Wayne Rooney calls handling of dispute over pay in Premier League 'a disgrace'
Wayne Rooney has criticized the U.K. government and the Premier League for placing soccer players in a "no-win situation" over proposed pay cuts after players were urged to make sacrifices during the coronavirus crisis. The former England captain, now playing with Championship side Derby, penned ...
Arsenal's decline tarnishing Wenger's legacy
It has been necessary to remind ourselves that Arsenal FC remains one of the great clubs in English football and Arsene Wenger is second only to Sir Alex Ferguson on the list of Premier League managers who have won the most trophies with their ...
Model club Southampton hoping to claim silverware
Some clubs change managers regularly and most still don't get it right. Aston Villa has had seven in the past six years and has tumbled from Premier League safety to a Championship relegation battle. On the other hand, in Roman Abramovich's 14-year watch at Chelsea there ...
Outrage over Rooney's drunken antics just media hypocrisy
Footballers are often accused of being too aloof. They don't interact with fans. It's almost a them-and-us scenario. They are protected by agents, press officers and security. The nearest most supporters get to players is when they watch them arrive at stadiums — from ...
England's Southgate begins trial period against easiest of foes, Malta
If the Football Association was worried that Saturday's England vs. Malta 2018 World Cup qualifier at Wembley might struggle to capture the country's interest, the departure of Sam Allardyce has guaranteed a disproportionate focus on a match featuring the side which is 157th in ...
Rooney's decline presents a problem for Man United
We have seen the best of Wayne Rooney. He will be 31 next month and the Manchester United captain will not improve as a footballer. He has lost that explosive yard of pace and now relies more on his ability to pass rather than passing ...
Allardyce era begins with qualifier against Slovakia
The reaction will be as predictable as it is meaningless. If England beats Slovakia in Trnava on Sunday, then Sam Allardyce will be a better manager than Roy Hodgson, whose team drew 0-0 with them at Euro 2016. Well done to the Football Association for ...
Finding new England manager won't be an easy task
In any successful organization, forward planning is essential. The present quickly becomes the future so those at the sharp end of the business would constantly be formulating ideas and strategies for the next step. The impression is that the Football Association believed England would win ...
Slovakia selection gamble backfires on England's Hodgson
It had not been a good week for England manager Roy Hodgson. Last Sunday, Greg Dyke, the outgoing chairman of the Football Association, said for Hodgson to be offered a new contract the team must "play well" even in defeat at Euro 2016. That, explained ...
England unlikely to emerge with title at Euro 2016
In the National Football League they say offense wins games, defense wins championships. The spelling and terminology may be slightly different, but it is a similar story when it comes to the World Cup and European Championship. A team could play outstanding attacking football in ...
Time running out for Hodgson to tinker with lineup for Euro 2016
This was , the pundits said, the most potent attack England could select. Portugal beware. Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney — the two leading goalscorers in the Premier League — plus England's record scorer starting a match together for the first time. Unfortunately, ...
Rooney assured spot in Euro 2016 squad; Rashford being scouted
Saturday's F.A. Cup final, in which the lowest-scoring Manchester United team in more than a quarter of a century is expected to beat Crystal Palace as comfortably as it can with such an impotent attack, will have two particular interests for England manager Roy ...
