After a scintillating round of 1st leg fixtures that saw 34 goals scored in just 8 games, some teams find themselves on the brink of the quarter finals, some others needing a miracle and some teams seem to be succumbing to the same demons that have haunted and taunted them ceaselessly. As the 16 look to become 8, there...

Luis Enrique's announcement of his departure after the game against Sporting Gijon has set the football rumour into overdrive regarding who will replace him. What will the Barca board be looking for? Can they get it? The various factors determining who will be the next Barcelona manager are examined. Real Madrid's shaky form over the last ten days also comes...

Arsenal's loss to Liverpool at Anfield is the latest example of their inability to be competitive against their direct rivals, and for Liverpool, it was the latest example of their ability to do the exact opposite. Beyond this game, however, how may the narratives change around both teams, despite their flaws, depending on their ability to stay in the...

Real Madrid must buckle up, they don’t have time How is it that after watching a first half where Real Madrid is either matched toe to toe or outclassed, you go to bed in disgust & wake up only to hear they somehow came back to gain a point or worse, a win? That’s because that’s the general feeling these...

In the first part of this series, we looked at the top 6 teams & predicted their chances of reaching the Champions League next season. This part will focus on the the bottom 6 and boldly predict their chances of survival. There are, of course, the usual suspects (Hull, Sunderland) and surprise packages (Leicester) in this mix. Sunderland Oh not again!...

Last week was without Premier League football, with the FA cup and European cup competitions taking centre stage. It is glaring to everyone that even the teams involved couldn’t wait to get back to business of the EPL. Liverpool wouldn’t want their weeks this vacant next season. They travel to the King Power to face the faltering Leicester with...

In May 2016, Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester team made football history by winning the EPL title for the first time. That win capped what was an amazing year of football as the world watched the underdogs deservedly claim their title. 9 months later, Leicester lie 17th in the Premier League and need to overcome a 2-1 deficit against Sevilla in...

There’s a popular myth that Raul Gonzalez never had good enough players around him in his time. This has been given as a comfortable excuse for so many things. From the fact that he never won any international trophy to things as ludicrous as the reasons he scored ‘only’ 44 international goals in 102 games, compared to the ratio...

Sadio Mane left Liverpool to represent his country at the AFCON while they were 2nd on the table and matching Chelsea stride for stride. They had taken the league by storm and amassed 48 goals from 20 games sitting just 5 points behind the league leaders. Whether Mane should have declined to participate in the tournament a la Cameroonian...

Several anticipated moves in football have occurred throughout history, Cantona to United, real Ronaldo to Barcelona, Ronaldo to Madrid and Bale to Madrid to mention a few in a very long list. Today, this writer looks at the Top 10 "if only" transfers in the last decade. As always, it’s fascinating to imagine the possibilities that exist in the...