Transfer Deadline Day (TDD) is always a letdown. OK, so your club might sign a new left back, but that’s about as interesting as it gets.

This year was no exception. TDD ‘highlights’ were Sunderland paying £13 million for a unprolific Ghanaian, an ex-Fulham boss signing a Fulham player, Spurs POSSIBLY signing someone and AC Milan offering buckets of cash for a couple of has-beens. That said, Rafael Van De Vaart could be signing of the season if ‘Arry bags him for Spurs. Would that make Spurs’ midfield stronger than Arsenal’s? I think so, but I’ll leave that for you boys and girls to fight out…

Many a wise man in football circles have taken out a subscription to the theory that consistency often plays a pivotal role in the achievement of success. One such passionate subscriber, Professor Alan Nevill of the University of Wolverhampton, even took the trouble to publish an academic study on the subject. World Cup runner-up and [...]

Tottenham Hotspur Vs Wigan Athletic Few would forget the quite unbelievable scene last season at White Hart Lane when Wigan Athletic visited the Lilywhites in North London and found themselves at the wrong end of a 9-1 score-line. With Wigan’s terrible start to this campaign, the worst since the inception of the Premier League back [...]

Two weeks have passed since Bebé was announced as Manchester United’s latest signing of the summer but the decision to invest £7m in the unknown Portuguese striker got even more intriguing this week when he was overlooked for selection for a reserve game against Manchester City. Bebé arrived in England amidst unsubstantiated reports that he had once turned out in the Homeless World Cup, but United’s coaching staff decided that he was not yet ready even for a place on the second string’s bench for the game in Hyde on Tuesday night.

So the big transfer news this week centres on James Milner’s eventual move to City and on Javier Mascherano’s inevitable transfer to Barcelona. How do you think these two will fare at their new clubs? Personally, I think that Milner could be a gem, if Mancini plays him centrally, but I am unconvinced by Mascherano. The Argies skipper hardly embraces the ‘beautiful game’ with his combative style, and I am not sure if this will suit Barca. At least Yaya Toure could play a bit!

After what can only be described as a woeful World Cup performance by England’s national team, there is no doubt that Fabio Capello has a tough job ahead of him with the upcoming European Championship qualifiers. However, Capello is also aware that his stay as England coach will be short lived as the Football Association [...]

Neglected. Overlooked. Surplus to requirements. Out of form and out of favour.

Whichever spin you put on it, it was a disappointingly heartbreaking World Cup Summer for Theo Walcott, Adam Johnson and Joe Hart. Oft muted as the future of whatever fleeting hopes of glory we may still hold for our national teams prospects, they were each expected to at least be picked for Fabio’s World Cup squad, and even likelier to play a major role for England lighting up the tournament with their immense talent and skill.

Another weekend passes and there are yet more stories in the Sunday newspapers surrounding the private lives of footballers in our country. This weekend saw a report of yet more footballers going to court to file super-injunctions to prevent their secrets of their private lives to be released to the public. I am fed up [...]

After two weekends, both the Blue and Red halves of Liverpool will not be impressed with their immediate openings to the season.

Hovering above the bottom three places in the league table and having scored only one goal each, the tactics boards will be worked upon this week.

The Premiership season may only be 2 games old, but the trophy is already destined for Stamford Bridge. Back-to-back 6-0 wins for Carlo’s boys has laid down an ominous marker for the rest of the campaign. Didier Drogba looks in top form, Lampard continues to do what we wish he would for England and Florent Malouda finally looks like a player who is happy in English football. This all spells bad news for Chelsea’s title rivals.