In the big two Sunday games in the Premier League, both Manchester City and Manchester United dealt big blows to North London rivals Spurs and Arsenal. In the first game, Man City won a thrilling controversial 3-2 match thanks to Mario Balotelli’s injury-time penalty. The controversy is whether Balotelli should have been on the field […]
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Neil Warnock says he lost his Queens Park Rangers job as his reputation was “slowly poisoned” by critics both inside and outside the club. He claimed a “lack of football experience” in the hierarchy left QPR open to “manipulative” people. The 63-year-old said he was unhappy fans and players were able to talk to owner Tony […]
Newcastle’s hopes of taking advantage of Chelsea’s draw at Norwich were stopped by a five-goal second-half blitz from Fulham as they lost 5-2 at Fulham. Fulham were poor in the first-hald and it was no surprise that Newcastle scored first thanks to a Danny Guthrie thunderbolt from outside the area. Not sure what Martin Jol […]
Fascinating comments in the Mirror from former Chelsea boss, and new Paris Saint-Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti about Fernando Torres. PSG is owned by the Qatar Investment Authority and have money to spend. They are in the market for a center forward and Ancelotti says that he has been offered many of Europe’s top strikers including […]
Well that did take long. About 48 hours after firing Neil Warnock, QPR have hired Mark Hughes as their new manager. Hughes is reported to have Hughes has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal that’s worth nearly £10million, making him one of the best paid managers in the Premier League. At around £3m-a-year, Hughes is just behind […]
The New York Red Bull’s Thierry Henry came on as a second half substitute to a rapturous reception from the Arsenal fans, and then in pure Hollywood style, scored the winner against Leeds United tonight. It took Henry less than 10 minutes to show the ineffective Marouane Chamakh how it is done as he took […]
In a major surprise Neil Warnock has been fired by Queens Park Rangers, after less than two years in charge. Rangers currently sit 17th in the Premier League table with only 17 points from their first 20 matches. I called it a surprise in that we have now had two managers fired this season; Steve […]
Our Manchester United fan site, covered the story on Saturday from James Lawton in the Independent on Saturday, that Manchester United were willing to listen to offers for Rooney. United immediately denied the story. Well in Sunday’s Mirror, Simon Mullock is reporting that Manchester City are planning to make a blockbuster £60m offer for the United star. City […]
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has issued a like warm apology at best for racially abusing Patrice Evra, but he pointedly has not apologised directly Evra. “I admitted to the commission that I said a word in Spanish once, and only once” said Suarez. “I never, ever used this word in a derogatory way and if […]