Archive for the 'English Premier League' Category

There was only result that everyone was talking about over the weekend. Manchester United 1 Manchester City 6.

And while five City players are awarded with places in our Team of the Week for their hand in demolishing United’s unbeaten run, players from promoted clubs Norwich and QPR also make the top eleven for their impressive performances in denying the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea all three points.

This week’s team line up in a 4-3-3 formation yet again, which is slowly becoming the formation of choice on the Team of the Week. Continue reading ‘Premier League Team of the Week’

I remember Kenny Dalglish the player well. In the late 70s when I started watching English football, Liverpool were the dominant club in what was then the English First Division and Dalglish was doing a great job filling the big shoes left by former King of the Kop, Kevin Keegan, who’d departed for German Bundesliga side Hamburg after the Reds won their first European Cup in 1977.

His signature scoring move is still unforgettable three and a half decades on – trapping the ball outside the penalty area with his back to goal, then swivelling on a dime to send a rocket into the top corner – brilliant stuff from a brilliant footballer.

While I can recall Dalglish the player, I’ve never seen his fellow Scotsman Alex Ferguson play. Continue reading ‘Dalglish’s the better player, but Ferguson’s the master manager’