Domestic football is officially finished until after Christmas, and with that our attention turns to the World Cup 2022. With a veritable feast of football awaiting us, we take a look at four contenders to win the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.   Brazil – 4/1 Brazil are many people’s picks for the tournament and

The paradox of Ralph Hasenhuttl at Southampton finally came to an end this week after one poor result too many.  Ralph Hasenhuttl leaves his post as Southampton manager following Sunday’s 4-1 home defeat by Newcastle.  There was an air of inevitability about his sacking, but not because he was catastrophically bad. In fact, it’s difficult

A day after their first away win of the season, reports emerge that Liverpool has been put up for sale by ownership group FSG. FSG (Fenway Sports Group) purchased Liverpool for £300 million in 2010. If they were to sell now, they could receive a sum of £3.5 billion. The American-based owners have, according to

It was a classic ‘1 – 0 to the Arsenal’, and in many ways a classic gunners victory at Stamford Bridge. Although, not many Arsenal fans will have experienced it that way. Only fans of a certain age will remember the days when Arsenal won regularly against Chelsea away. Once Roman Abramovic took over, Chelsea

Antonio Conte is leading Spurs through a rather paradoxical season in that nobody is certain how good they are. In many ways, Tottenham are having a fantastic season. In fact, Antonio Conte has led the team to their best ever start in the Premier League. They currently sit third in the table and only Manchester

Ahead of the unprecedented midseason World Cup break, Arsenal find themselves the surprise challengers to Manchester City’s title.  Everybody expected Arsenal to be better this season, but not this much better. It’s a team truly finding itself. Additionally, some instability at rival clubs has allowed them to take advantage and top the league by two

Former Arsenal coach Unai Emery is returning to the Premier League to replace the outgoing Steven Gerrard at Aston Villa. With Arsenal, PSG and a record four Europa league trophies on his CV, Unai Emery brings heft to Aston Villa. However, he’s an enigmatic manager and will feel he has something to prove in England.

Since last year, the Premier League has been waiting for Newcaslte to ascend to the dominant levels of Manchester City. It seems, at least, that they have the decency to build a team gradually rather than sign stars straight away. The impression was that Newcastle would maybe challenge for a Europa League position this season.

Tottenham lost ground on Arsenal and Manchester City at the top of the league after losing at Old Trafford.  The 2 – 0 Manchester United win was even according to most metrics, apart from one quite important one: shots.  Tottenham were outshot 28 – 9 by United, and shouldn’t be surprised to have lost the

VAR is still hotly contested, vilified and flawed, but a quick glimpse at life without it underlined its importance. Leeds VS Arsenal on Sunday was suspended for 40 minutes due to a malfunction stopping the referees communicating with VAR. Naturally, all the takes were coming out. Just play it like the old days, we don’t