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Throughout the years since football was invented, many fans have been lucky enough to witness some of the greatest moments in the game at some of the most iconic stadiums. There are one or two factors that make a stadium great with one of them of course being the atmosphere generated by the fans which spurs on the home team to play well. The other is the venue itself because of it's size and the history of it as well because the bigger the ground the bigger the atmosphere, an

Attacking midfielders have been in the game for at least the last 10-15 years as the role of a midfielder has evolved as too have formations. As I've mentioned in previous top 10's, the majority of teams during the early years of the Premier League played 4-4-2 which required two box-to-box midfielders whereas now most teams play either a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1 with the latter in particular requiring a attacking midfielder to play behind the striker. This top 10 might as well hav

Arne Slot under serious pressure at Liverpool Liverpool's poor form continued over the weekend following their 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest which saw them drop down to 11th in the table and 11 points behind leaders Arsenal. I asked a few weeks back if Arne Slot was under pressure when the reds were in the early stages of their poor form and with things now arguably worse, I now think Slot is under serious pressure. Slot does have credit in the bank after leading the r

SATURDAY: BURNLEY V CHELSEA Burnley have been competitive in a lot of their games this season and especially at home where their better results have come. I'm expecting them to give Chelsea a tough game here by being difficult to beat and getting men behind the ball. I asked before the international break in my key points of the weekend post if Chelsea are title contenders after their win over Wolves moved them up to third and four points behind leaders Arsenal. We were askin

What makes a good captain? First of all you need to be able to lead as being a captain is about being able to lead a group and command a group of individuals. You also need to have a personality, be vocal, take control of situations and be someone who your teammates can trust. Not every every captain is vocal or a big personality as they all like to lead in a different way due to the different characters they are. Some leaders like to bark out orders on the pitch whereas some

This top 10 might as well be called the top 10 strikers or top 10 centre forwards as those kind of players are often referred to as no.9s. The role of a no.9 has changed a lot in recent years as they're now being asked to do more than just score goals in that they're being asked to be involved with the build up and work hard without the ball. We do still have the out and out no.9 who teams get the ball up to straightaway and it's Erling Haaland who brought that kind of player

England's World Cup qualifying campaign concluded yesterday following their 2-0 win over Albania which ensured that they ended the campaign with a 100% record and without conceding a single goal. Their main focus now will be on their preparations for the tournament itself and Thomas Tuchel will of course have a lot of things to think about. Two of them included his best starting 11 and the players he will include in his squad. Let's see who I've got in my England team and whi

Winning a league title in any country is never easy because it's a long season and you need to be incredibly consistent because the team below you may be one or two points behind you. There have however been teams who have won titles rather comfortably for several seasons due to no teams really pushing them with Bayern Munich and PSG being key examples as they've dominated the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 respectively for many years with no teams really challenging them. Every leag

A box-to-box midfielder is a midfielder who has a lot of energy and is effective at both sides of the game and the Premier League has seen many of them over the years. It was around about 10 years ago where they were beginning to be phased out of the game as the majority of teams were moving away from playing a 4-4-2 to playing a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1 with the latter using two defensive midfielders in front of the back four and an attacking midfielder behind the striker. But I d

Are Chelsea title contenders? Chelsea have had a somewhat inconsistent season and it's probably been down to their participation during the latter stages of the Club World Cup in the summer as they've picked up a number of injuries as a result of that. But they are currently 3rd in the Premier League and only six points behind leaders Arsenal and because of this, could they be title contenders? We were asking that question this time last season when they were on such a good r

Thomas Tuchel announced his England squad earlier today ahead of their World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania. Alex Scott is the only new name to the squad whilst there are recalls for Nick Pope, Adam Wharton, Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden. Let's see what I think of the squad. I'm very surprised that Alex Scott has been called up because I wasn't expected him to receive a call up. He has been part of a Bournemouth side who are having an excellent season but I still

SATURDAY: TOTTENHAM V MAN UNITED This game is a rematch of the Europa League final from last season which Spurs went on to win in Bilbao. Spurs won all four of their games against United last season and have won this fixture in each of the last two seasons. But their home form this season has been very poor with just one win at home all season which came on the opening day against Burnley. They win at home in midweek though against Copenhagen which they won rather comfortably

GK: DAVID RAYA (ARSENAL) - Raya went the whole of October without conceding a single goal keeping 3 clean sheets from 3 games. He was massively helped by the defenders in front of him, but he did still make crucial saves when his team required him to. RB: JURRIEN TIMBER (ARSENAL) - Timber put in solid performances at right back throughout October as Arsenal went the entire month without conceding a goal. He's firmly established himself as the Gunners' first choice right back

Germany have produced many great players over the years and they still are today because of how good their youth system is. I know I wrote a few weeks back that France might have the best youth system, but Germany are right up there as they produce talented young players almost every year. But despite this, the national team have been disappointing at recent tournaments whether that be down to the manager, the team reaching the end of a cycle or the players not being the righ

I've decided to do something different for this week's Premier League related top 10 by doing a non player or team related one and after doing commentators a few weeks back, I've decided to do a top 10 on football presenters. Presenters as we all know are the people who present TV programmes or in this case football programmes. To be a good football presenter, you need to have an interest in the game and also know a lot about the game so you can get your guests/pundits to ela

Should Danny Welbeck be in the England squad? Danny Welbeck is the highest scoring Englishman in the Premier League this season with 6 goals and all of those 6 goals have been spread out across four of his last five games. Because of the form he's in and the fact that he is the highest scoring Englishman in the Premier League, should he be in the England squad? Welbeck hasn't played for England since 2018 and will be turning 35 later this month and a lot of people may think t

SATURDAY: BRIGHTON V LEEDS Brighton for a while have been one of those teams who play good football but aren't always clinical in front of goal. That was certainly the case against Arsenal in midweek as they had a number of good chances but didn't take them. They've had a stuttering season so far as they've not been able to find any consistency and their result can back that up. Leeds have started better than I in particular thought they would as they've been competitive in m

The Dutch have produced many talented players over the years going back to at least the early to mid-70's when Johan Cruyff was around. Cruyff unfortunately isn't on the list as this is the top 10 Dutch players from the modern era but had it been the top 10 Dutch players of all-time, he would probably be top of the list because of the magnificent player he was. Despite the quality players they've produced over the years, the national team are somehow yet to win a major tourna

Goalkeepers are the enemy of a striker as they're the people who are there to stop the ball from going into the back of the net. They're the players who a team rely on to keep them in the game and especially when they're on the back foot and under pressure as that is when they're needed more than ever. It's during that stage where we see keepers at their best by making many big and important saves and a lot of them are of the highest order. Every team needs a keeper who can m

Could Sunderland push for Europe? Sunderland kept up their fine start to the season with their win at Chelsea over the weekend which moved them up to second in the table and saw them record the best start made by a newly promoted team in 17 years after nine games. Could they push for Europe this season? Their strong start to the season will certainly give them confidence that they can challenge for Europe because they'll want to keep it up for as long as they can. But the pla