An upset could be on the cards at Upton Park October 4, 2012 WEST HAM vs ARSENAL TOMORROW 5.30pm ARSENAL’S strong road record will be firmly put to the test when the Gunners head to Upton Park this weekend. On their travels they are unbeaten in the top flight this term and have lost just once – at Loftus Road – since mid-January. But Arsene Wenger has repeatedly [...]
We have got to improve or we’ll be out, says City boss Mancini October 2, 2012 MANCHESTER City manager Roberto Mancini believes only a significant improvement in his side’s continental approach will suffice if they are to advance beyond the Champions League group stages. In their only European fixture so far this season, City lost 2-1 away to Real Madrid having twice taken the lead. Given that their relative naivety was [...]
Hughes holds QPR’s hands up after loss keeps them bottom October 1, 2012 QPR 1 vs WEST HAM 2 QPR manager Mark Hughes criticised his side’s underwhelming first-half performance in last night’s match after concluding that that and Samba Diakite’s red card left a first Premier League victory of the season ultimately beyond them. West Ham winger Matt Jarvis scored with a fortuitious goal after only three minutes [...]
Indifference towards the World Twenty20 is almost inevitable September 30, 2012 THE Ryder Cup may have been the biggest show in town in Chicago over the past week but it certainly hasn’t been the only one. The White Sox have been playing baseball. Endlessly. Night after night in front of swathes of empty seats as the sport drifts aimlessly into becoming a kind of athletic Muzak [...]
Terry fined and banned for racial abuse September 27, 2012 THE Football Association last night banned Chelsea captain John Terry for a total of four games and fined him £220,000 after finding him guilty of racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand. It was over a four-day disciplinary hearing that the FA came to their conclusion despite a summer case at Westminster Magistrates’ Court clearing Terry of [...]
Arsenal and Chelsea to cancel each other out at the Emirates September 27, 2012 ARSENAL are in the middle of a tricky set of fixtures but they were impressive at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday against champions Manchester City and thoroughly deserved their point. The Gunners are playing with far more confidence this season and they are solid at the back, except for their suspect zonal defending at corners. [...]
Toure tells City they need to tighten up September 26, 2012 MANCHESTER City defender Kolo Toure has admitted his side’s defensive vulnerabilities will threaten their hopes of success if they cannot be eradicated. Toure on Tuesday night played for City when they twice led at home to Aston Villa in the Capital One Cup before conceding a total of four goals when succumbing to a 4-2 [...]
Ferguson pleased with United victory September 26, 2012 MANCHESTER UNITED 2 vs NEWCASTLE 1 MANCHESTER United defeated a resilient Newcastle to advance to a fourth-round Capital One Cup tie away to Chelsea. Goals from midfielders Anderson – a minute before half-time – and Tom Cleverley in the 58th minute had given United a two-goal lead before visiting striker Papiss Cisse scored with a [...]
Chelsea cruise to six-goal Capital win September 25, 2012 CAPITAL ONE CUP CHELSEA 6 vs WOLVES 0 PREMIER League Chelsea last night returned to their finest form to advance to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup with a devastatingly clinical victory over recently-relegated Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Blues had on Saturday remained unconvincing in a 1-0 victory over Stoke City and had last [...]
I believe JT has jumped before he could be pushed September 25, 2012 JOHN Terry’s decision to retire from international duty does, I suspect, actually have something to do with his age. If he was 26, I don’t think he’d bother. He’s had all the trauma from the summer’s court case and I think he’s retired because he believes the FA will find him guilty in their own [...]