Premier League teams boast impressive medical resources: team doctors, physiotherapists, physical trainers, nutrition experts and state-of-the-art equipment. Stoke City’s Shaqiri said that whilst at Inter Milan he was sent to a “miraculous healer who lived in the mountains”, whereas at the Britannia, “there are seven physiotherapists, who will examine me every day”. Yet, injuries still remain […]
Premier League 2015/16
2015/16 Premier League title contenders
This time last season, Chelsea were unbeaten, six points clear at the top of the league and the clear favourites for the title. Twelve months on and they are languishing in the bottom half of the table; a shadow of the side that terrorised teams last season. Whilst Leicester are currently top, the popular consensus […]
PL Week 12: Five Talking Points
Jamie Vardy is poised to make history It’s been an unprecedented success story for Leicester so far this season – every pundit across the country was anticipating them to succumb to the drop they had so narrowly escaped last season, especially after the loss of manager Nigel Pearson followed by the introduction of unusual replacement […]
PL Week Eight: Five Talking Points
Sergio Agüero has a 5 star performance up his sleeve A few weeks ago we were claiming that Man City would stroll to the title after a dominant opening five games. However, a couple of defeats to West Ham and Tottenham have brought the rest of the pack within touching distance of the league leaders, […]
PL Week Six: Five Talking Points
Anthony Martial makes his £36 million pricetag look like pocket change If you’re a Man United fan, you grow up dreaming of the opportunity to play for your club, don the famous red shirt against fierce rivals Liverpool, and slot home a tremendous goal after outfoxing the entire opposition defence with an incredible darting run. […]
Premier League round up – August
Established top class strikers are still yet to make their mark It’s been a very slow start for most of the forwards of last year’s top teams. The likes of Christian Benteke, Sergio Agüero, Olivier Giroud, and Diego Costa have all only managed one goal each this season, despite playing for teams that finished in […]
PL Week One: Five Talking Points
[dropcap size=small bg_color=”#16431f”]T[/dropcap]he Premier League kicked off with a bang this weekend with plenty of controversial decisions, title contender upsets as well as the first dismissal of the season. Here are 5 things that we have learned from round one: José Mourinho would rather turn on his own staff than the ref It wouldn’t be […]
Premier League 2015/16: A preview
[dropcap size=small bg_color=”#16431f”]W[/dropcap]ith the new football season on its way again, there is immense pressure on every club to perform in such a way that pleases the fans, managers and directors alike. Can Chelsea recover from their Community Shield loss against Arsenal to get their title defense off to a good start? How will Premier […]