The Manchester derby is this weekend, and as has been the case nearly every year since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester City enters the game as clear favorites. United may be on a three-game win streak, but it’s been largely unconvincing. City haven’t gone on that scary run of form they usually do every season…
GIVE ME SOMETHING FOR THE PAIN Crash, bang, fucking hell what a shitshow. 8 weeks down and the only positive to this season so far is that it’s almost 25% of the way through. Let’s see which pillocks littered the gates of hell this Team of the weak. ONANA – 4.9 – MANCHESTER UNITED I’ve…
Gone are the days of Gary Neville, Cafu, and Roberto Carlos. In recent eras of the beautiful game, the traditional fullback was the widest in the defensive line, getting forward and defending up and down the pitch, sticking to their traditional position. However, in recent times managers have trialled wingbacks in a more inverted fashion….
Antonio Conte once famously said: “Just one regular day of Barclays (Premier League), that’s all I ask. It will never happen”. As the Italian tactician testified, an uninteresting day in the Premier League is pretty hard to come by. The Premier League offers so much more than just great football, it also offers up some…
Arsenal won their first major trophy in 3 years after beating treble winners Manchester City on penalties after a 101st minute equaliser from Leandro Trossard, guiding them to the 2023/24 season’s first piece of silverware. The gunners went on to breeze the shootout after only 7 penalties taken, as Fabio Vieira’s effort was enough to…
If you’re on football Twitter or any sports Twitter for that sake, you have most likely been in or seen debates around players, football teams, and transfers. Today you’ll be looking at the most clutch football players. These are those who pop up in the most important moments or thrive under pressure. Here are five…
When you’re picking a team in FPL, defenders are a massive part of your team structure. We’ve seen that in certain situations, defenders shape up the whole template. Like we’ve seen in the ‘big at the back’ meta in 2021/22, with the likes of Joao Cancelo, Reece James, Trent Alexander-Arnold and co. in form. In…
The modern goalkeeper has become essential to top teams. But how has this role formed and are they needed?
Welcome to the only place in the UK where prices go down. That’s right, Fantasy Towers, who now treat player valuations with the same casual disregard that the central government does for the housing crisis. But who really stands out as the work of a toddler with an abacus? I analyse a dozen candidates where…
Just what are the funniest football chants of all time? Football is a funny old game. It encapsulates the ebbing and flowing drama of the great movies, the heartbreak and elation of great romances, and the time-honoured tradition of humiliating your opponents with razor-sharp wit, and stunning retort. Here, we take a look at the…
