September 28, 2016 SO SAD AS BIG SAM EXITS THE SCENE To see Sam Allardyce exit in such a way is very painful, both for football and England in general. Okay my bias is because I am a football student and I’m talking purely football matters and nothing else. Finally England got an indigenous manager…
CAN ANTONIO CONTE SNEAK BEHIND PEP AND JOSE? As all the cameras continue to converge in Manchester, Antonio Conte continues to work without the lights and pressure at the bridge. Chelsea could be the surprise ace in the pack, as media attention continues to shift towards Old Trafford and the Etihad. What Conte has quickly done…
COMICAL LIVERPOOL That the Manchester teams won again on day 2 of the EPL is no surprise. That Arsenal drew with Leicester does not surprise me either, neither does Chelsea’s win against Watford, even though it was a tough nut to crack for Conte. What surprises me is how Jurgen Klopp thinks he does not…
GAME ON! Nineteen games in the 1st week of the Premiership and if I told you I know who would be winning the Premiership, I’d either be guessing or being untrue. So who would be the greatest among the greats, come end of season? KLOPP Jurgen Klopp’s win at the Emirates – a direct title…
MOURINHO’S UNITED DRAW FIRST BLOOD AS RANIERI’S SOLDIERS SHOW US LAST SEASON WAS NO FLUKE So the 2016/17 English Premier League Season has finally kicked off! Manchester United and Jose Mourinho have drawn the first blood in a Wembley encounter that just emphasised most of what we already know. The Super Cup or…
THE SPECIAL ONE ENTERS THE THEATRE OF DREAMS After much speculations and deliberations, Jose Mourinho returns to English football for the third time, only this time in a red shirt instead of the familiar blue one we are used to. He brings competition, winning mentality, comedy, box office interviews and if you go by what…
ANOTHER LION-DEL MESSI Yes Masherano’s red card was a litmus test of how hungry Barca were for the trophy and were they determined! The sending off meant that Barca had to dig deep and the stars had to work hard. I also saw Gerald Pique, Jordi Alba, Jeremy Mathieu and Dani Alves play long balls…
BIG SAM DOES IT AGAIN Okay if it was a Mourinho or Guardiola or Ferguson, they wouldn’t be coaching a team battling relegation –albeit Mourinho was in one at the start of the season – but Big Sam has done it again, even with a game to spare. He has kept Sunderland in the Premiership…
IS THE PREMIERSHIP OVERRATED? I was in Bali in December and I remember landing and thinking, I have to watch Chelsea play Leicester and also watch them play the UCL game against Porto. I checked the time zones and some games were coming up at 2am, so I asked at the hotel reception where I…
AGAINST ALL ODDS Congratulations to Leicester City FC! Starting out with 5000- 1 odds as favourites to win the title (The biggest odds ever!) yet Champions after 36 games! The first league title for Leicester in 132 years and the first league title ever for Claudio Ranieri after 28 years as manager! The first new…