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SATURDAY: WEST HAM V SUNDERLAND West Ham picked up a much needed win against Spurs last weekend which was their best performance in a long time. Nuno will want his side to repeat that performance on a more consistent basis so they can get themselves out of the relegation zone and up the table. They definitely need to start repeating it at home because their home form this season season has been poor and very poor. Sunderland blew the Hammers away on the opening day of the sea

There aren't that many players who stay at one club their entire career and especially more recently because players want to seek new adventures elsewhere due to the ambitions they might have. But throughout the modern era as a whole, we've seen many players who who remain loyal to one club and stay there their entire career . They stay at that one club because they either feel comfortable with their surroundings or they have a love for the club they're at and feel there is n

There are many reasons why we love the Premier League. The entertainment, the quality on show, the games, the brilliant goals and also the surprise packages. Surprise packages in terms of football are teams that do a lot better than pretty much everyone expects them to and the Premier League has seen many of them over the years. The majority of them have been tipped to either be relegated or finish quite low down the table at the start of a season only for them to finish a lo

Has Glasner managed his last game at Crystal Palace? Oliver Glasner announced that he is leaving Crystal Palace at the end of the season during the week when his contract expires. But after what he said in his post-match interview following his side's 2-1 defeat at Sunderland, he might be leaving soon than he planned after he criticized the club hierarchy like Enzo Maresca and Ruben Amorim did recently. Has he managed his last game at Crystal Palace? He said in his post-match

SATURDAY: MAN UNITED V MAN CITY Man United appointed Michael Carrick during the week and will have him in charge for the first time of his second spell in this game. The appointment is a decent one as Carrick is someone who knows the club and its values and will hopefully give them an identity in how they play. Something they haven't had in a long time. But he couldn't have had a tougher start to his second spell as his side face Arsenal after this one against City. Man City

Taking a penalty is one of the hardest jobs in football because the taker is under the spotlight and is under a lot of pressure to put the ball in the back of the net. To be a good penalty taker, you need to be calm and composed under pressure, a good striker of the ball and have a good idea of where you want to the ball to go. A lot of players have boiled under the pressure over the years because they haven't had the composure or the confidence to take a penalty. But there h

The Premier League has produced many brilliant and memorable moments since it's inception and a lot of people have been lucky enough to witness them when they happened. The memorable moments are among the reasons why the Premier League is the best league in the world along with the entertainment because a lot of them were completely unexpected like Leicester winning the league in 2016 for example. The list of them is endless because of how many there have been and anyone of t

The draw for the 4th Round of the FA Cup was made earlier today and there are some interesting ties to look forward to next month. This is what I think of the draw. Macclesfield, who knocked out holders Crystal Palace in the 3rd Round, have the chance to cause yet another big scalp as they'll be facing another Premier League side in Brentford. They'll surely fancy themselves to cause another major shock after knocking out Palace in the last round. We could also have two poten

FRIDAY: WREXHAM V NOTTINGHAM FOREST Wrexham's rise up the Football League has been one of the stories of the last few years and they're having a pretty decent first season in the Championship. Phil Parkinson's side are 9th and just a point outside the play offs and if anything, they're overachieving as I don't think many people expected them to be this high up. They come into this game in the better form as they've won they're last four games which will give them a lot of con

Set pieces have been a key part of the game over the year and especially more recently as a lot of teams these days do score a lot of their goals from set pieces. The modern era has seen many players who have been specialists from set pieces over the years and they're specialists because of the way they strike the ball and how accurate they are with their deliveries. To be a good set piece taker, you need to lean back so you can get height on the ball and allow your foot plen

GK: JORDAN PICKFORD (EVERTON) - Pickford kept 4 clean sheets during December and also conceded the fewest goals with 3. He kept his team in games many times throughout the month as Everton put themselves in contention for Europe. RB: MATTY CASH (ASTON VILLA) - Cash registered a goal and an assist each and ran up and down that right hand side all month. His contributions at both ends were key to Villa going on their amazing run and putting themselves in contention for the titl

Getting relegated is never a nice feeling for any player because they're no longer a Premier League player when it happens and it's what every team is desperate to avoid. When any team gets relegated, you immediately think that they've been terrible because they've gone down and haven't been good enough over the course of a season. But there have been over the years a number of teams who have been relegated but have had good players on paper and when you look that those teams

TUESDAY: WEST HAM V NOTTINGHAM FOREST West Ham won the reverse fixture 3-0 back in August when Nuno Espirito Santo was in charge of what was his final game at Forest. The chances of the Hammers repeating that result in this one are very slim because they're low on confidence and out of form following a run of nine games without a win. Forest are also not in great form following four straight defeats after making a promising start under Sean Dyche. Goals have been a big proble

Is Ollie Watkins back to his best Ollie Watkins has had a tough season so far as he hasn't been in the same goal scoring form he's been in for the last two seasons. But he appears to have rediscovered that goal scoring touch in recent games after scoring 4 goals in his last 3 games. Is he back to his best? He only scored just once in the opening three months of the season where his confidence will have been pretty low as he wasn't scoring. He appears to have got his confidenc

Winning a league title is a great feeling for any player because it's what they want to win more than arguably any other trophy. But whilst many of the best players to play the game have been lucky enough to win a league title, there have also been a number of great players who never won one. Any player can be the best in their position and go on to have a great career in the game as many have done, but they couldn't quite get their hands on a league title. They also might've

SATURDAY: ASTON VILLA V NOTTINGHAM FOREST Villa saw their 11-game winning streak come to a crashing end against Arsenal on Tuesday and they’ll be looking to bounce back in this one. They were in the game in the first half and had some good chances to go ahead which they weren’t able to take and were later punished for. Forest were in a similar position to where Villa are now at this stage of last season but weren’t really talked about as title contenders like Villa have been

At the end of each calendar year, I pick the best Premier League player from each club based on how well they've performed across the entire year. I've done it again this year and now it's time to show you who I have chosen. ARSENAL – DECLAN RICE Rice was Arsenal’s most consistent player in 2025 as he developed into one of the best midfielders in Europe. He was a defensive midfielder when he first joined Arsenal and now he’s a well-established box-to-box midfielder because of

2025 has been an up and down year for a lot of clubs and players in what has been another incredible year of football. After another brilliant year of football, I've decided to pick y best teams both in the Premier League and the world. PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM OF THE YEAR GK: DAVID RAYA (ARSENAL) – Raya won a share of the golden glove last season and has kept the most clean sheets in the Premier League so far this season. He made many crucial saves right throughout the year as A

Making the step up from the Championship to the Premier League is never easy because the difference in quality is huge and players don't get the time on the ball they had in the Championship. But there have however been a lot of players who have made the step up look pretty straightforward and have gone on to prove and establish themselves as Premier League players. The majority of players who have come up from the Championship have been classed as "too good for the Champions

TUESDAY: BURNLEY V NEWCASTLE Burnley come into this game off the back of two straight draws against Bournemouth and Everton which could give them something to build on moving forward. But they need to start being more clinical in the final third because they have been wasteful in a lot of their games this season including the one against Everton on Saturday. Newcastle were disappointing in the final third against Man United on Boxing Day despite having most of the possession