Leeds United owner and convicted fraudster Massimo Cellino has started the week by sacking manager Uwe Rossler after just 12 games in charge. In fairness, that isn’t a particularly noteworthy event: Cellino has now sacked five managers during his 18 month ownership of the Championship club.
Separated by a three-mile stretch on the A57 road, a 15 minute drive southwest will take you from the Etihad Stadium to Old Trafford, the site of this Sunday’s Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City.
A top of the table clash between United and City, rarely seen throughout the course of the Manchester derby’s illustrious history, has heightened the drama beyond its normal magnitude. This is a fixture that will go a long way towards deciding who will be crowned Premier League champion come May.
It’s hard to not believe Wesley Hall when he talks. In his recent interview with the BBC concerning the Manchester Angels — a homeless activist group he leads — being granted permission to squat in a building by Gary Neville, he cuts a contrasting figure to the other homeless men that preceed him. They, as well-meaning and nice as they seem, cannot match Hall’s obvious wit and conviction.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In the opening line of "A Tale of Two Cities," Charles Dickens is referring to the French Revolution, but he could have easlity been talking about this game between Stevenage FC and Wycombe Wanderers in the English fourth division. Heck, maybe that is what he was talking about, and he had powers of prophecy that we didnt know about.
Jurgen Klopp said he’s “satisfied” with how his new Liverpool side performed against Tottenham in game one of the Klopperpool regime. Let’s break it down bit by bit, and explore a few other things that happened this weekend in the wacky Premier League.
Liverpool and Tottenham played to a snoozy nil-nil draw, which is good news for Spurs because they weren’t obliterated by Liverpool at home like they’ve been the last two times this fixture was played.
Joe Cole is moving to Coventry City. We are going to repeat that, just because it feels so weird to say. Joe Cole is moving to Coventry City. One more time. Joe Cole is moving to Coventry City.
Seriously, what?
The weekend TV schedule in store for soccer fans this weekend is full of intrigue in the Premier League and Serie A.
These are dark, inexplicable days for Chelsea fans. As the Premier League goes into an international break, it could not have come at a better time for the Blues following another shock defeat at home, this time a 3-1 loss to Southampton. To the sheer glee of the fans of the other 19 clubs in the league, Chelsea currently sits 16th in the Premier League table, having already lost more matches this season after only 8 fixtures than it did during their entire title-winning campaign.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Sam Allardyce is coaching a Premier League club.
Yes, the English manager is back in the EPL after not having his contract renewed with West Ham United at the end of last season. This time, he takes the reigns of a struggling Sunderland, who have a mere three points in eight games. If it wasn’t for an equally unimpressive Newcastle United, they’d be rock bottom in the table.
In a rare moment of emotion, Cristiano Ronaldo revealed how former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Reguson won the Portuguese superstar over: compassion.
Really, it's not compassion, it's just acting like a person. You should be able to visit your dad in the hospital without work standing in the way. A lot of managers nowadays it seems feel that football is the only thing that matters. Everything else is secondary.