Best performances…..Pride of place has to go to Barcelona and their 6-1 dismantling of Atletico Madrid. Atletico had a ... Read More

Chelsea v Manchester UnitedIt is true that if Manchester United does lose on Sunday to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge last season’s Champions will trail their opponents by nine points with September not even over. By a similar token - but less repeated – a United win would leave them three points in arrears with... Read More

Last Season: Finished 2nd in the Premier League – 85ptsManager – Luiz Felipe ScolariOdds of Winning Title – 15-to-8 INS:AMF Deco – 16m USRB Jose Bosingwa – 33m US OUTS:CDF Tal Ben HaimDF Khalid BoulahrouzCMF Steve SidwellCB Harry WorleyST Hernan CrespoDMF Claude MakaleleCDF Slobodan RajkovicST Ben Sahar (loan)AMF Jimmy Smith (loan) Possibles:MF Robinho – Real MadridST Obafemi Martins – NewcastleMF Bastian Schweinsteiger – Bayern MunichMF Diego – Werder BremenMF Kaka – AC MilanST Mario Balotelli – Inter Milan What’s Left in the Kitty – 151m US What Lies Ahead:Aug 16 Portsmouth (H)Aug 23 Wigan (A)Aug 30 Tottenham (H)Sep 13 Manchester City (A)Sep 20 Manchester United (H)Sep 27 Stoke City (A)Oct 4 Aston Villa (H) Possible Starting XI:GK Petr CechRB Jose BosingwaCB Ricardo CarvalhoCB John TerryLB Ashley ColeRMF Joe Cole/John-Obi MikelCMF Michael EssienCMF Deco/Michael BallackLMF Frank Lampard/Michael BallackFW Didier Drogba/Andriy SchevchenkoFW Nicolas Anelka/Florent Malouda How They’ll Stack Up:Chelsea missed out on the title last season by two points – in large part because of that home draw versus Wigan on April 14th.  Now, many Blues fans hope Scolari is the difference maker this term.  Our own Bobby McMa... Read More

"Does anyone else reckon Gareth Barry is starting to feel like a bloke who's told his missus that he's leaving her only to find out the blonde across the road isn't interested anymore?" - Jason Tew in an email published in the July 17 edition of The Fiver. As three of the summer’s transfer sagas drag on there seems to be a very good chance that at l... Read More

Not surprisingly Monday’s furour about the Luzhniki Stadium pitch appears to have died away as we now hear that it is going to be just fine. From the equivalent of a neglected public park pitch to no problem in 48 hours – a miracle indeed. ... Read More

Image courtesy of Auntie Super Sunday – oh how the media darlings love a headline. The Premier league floated the boat when they drew up the fixture list for this season. ... Read More

So  Steve  McClaren   was  hired    to  lead   the  national   side    to  new  and  elusive heights  ?    Well   his  record  so   far    doesn't    look   too    conclusive   and  is    looking     in  dire   straits   with   regard    to this   inexplicable  loss   to  the  Russians   in  a   European   Championship   qualifying  game.      Wayne   Rooney   scores   England's&... Read More

Craigy_f - (Are you) feeling a tad more confident after beating the Ukraine?What’s your take on Lampard being booed? Are there any other instances like that which you can recall? Do you pay attention to stats in football? Do you read any print media on football? Bobby – I will not feel confident until there are enough points to finish in the top two. However, the win against Ukraine does guarantee that Scotland will go into the Italy game with a ch... Read More

Some articles that have run in the last few days. A little piece on Brazilian Jose Altafini who scored twice in Milan’s first European Cup Final ... Read More

Reports of Mourinho's departure from Stamford Bridge are now extensive with the debate now centering on whether he resigned or was fired. Here are the latest articles from a couple British newspapers with their take on the shock developm... Read More

The GolTV website is carrying a story that says Chelsea's Arjen Robben is leaving the club for Real Madrid. There's been talk of a Robben exit for some time, although his preference was allegedly Barcelona.... Read More

What is it with Frank Lampard? Going on a full year after last summer's World Cup in Germany, he's still nothing but dead weight on the England national squad.The fans have been vocal with their displeasure. Which has lead to equally incompetent manager Steve... Read More

Henry14 - I do not know if its your company policy Bobby that you are not supposed to say that MLS is poor, because if you read nick ' article you would have thought MLS is like the Prem. l do not see Becks in the near future, because in my opinion the MLS is more of a league that is ba... Read More

Gunner 44 - 1. Race between Man U and Chelsea will come down to the wire. Arsenal might play the biggest part in d... Read More

A response to Gerrard leads England to win in Andorra Wait a minute.  I want to make sure I got this striaght.  Frank Lampard is hurt.  Can't play. ... Read More

A holdover question from last week. henry14 - Do you agree that Arsenal should look beyond Ljungberg and he also should look beyond... Read More

Djnima – I wanted to hear your thoughts on your fellow Fox Football Pundit Nick "get the beers in" Webster. I do admit that his prediction does look set to come true, but who knows who else Fergie can bri... Read More

Ok so I've said it before, Steve should of dropped Lamps instead of Beckham! And today, Lampard proved it. I was watching him and, honestly, I couldn't believe how bad he really is lately. No offense to the... Read More

blissStreet - I think you'd have to agree that the brown kit Tottenham wore this past weekend is even uglier than Bolton's purple one. Bobby – I have to admit that Spurs strip out did the Bolton one. You certainly don’t come across... Read More

Steven Gerrard is by all accounts having a miserable season. This time last year Gerrard finished 3rd in the European Footballer of the Year awards, and had alr... Read More