Tag: Mark Hughes

Manchester United – Bournemouth Well, this is quite the doozy. A team unbeaten since December, who just won a trophy, against a team without a win since hell froze over.…

The last time I saw a left back that detached from the rest of his team was Ashley Cole’s famous team photo at Roma. You had to feel for Ben…

I can imagine the scene. Someone needs to go up to Arsene Wenger on the training field and say, “come on Arsene. You’ve done your best. It’s gone. It’s over.…

Chelsea – Arsenal Much like Anderson’s career, this weekend’s matches burst on to the scene with a bang, but quite rapidly drop off in quality. Although, unlike Anderson, Arsenal needn’t…

Welcome to my new weekly preview of the weekend Premier League games. Unlike Mark Lawrence I’ve never had a moustache. And if it takes off I’ll invite some fellow Tales…

Saturday’s away victory at Sunderland propelled Mark Hughes’ Stoke side to ninth in the table and with that everything was right in the world. Since the Welsh manager took control…

Oh, so Dimitri was the problem after all was he? Who would have thought it, that with West Ham’s star man refusing to play that the Hammers would suddenly look…

So all that talk of not being in the market for a centre back was mere distraction was it José? Clever. Devious in fact. José does not want a centre…

Hell hath no fury like a Sky pundit when a foreign manager gets a job in the Premier League. What does he know about English football? Surely the ex-footballer with…

Cards on the table. I am as bad at football predictions as Paul Merson. We know this, this isn’t new news. When Everton led against Leicester I saw my FA…