As we enter a tactical reaction period to structured pressing; do you think we’ll see the development of the “Quarterback Keeper?” Will the Pep Guardiolas of the world have midfielders breaking from the back running post patterns while fullbacks run a curl? – David I’ve no idea what those terms mean but I assume they’re … Read more
Newcastle have upset many of their supporters after announcing plans to celebrate their Carabao Cup triumph with a party on the city’s Town Moor rather than an open-top bus parade. The outcry has prompted the possibility of a modified event and club officials spent Monday in talks with Newcastle city council and Northumbria police regarding … Read more
“The Olympic Games allowed people to get to know me,” said Michael Olise, who grew up in England but announced himself for France last summer as Thierry Henry’s side earned a silver medal at the Olympics. A few weeks after Paris handed the Olympic torch to Los Angeles, Olise received his first senior call-up from … Read more
Before the Formula One season began Lewis Hamilton had taken his motorhome to Ferrari’s Maranello factory, living alongside his new colleagues in order to bond with them and better learn their methodologies in an effort to make his transition into the Scuderia as seamless as possible. After he and his teammate, Charles Leclerc, were disqualified … Read more
When the Socceroos first hit the training track in Hangzhou, the team bus parked next to the final installations marking the finish line of the Linping half marathon. It felt apt as, with four years between tournaments, the process of World Cup qualifying is as much a marathon as the month-long tournament itself is a … Read more
Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email. On the podcast today; England beat Albania 2-0 in their opening World Cup qualifier. It all felt very familiar but don’t these qualifying games always look like that? The panel assess whether there were … Read more
1 Everton declare start of ‘hunting season’ The Everton manager, Brian Sørensen, said his team would hunt down the clubs above them after a third win in five WSL matches moved them 10 points clear of the relegation zone. Everton were bottom in November and Sørensen says they will continue to look up after beating … Read more
Bath remain the team to catch in the Premiership race this season, on the evidence of this entertaining victory over West Country rivals Gloucester. Assisted by the return of their chief playmaker Finn Russell following the Six Nations the hosts scored six tries and, in a neat piece of symmetry, are six points clear of … Read more
English grassroots clubs have been urged to respond to the “severe failures” of leading officials by voting in favour of Bill Sweeney’s removal as chief executive of the Rugby Football Union at a special general meeting (SGM) on Thursday. It is 25 years since the RFU last faced an SGM and Alistair Bow – the … Read more
FC United of Manchester and The 1958, a Manchester United fan group, are staging a joint action on Saturday to “unite” against 20 years of Glazer ownership of Manchester United. The protest, called United United Day, marks a first formal attempt by FC United and a Manchester United supporter group to link forces since the … Read more