Embed from Getty Images This season, the premier league have had some real ups and downs but, only 2 things have been constant. Leicester on the top, Tottenham behind them. Well, Tottenham are very close in achieving their dream and the next few games will decide the fate of these 2 teams. Of course, Leicester … Read more
Arsenal vs Manchester City: Tactical Match Report The two premier league favourites battled it out on Monday Night Football in a bid to catch surprise leaders Leicester City. The importance of the clash in the title race meant the word caution was of utmost importance to the two managers. Delph started ahead of sterling in … Read more
Tottenham vs Chelsea Tactical Preview The last time both these teams met at the lane, Chelsea were top of the Premier League, Spurs were trying to find their identity under Pochettino. Costa was scoring goals for fun and Kane was an unknown quantity who had suddenly sprung to life. Fast forward 11 months, Chelsea are … Read more
Hungary in modern football are compared to the likes of Serbia, Ukraine and many other smaller nations in Central and Eastern Europe with little or no history. Hungary hadn’t qualified for a major tournament in almost 30 years until a few days ago. In fact, there isn’t even a single Hungarian player plying his trade … Read more
Is Indian Super League (ISL) Just A Gimmick? When the All India Football Association announced the proposal to create a high profile city-based football league back in 2012, many, including myself, were both genuinely surprised that an organization so corrupt, so lethargic could plan such a massive competition, and had high hopes from it. AIFF had … Read more
SPFL Blog Sadly the SPFL seems foregone conclusion these days, not since Rangers’ fall from grace have another club aside from Celtic really challenged for the title and even in Rangers’ last year in the top flight Glasgow’s green half reigned supreme, with Celtic winning by 20 points over their arch rivals. Ever since there … Read more
Named as part of Pele’s FIFA 100 in 2004 (a list of the 125 greatest living footballers) Javier Saviola being just 22 at the time was the youngest on the list, he was destined for big things. At the time “El conejo” had scored 60 goals in 144 appearances for Barcelona, an impressive return when … Read more
La Liga Blog “If the coach tells me he wants a short, mobile left-back, there’s no point in me buying him a tall, static right-back.” “I consider myself a tool for the manager. Unai Emery tells me the profile of player he is looking for. Then, my scouting team starts working. Coordination with the manager … Read more
For the year 2014-15, the premier league clubs have spent a staggering 115 million pounds on agent fees alone. Football finance is one incredibly convoluted field of study. It takes years for even professionals to master this field, but nevertheless the figure quoted is extremely high even after factoring in the ever increasing inflation that … Read more
The football world was shocked in 2013 when news of Radamel Falcao’s transfer to AS Monaco was confirmed. Frankly, I was embarrassed. Coming off the back of yet another prolific campaign for Atletico Madrid, Falcao was coveted by the biggest and best clubs in the world. Chelsea (who he humiliated in a devastating display earlier … Read more