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Is Andoni Iraola under pressure? Bournemouth's winless run run extended to nine games following their 4-1 to defeat to Brentford on Saturday which left them 15th in the table and only eight points above the relegation zone. Could Andoni Iraola be under pressure? I said before their defeat to Brentford that their poor run of form could be a reality check after starting the season so well following the departures of some of their most important players. I still think that becau

BOXING DAY: MAN UNITED V NEWCASTLE Man United played quite well against Villa on Sunday despite losing the game which is quite rare as they usually get a lot of stick when they lose. We're about to find out how they'll get on without Bruno Fernandes for a lengthy spell for the first time with their talisman set to be on the side-lines for a few weeks with a hamstring injury. Fernandes has carried United pretty much ever since he arrived at the club and the difference he's mad

How many unwanted records with Wolves break this season? I think we all know that Wolves are going to get relegated this season based on the amount of points they have and the lack of quality in their team overall. They equalled the record for the longest winless start in Premier League history following their defeat to Brentford on Saturday which was set by Sheffield United in the 2020/21 season and they're probably going to break that record as their next two games are agai

SATURDAY: NEWCASTLE V CHELSEA Newcastle needed that win against Fulham in the Carabao Cup in midweek following their poor performance in the derby last weekend which they wanted to put behind them. Eddie Howe's side will be glad to be back at home for this one as they've fared a lot better at home than they have on the road this season. They've also won this fixture in each of the last three seasons which will give them a good deal of confidence. Chelsea got a much needed win

No.10s are the players who play behind the striker and have been talked a lot over the last decade and a half because of a lot of teams moving away from playing 4-4-2 in favour of a 4-2-3-1. The role of a no.10 has been around for a long time going back to the early years of the game but I think they're more popular now than they were back then because a lot of teams now play with one. The modern era has been many great no.10s over the years and especially during the time per

A homegrown player is a player who has come through a club's academy into the first team after joining their club at a young age. Many homegrown players have been lucky enough to have broken into the first team or been given an opportunity at their respective clubs and a lot of them have been given a chance because of a certain player being injured or their manager has watched them when playing in the academy and impressed them so much that he wants to give him an opportunity

Ekitike must start more for Liverpool Liverpool's summer recruitment has come under a lot of criticism this season as most of their new signings haven't performed or settled in quickly enough. But the one signing who has performed is Hugo Ekitike as he's the reds' top goal scorer with 7 goals and has been one of their better performers this season along with Dominik Szoboszlai. Because of this he surely has to start more for Liverpool because he's offered more as a centre for

SATURDAY: CHELSEA V EVERTON Chelsea were being talked about as potential title contenders a few weeks ago and I even asked if they could be Arsenal's closest challengers after giving them a good game two weekends ago. But since that draw against Arsenal their form has dipped as they haven't won any of their last three games since including their defeat at Atalanta in midweek. I had a feeling that this would happen to them at some point because the inconsistencies they've show

Everyone loves it when a young player or teenager bursts onto the scene because we want to see young players getting an opportunity. There have been many teenagers who have lit up the stage over the years and a lot of them have gone on to live up to their potential and have great careers in the game. But there also have been a lot of teenagers who were maybe overhyped in that a lot of people expected them to have a great career in the game, but they failed to live up to their

The Premier League has seen many of the best players in the world come over and make a huge impact over the years and whilst many of them have lit up our league, there have also been a number of them who have been disappointing. There are a number of factors why they've struggled to deliver in the Premier League such as the league itself being too quick or physical for them, they might've struggled to settle into the country and the player maybe not fitting the way their team

Are Aston Villa title contenders? Aston Villa are arguably the in-form team in the Premier League right now after winning 9 of their last 10 league games including their win over league leaders Arsenal on Saturday. Their brilliant run of form has seen them climb into the top four and sit just three points off the top following a poor start to the season where they failed to win any of their opening five games. Are they title contenders? Unai Emery will of course play down any

The draw for the FA Cup 3rd Round was made earlier this evening and there are a number of interesting ties to look forward to next month. This is what I thought of the draw. There aren't that many stand out ties but if I had to pick one, it would have to Spurs taking on Aston Villa because they're two sides going for the same goal in Champions League football and two very good teams on paper. This one will hopefully be a good and close game as they're both evenly matched on p

The draw for the 2026 World Cup was made yesterday and there are some interesting games to look forward to when the tournament kicks off next summer. This will be the biggest World Cup since it's inception as there will more teams taking part than usual and more games being played due to the change in format. This is what I think of the draw. The draw itself look very open as there is no group of death, some of the groups having just one clear favourite to reach the last 32 a

GK: BART VERBURGGEN (BRIGHTON) - Verbruggen kept 3 clean sheets during November and conceded just one goal as Brighton ended the month in the European spots. He made some big and crucial saves throughout the month including his penalty save against Brentford to deny Igor Thiago. RB: NICOLO SAVONA (NOTTINGHAM FOREST) - Savona scored 2 goals during November and also put in some solid performances defensively. His contributions at both ends were key to Forest getting some points

SATURDAY: ASTON VILLA V ARSENAL Villa showed character to come from behind to win at Brighton during the week and it was good to see Ollie Watkins back on the scoresheet following his recent drought. A win for them here could put them in the title race as they're only six points behind Arsenal and are also one of the in-form teams in the league. Arsenal made changes against Brentford during the week and it was the right decision to do so as we're approaching the busiest stage

Ballers are players who are incredibly skilful, have many flicks and tricks up their sleeve and aren't afraid to take risks. They're the players who love taking on opponents and will back themselves to beat them in one on one duels because of how gifted they are. The game of football has seen many ballers light up the game over the years and especially during the modern era as the majority of ballers were around during the modern era , which was arguably when the term was cre

The definition of a one season wonder is pretty straightforward. It's a player who has just the one good season. The Premier League has had many of them over the years and they're well remembered purely based on what they did during that one good season they had. It is a shame that they delivered for just the one season because we would've liked to have seen them doing it in the seasons that followed after showing a good a player they were during that one season. There are a

TUESDAY: BOURNEMOUTH V EVERTON Bournemouth have a good record against Everton and especially at home as they're unbeaten in eight league games against them in this fixture. But they are not in the best of form at the moment as they're on a four game winless run with three of those four games being defeats. Their slump was bound to happen sooner or later as it does with any so-called lesser team when they started well, but they need to bounce back soon so they can get themselv

Thiago is Brentford's new talisman After both Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa left Brentford in the summer, a lot of people will have been wondering who will step up as the Bees' new talisman because of how important both players were last season. A lot of people had Brentford to be relegation contenders at the start of the season because of them losing those two players in particular as their goals were key to them having the season they had last season. But thanks to Igor Thia

SATURDAY: BRENTFORD V BURNLEY Brentford have proved a lot of doubters wrong this season and Keith Andrews deserves a lot of credit for the job he's done. They lost some key players over the summer and they haven't missed them one bit as the players who have replaced them have stepped up and delivered. Burnley have looked competitive in a lot of their games this season but they haven't been able to turn enough of those performances into results. I don't see them doing that in