One week to go until football is back. Which means we’re in prime prediction season. And, whilst I think I say this at the beginning of every season, it really does feel like it could be an exciting and unpredictable one, after last year’s comparatively underwhelming campaign. The Premier League is at its best whenContinue reading “Premier League Predictions 2025-26”
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Tuchel’s First England Squad: A worrying backwards step
After much speculation and anticipation, Thomas Tuchel announced his first England squad this morning. England squad announcements are often more talked about and newsworthy than the games that follow them, and this was no exception. Many have been looking forward to this new era under Tuchel, after the weary end to Gareth Southgate’s transformative butContinue reading “Tuchel’s First England Squad: A worrying backwards step”
The Premier League and it’s increasingly heavy centre
In most natural spherical objects, like planets or stars, the centre is typically the heaviest part because the gravitational pull draws denser materials towards the middle, leaving lighter materials on the outer layers. Go with me here, but it is becoming increasingly obvious that the English Premier League, the best division in world football, isContinue reading “The Premier League and it’s increasingly heavy centre”
Why Thomas Tuchel is the perfect manager for England
So, almost three months to the day from when Gareth Southgate stepped down after a storied but agonisingly incomplete eight-year spell, we have a new England manager. And it may prove to be a true watershed moment. A German in charge of the England team; a concept that a small (and small-minded) percentage of theContinue reading “Why Thomas Tuchel is the perfect manager for England”