Liverpool’s victory over Southampton at the weekend leaves only three points between Manchester United in third place and Tottenham Hotspur in seventh. The top two teams in the division, Chelsea and Manchester City, look certain to qualify for next season’s Champions League. The race for the remaining spots appears wide open though. So who will […]
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Levy forced to gamble after van Gaal rejection
After a succession of managers at White Hart Lane, it is imperative the right man is installed for the start of the new season. Given the investment in the squad over the past few years, Tottenham Hotspur can’t afford to miss out again on the revenue provided by the Champions League. Following Louis van Gaal’s […]
Sherwood failing to seize precious opportunity
When Tim Sherwood assumed responsibility for the Tottenham Hotspur first team on 16th December last year, many critics wrote him off as an easily replaceable interim appointment. I still do. Sherwood knew he would have to far surpass expectations to overcome the immediate apathy of fans and to prevent club chairman Daniel Levy casting covetous […]
PFA Team of the Year open to debate
Before criticising the selection of the players deemed to be the greatest in the Premier League, let me first congratulate the PFA for correctly selecting Gareth Bale as the most deserving candidate, as I predicted at the start of March. This year, most of the players included in the team of the season practically […]
Bale set to regain PFA Player of the Year Award
In 2011 the decision to name Gareth Bale as the PFA Player of the Year was contentious. Detractors claimed the players who had voted for the Welshman had been swayed by a handful of glorious performances, rather than a period of sustained excellence. If there was some truth in the claim then, honouring the 23-year-old this time […]