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Amorim out – 13 Years of ‘Here we Go Again’”
Freddie Mercury must have had Manchester United managers after Alex Ferguson in mind when he sang “Another one bites...
Tis the season to be jolly ( Mourinho style)
Jose may just be feeling jolly in the nick of time. His team Benfica, has not lost a match in 29...
Pep is going to hit 1000
When Man City take on Liverpool on sunday Pep will reach 1000 games in charge. He has won 715...
Fabregas at Como and the Climate Crisis
When most players hang up their boots after a glittering career, they often drift into television studios or high-profile...
A hat trick of sackings
Erik ten Hag, José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær have all been given the boot. Erik Ten Hag only...
Mourinho v/s Turkey in Turkey
Mourinho has ended his season of discontent in the Turkish League without any addition of silverware to his Trophy...
Mourinho makes the headlines again
A grey and grizzled Mourinho is back in the news,aged but belligerent as ever. He got himself fined a...
The Ruben Amorim Philosophy
The problem at Man United is that no one has quite managed to fill Fergie’s shoes. In Ruben Amorim...
Big difference between Pep and Mourinho
When things don’t go his way Mourinho blames the referee,the weather,global warming,the pitch,his players and anything else he can...
Pep Guardiola faces the sternest test of his career
Winter is here for Manchester City. Biting winds, heavy snow, and darkness that seems to stretch on forever Pep...
Pep Guardiola loses his 6th game in a row
Its hard to believe that a team so good could implode so fast. The brilliance he has been able...
Nistelrooy goes out in blaze of Glory
Man Utd beat Leicester City 3-0 their last game with Nistelrooy in charge. So he gets to go out...
Shifting fortunes in Manchester
Man City lost 4-1 to Ruben Amorim’s Sporting Lisbon in the Champion’s League. And Lisbon’s loss has been Man...
Nistelrooy – then and now
Ruud Van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals in just 219 games for United, as well as becoming at the time their all-time...
Ten Hag gets the boot
The sword of Damocles,which had been hanging over his head for a while now,has fallen at last.Ten Hag has...
Three Lions come a cropper at Wembley
Greece upset England by scoring a late late winner in the Nations League. Lee Carsley played with a game...
Man City suffer second pre season defeat
AC Milan beat Man City 3-2 .Ancient AC Milan warhorse – the might Zlatan had some interesting comments on...
Jurgen bids Farewell to Liverpool
Klopp’s farewell event. Click on the image for more..
Xavi willing to accept a 12 million Euro pay cut.
Barcelona ended their bleak season with a 2-1 win over Sevilla even as Xavi got shown the door. Xavi...
Klopp says goodbye to Liverpool
Everything ends and thus Klopp’s nine beautiful years at Liverpool came to an end too. His farewell speech.. Elsewhere...
Pep makes history
Pep Guardiola has taken it to a new level entirely.No one has ever achieved what he’s done . Four...
Housecleaning at ManU
Is Manchester United going to unload its non-productive players? Getting rid of players like Marcus Rashford and even Bruno...
Is it over for Ten Hag?
At this point, Manchester United is beginning to look like the Boeing of the Premier League. When your owners...
Xabi Alonso is taking Bayer Leverkusen where they haven’t been before.
Bayern Leverkusen made it to the quarterfinals of the Europa Cup on the back of not one but two...
Klopp and Pep had their last showdown.
It was,alas.probably the finally final time that these two supercoaches faced off against each other in the EPL. (There...
Liverpool prove Fausto Coppi wrong.
The average age of Klopp’s Liverpool’s team on Wednesday was 23 years. Fausto Coppi’s rather gloomy prediction that they would...
Klopp drops a bombshell
Fatigue,after 9 relentless years,is the primary reason he is giving for saying that he is going to say goodbye...
Roy Hodgson is on the brink of another retirement.
While managing Crystal Palace in 2021 Roy Hodson had said “I’ve seen so many people retire with all the...
Mourinho turns to the east
There was a time when he was the special one, Now the only special thing about him seems to...
Is Samba going to meet the Special One?
There’s a rumour doing the rounds that the special one is going to Brazil as coach of their national...
Rooney gets the boot
When Rooney was appointed as manager of Birmingham City 83 days ago it was hailed as a “defining moment...
Ten Hag starts 2024 on a new low.
That famous 3-2 comeback win against Aston Villa not the turning point that Ten Hag would have hoped it...
Steven Gerrard on life in the Saudi League
Gerrard on life in the league with lots of moolah and on Messi Ronaldo being the GOAT. And talking...
Zlatan gives his take on Ten Hag’s troubles
Z gives his candid opinion on the challenges facing Erik ten Hag.
Mourinho’s 3rd season syndrome.
Unlike Game of Thrones which went on for 8 seasons before ending badly Mourinho only manages to make it...
Klopp’s away games beer rule
The 188th edition of the Oktoberfest kicked off in Munich on the 16th of September. Klopp,however, has a pretty...
Wenger looks back a bit
A relaxed Arsene Wenger speaks on days gone by and days yet to come.. And shortly after this interview...
Wenger becomes immortal in bronze
In his time Arsène Wenger won for Arsenal three Premier League titles,seven FA Cups, and managed the invincibles who...
Mourinho rages at the dying of the light
He raged at the referee who officiated the Sevilla – Roma Europa Cup final but he’s actually raging at...
Thierry Henry weighs in on the Liverpool crisis
“This is the end of an era. They conceded too many goals against Brentford, Wolves, and Brighton, not to...
Pep turns 52
Pep celebrates his 52nd Happy birthday on the 18th of Jan. Man City has been led to 11 major...
USA fail to impress as second half stalls into disorganization and stagnation against Wales
Gareth Bale wheels around after his successful penalty against the USA earning them a draw One coherent, incisive move...
Why Xavi is really angry
Xavi is furious with the referee who refereed the CL game against Inter Milan which ended with Barcelona losing...
The sacking of Pochettino
Even as Boris Johnson was getting the boot in the UK,equally momentous events were taking place in France,where poor...
Jose adds another feather to his much feathered cap
The Europa Conference League,essentially a third-tier European Competition behind the Champions League and Europa League was created in May...
Pep Guardiola on water conservation
“We who wander this wasteland in search of our better selves?”( Mad Max:Fury Road) As we drift closer and...
September has been good for Arsenal
So far… August was really bad.They got beat by Spurs and Chelsea in preseason friendlies and went on to...
Mourinho gets the boot
He was booted out of Chelsea after 3 years on the 17th of December 2015 He was booted out...
Mourinho has truly lost it
Spurs went into their game against Dinamo Zagreb with a 2 goal advantage and lost 3-0. Every time Spurs...
Klopp couldn’t get home for his mother’s funeral
Klopp’s mom passed away on the 19th of Jan but he could not get home for the funeral due...
Lampard gets the boot
Poor old Frank Lampard has joined the list of managers who have been unceremoniously sacked by Roman Abramovich. He...
Rooney retires
Wayne Rooney has hung up his well worn football boots at last and moved full time into managing. He...
Pep lost his mom to Covid 19
Happened about a month ago and only saw the news today. Pep’s mom Dolors Sala Carrio died in Manresa...