A quick look at the midweek fixtures and time for you guys to make your predictions. Tuesday 14th
August, 2007 Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton Contrary to some critics, Tottenham have no need to panic
about losing to Sunderland. A home game, against genuine 5th spot rivals, should be enough to
motivate the players to produce the form [...]
I'm sure Jonathan Stevenson is a good person - he probably enjoys a drink every second hour or so,
and a smoke every 15 minutes. He's probably likes some gambling on the side too, and has a fondness
for the ladies. All in all, a decent chap. As a journalist though, he's a lazy ass-hat [...]
A simple comparison between Arsenal and Tottenham should prove the headline above. Let's see now:
Manager: Wenger vs Jol Wenger and Jol both drastically changed the fortunes of the clubs once they
were brought on board, but that's where the similarity ends. Wenger's teams are not only fun to
watch but usually more attacking, mentally tough and [...
Florent Malouda and Franck Ribery are two quality French wingers who left their old clubs this
summer to go play for bigger teams (sorry Lyon, but you're not there yet). The French connection
(although with Henry gone is that less relevant?) plus the fact that Arsenal clearly need a quality
wide player meant that [...]
SL reader and forum member XerxesK was kind enough to post the following list in the forum - see if
you can add to it and / or find flaws in it. The African Cup of Nations in Ghana from January 20
– February 10, 2008, will see the Premier League stripped of many of [...]
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose... It was a topsy-turvy weekend (and I'm not even going to
talk about the fantasy football aspect of it - damn you Rooney!) - depending on who you support and
who you hate with a vengeance, you probably went through the whole range of the emotional spectrum.
There [...]
Discipline and fighting spirit Sunderland players were clearly out of their depth when compared in
quality to the Tottenham side lined up in front of them, but they fought hard and (mostly) played
to their strengths. The last-gasp win will please the fans but the game has shown how much work Roy
Keane still has to [...]
Tottenham just bottled a game they should have won, and in doing so showed that the lessons that
should have been learned last summer (and the summer before that) have yet to be learned (or
applied). Tottenham fans may point to the fact that it was an away game, that they had King,
Dawson, Lennon [...]
There has been a lot of chatter in the media about Scott Carson's 360 degree turn to head to Aston
Villa, instead of joining Liverpool as understudy to Pepe Reina. The decision, whether good or bad,
will ultimately align Carson closer with a chance to be part of the England squad. Having been
understudy to [...]
Oh hell yes. OH. HELL. YEA! Take that. And that. And that. With due respect to Tottenham, who I
respect and like as a club, they bottled it, big time. And Sunderland, for all their messed-up set
pieces and their genorosity in giving away possession, stuck to the task as you'd expect a Roy
Keane team to, [...]
The headline is a paraphrasing of what Wenger has said - but you already knew that, right? What is
Arsene Wenger on about? "Playing a European qualifier in the first week is a big problem when there
are other Premier League matches. "We will already be chasing to get the points back. "After three
games, you can be [...]
Apparently Eidur Gudjohnsen thinks that West Ham are not good enough for him and has rejected their
offer after West Ham had a bid for him accepted by Barcelona. While I can see why West Ham want G,
I don't get why G would turn down West Ham, unless he reads Soccerlens. He probably [...]
The Sun (the patron of our 'shit list' page) claims that Nobby Solano, ever the family man, misses
his wife and kids and wants to move to down South - and with the West Ham-Dyer-Newcastle United
love triangle back in full flow, the rumour mongers saw fit to thrust Nobby straight in and make
[...]
Plenty of Real Madrid transfer news to go around today featuring Drenthe, Robben, Cicinho, Cassano,
Quaresma, Emerson, Sneijder and serial-whore van der Vaart. Real Madrid have picked up Royston
Drenthe from Feyenoord for a reported fee of £8.5m - Drenthe will play at left-back and while I'm
not too convinced that Schuster can survive more [...]
What is Dani Alves really worth? That's like asking someone to put a price on Michael Essien or
Steven Gerrard - in the current transfer climate you can't put anything less than 30m on these type
of players. Chelsea have signed Alex from PSV Eindhoven and while it's not clear if he'll be up
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