Table More Fascinating Than Football
Anyone who sat through Monday night's game will agree that the football is hardly fascinating, but Philip Cornwall says any league were the top two are miserable is shaping up very nicely...Premier League Weekend Winners And Losers
The pressure is mounting on the Chelsea boss. And it is showing...
Big Four, Big Expectations, Big Yawn
'Big fight. Big dream. Big business,' is the refrain on the Premier League adverts playing on TV in Germany, where Philip Cornwall is watching from afar and saying it's all a bit dull really...
Why Rafa Does What Rafa Does...
...and why Arsenal are becoming the new Spurs. Philip Cornwall says both clubs know that financially, European semi-finals mean more than Premier League second places. That's football now...
Premier League Weekend Winners & Losers
A rare bad week for the Big Four, but for Arsene and Arsenal the season is just going from bad to worse...
Money Rules The World, Does It?
Then why do Arsenal, Everton and Middlesbrough do consistently better than Toon or Tottenham? Simon O'Brien challenges another received opinion in football and suggests cash is not king...
Upping Expectations About Downing...
If you can concentrate on this page for more than a 20th of a second, then you'll see Adam Fraser arguing that we hang onto first impressions too long, and Stewart Downing is very good indeed...
The Drinks Are On Fabio
After being part of the contingent of England fans in Germany, Philip Cornwall retired to a bar in Berlin to discuss the details and remember what was being said after the draw with the Czechs...
The England Player Ratings
Rating and slating England's starters in Berlin...
A Chance For Friendly Competition
Despite all the fuss about the rights and wrongs of England's outing tonight, Fabio Capello will know that this is a valuable opportunity to discover the true depth of his squad...
Right To Chuck Book At Bosses...
Tuesday was discipline day at the FA. And there were some high-profile open-and-shut cases, says Philip Cornwall. He's pleased to see Fergie finally get banned and Moyes fined and wants more...
Blaming Cesc For Arsenal's Woes...
Not his current form - though that is clearly toilet - but rather the forging of a team around a prodigiously talented but diminutive and one-paced teenager. Simon Heald argues the case v Cesc...
Why Do We Still Call It 'Big Four'?
It's nonsense, argues, Paul Little, it's a Big Two and a Little Two and then a load of also-rans. The financial might of ManYoo and Chelsea give nobody else a chance. Stop dreaming, Kopites...
Pearce And Mancienne The Big Winners
A glance at the 1990 World Cup squad tells us that youth didn't always get a chance with England as 23-year-old Paul Gascoigne was the baby of the team. Stuart Pearce must be a happy man...
Premier League Weekend Winners & Losers
Another bad weekend for the idea that Arsene Knows and the worst position in the 'best league in the world'...
Money Can't (Always) Buy Success
You can tilt the odds in your favour and bring success across the league season, but there are always Burnleys or Barnsleys who can give you a shock. Shame silly Didier took the headlines...
If Pryor Was Right And Cocaine...
...is God's way of telling you you have too much money, then footballers are prime candidates for charlie abuse. Philip Cornwall welcomes drug testing but warns taking the p*** will not be easy...
JFK Just Shooting His Mouth Off...
Joe Kinnear's rant at Martin Atkinson for getting a decision right showed a lack of respect for referee, public and press, believes Philip Cornwall. None of us are fooled by his shower of bulls***...
Premier League Weekend Winners And Losers
A bad weekend for the city of Manchester...
Sorry Arsene, Football Is Not Science
The problem for Wenger is that while science benefits football, football is not a science. Philip Cornwall watches the tortured soul and suggests that maybe he'd be haoppier coaching basketball...
Don't Presume What Stevie's Thinking...
It was a poor decision and should not have been a penalty, but Philip Cornwall says that to call Steven Gerrard a diver is to claim mind-reading skills. He was definitely caught in the head and that hurts...
The Premier League: Mostly Average
Outside of the top five (plus Hull), just four points cover seventh place to 19th, leaving a distinctly average Everton at the head of that bunch. There just isn't enough quality or ineptitude about...
Premier League Weekend Winners And Losers
One man has stood out from the rest of the league in the opening ten weeks. Another is to his team what Paul Robinson was to England. The highs and lows of November's first weekend are here...
Why The Numbers Add Up To A Six-Point Deficit
Arsene Wenger's decision to deploy Arsenal in a 4-4-2 formation without a defensive midfielder is adding up to a mistake. By contrast, Rafa's summer calculations are proving inspired...
Could Big Four (Plus One) Pull Away?
With all due respect to Hull, they are now likely to fall away, but how long can Villa hold on? Long enough to see the gap grow to the mid-tablers? And Philip Cornwall remembers 2002-03...
