Mark Hughes | Tales From The Top Flight

Premier League 4th March 2017

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

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…

6th February 2017

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…

Premier League 4th February 2017

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….

P-Ross P-Reviews 20th January 2017

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…

Stoke City 18th January 2017

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…

Today's Tales 16th January 2017

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…

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…

Premier League 10th January 2017

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…

Today's Tales 9th January 2017

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…