News of 19-year old Micah Richards undergoing surgery to sort out an reoccurring knee problem sparks the latest debate from The New Football Pools - Are we once again guilty of too much too young on our future England superstars?
Forget the 39th Premier League game to wet the taste bud of the games international following. Why not sell The New Football Pools rivalry matches - guaranteeing country’s fireworks for their money!
Newcastle or Sunderland - who out of these North East giants has the bragging rights of best team in the region?
Hang on a minute, has everyone read the Rivalries Report - the latest report into the psyche of football fans?
Last week’s incident involving team-mate Eduardo naturally left the young Guns badly shaken; McFadden’s 94th injury time spot kick just adding salt to a very bad wound. The result topped off a bad week for the Gunners one that saw a 4-0 trouncing at the hands of Man Utd in the FA Cup and a frustrating stalemate in their Champion’s League match against AC Milan.
Life’s good for the Evertonian fans at the minute. Not only do they get to smugly look down at their neighbouring rivals following an excellent performance away to Manchester City but also they are rapidly becoming the Uefa Cup favourites.
The Keegan revolution is a little slow in starting, in fact it simply hasn’t got off the ground and I can’t help thinking if it was any other manager the Toon army would already be baying for blood. But, as Shearer insists, King Kev has the full backing the Newcastle board.
After for so long denying his aim for a Champion’s League spot, Sven has this week come out and claimed that coveted fourth place is still within their grasp. The campaign was dealt a blow earlier in the week though as City went down 2-0 to Everton at home, seeing them flag behind the leading cluster of Liverpool, Villa and Everton.
It almost says it all when a preview starts “Fulham have only produced 10 victory in this fixture’s 55 match history.” The most recent of those actually comes earlier than you’ll think; just back in October 2003 when the Cottagers produced an impressive 3-1 win at Old Trafford to finish just six places behind the Red Devils.
