The form of Phil Foden has been 'fallen from a cliff' and he must be left outside the team of Manchester City for this summer's world cup, Ian Ladyman Chris Sutton told the last 'It is all starting!' Podcast. FODEN, 24, was immersed before the hour during the Turgid Manchester Derby on Sunday who ended […]
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The problem is that we know what is happening now. Eight qualifying games in the World Cup and Harry Kane will be the goals. He is always on this point and there is absolutely nothing about his domestic form or his suitability to suggest that it will be different against Albania, Latvia, Andorra and Serbia.
Thomas Tuchel MUST solve the Harry Kane conundrum, writes IAN LADYMAN Read More »
The Stark Truth about most football fans is that they are malleable. Give them something to cheer the field and they will happily go home and pop up again next time. The power of the actual sport remains absolutely. So this was – ultimately and against all expectations – a much better day for Manchester
Man United fans finally get something to cheer about, writes IAN LADYMAN Read More »
Sometimes Google can really be your friend and on this occasion it spits out a handy quote from Arsene Wenger when he was Arsenal manager in 2010. “The World Cup will dominate summer, but I believe that the big problem is that the gap between the end of the tournament and the start of the
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The thing that might have to tie today in the back of Arsenal's spirits is that there was actually a point. While the Manchester City Forward left the stage at the end of Arsenal's eviction of his team in the Emirates on Sunday, he pointed to the badge on his arm that marks him as
Everton's new owners, the Friedkin Group, have sacked Sean Dyche by looking at the Premier League table. If they had looked at his track record and specific skills, they might have hit pause. The results this season were not good enough. Dyche said this himself this week. At Everton he was dogged by a struggle
Everton would NOT have gone down under Sean Dyche, writes IAN LADYMAN Read More »
Ten minutes before the end of their team’s last Premier League home game against Chelsea, two Tottenham fans scuffled at the back of the South Stand. The disagreement was not over manager Ange Postecoglou or a player or a member of the opposition. No, they were fighting about the Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy. Football supporters
Tottenham is a club consumed by angst and identity confusion, writes IAN LADYMAN Read More »
It was midway through the second half at Hampden Park last September when Harry Maguire's career took another major turn towards disaster. England beat Scotland 2-0 and it wasn't even a match. The Scots were terrible and English Jude Bellingham was walking around in his slippers. But then Andy Robertson crossed hopefully from the right
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The big intangible about Marcus Rashford and his stated desire to leave Manchester United is exactly how he thinks it will be elsewhere. After all, the requirements for professional football are the same everywhere. The demand to run and chase, commit and belong, work hard and be generous and selfless will follow Rashford wherever he
Rashford needs to change if he is to succeed away from Man Utd, writes LADYMAN Read More »
It is not uncommon for footballers to become exhausted and a little out of emotional shape due to the pressures and demands of their job. It's a good life, but it's a hard life and things don't always turn out the way they should. However, it is very unusual for this to happen to a
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A look at the Norwegian team that defeated Kazakhstan in Oslo last Sunday reveals, among others, an Egil, a Stian, a Leo, a Morten, a Sander, a Kristian, an Erling (we know that one), a Viljar, a Sondre and a Torbjorn. And then – wearing number 21 and as a late replacement for his international
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