as the majority of teams competing in this summer’s World Cup in Russia, will face just two more opponents before kicking off their tournament on 18th June against Tunisia. Two more occasions on which the buffer of a friendly match can be used to…

Narrow-minded? Certainly on the pitch, Jose.

Watching Manchester United under Jose Mourinho, especially recently, has proved thus far a chastening experience. The week that has passed has offered up the ultimate microcosm of Mourinho’s 18-month tenure at the club to date; one of promise and progress (relative to his two predecessors, at least), that when a supporter sits back and considers just how bad…

Farewell KP, the fire to Cook’s steel

When one sits down to reflect on the career of Kevin Pietersen, who today announced his full retirement, it will be easy for anyone who has followed the game during this period to remember his brilliance at the crease. A flamboyance to his stroke-play comparable to the elegance of Tennis’ Roger Federer, Football’s Leo Messi,…