Brighton experience the irritation and disjointedness that is so often the Europa hallmark
Typical. You wait 122 years for a European night, and then it’s as silly as that. Classic Europa. Vintage Hankook. Brighton baffled.
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Liverpool change all 11 players but stick to their preferred method of victory in Europa opener
Liverpool weren’t entirely convincing in beating LASK with a second-string side in their Europa League opener, but another win from behind is in the books
Dictionary365: K is for Kane, Keanes, Keegan, Kewell, Klinsmann, Klopp and Kop
A really quite startling number of key Barclays characters have names beginning with K. Not a letter you’d expect to be so important, is it?
Man United crisis is providing cover for Chelsea’s own dreary descent into abject calamity
Chelsea are getting almost no attention for spending a billion quid yet being rubbish. They can thank their own boringness and Man United for that.
The ridiculous stats of Erling Haaland: More goals for Guardiola than Pedro and Robben
The Erling Haaland goal drought is finally over and Manchester City’s machine is already threatening to break yet more records in his second season.
Man United next? Ten Premier League teams who dropped 10 places in a single season
Manchester United are currently 10 places below where they ended last season. Could they join this merry crew of co*k-ups?
Liverpool set blistering pace to lead Spurs for Premier League points won from behind
Six teams have now won a Premier League game from behind this season, but Liverpool have done so three times already.
Man City top five Premier League teams – including Luton – yet to drop points from winning positions
Five Premier League teams haven’t yet dropped any points after taking the lead this season, which isn’t in every case the good news it might sound…
This is a low: each Premier League team’s worst season as Man United threaten theirs
Every Premier League club’s worst season this century – in honour of Man Utd and their quest to avoid theirs.
Premier League sack race: Ten Hag now fourth favourite to be next manager sacked
Erik ten Hag is moving rapidly up the list but it’s Sheffield United who are tipped to blink first with an old manager lurking.
Haaland an overwhelming early favourite to retain PFA Player of the Year award
Erling Haaland was PFA Player of the Year last season and there really is absolutely nothing to suggest he isn’t about to retain the title this year.
Manchester United and Chelsea stink the place out in the latest Premier League mood rankings
Big clubs having a horrible time is always funny for everyone else and, most importantly, big news for our Premier League mood rankings.
The famous F365 Euro 2024 England ladder: Big names consolidate as Foden and Guehi climb
It’s evolution rather than revolution in the latest England ladder update, but Phil Foden nudges his way up into the first 11 names.
A step-by-step guide to show Harry Kane has actually scored precisely zero proper goals for England
Harry Kane having 59 England goals would indicate that he’s good. That won’t do, so here’s how none of those goals actually count.
Rating the players as a Bellingham-inspired England ease to a 3-1 win over Scotland
That was much better from England, swatting a Scotland team full of confidence aside with Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Marcus Rashford to the fore.
One per club: the best uncapped player at every Premier League team
Simple qualification rules. Zero full international caps. Can have been in squads and even on the bench. Unless they’ve got a cap, they’re eligible.
Who are the favourites to be the next England manager after Gareth Southgate?
Gareth Southgate has annoyed us, so here’s a look at the top 10 front-runners to be next England manager whenever the time comes.
Gareth has shown moral and football cowardice – for the first time, we’re a bit Southgate Out
The maddening thing about Gareth Southgate picking Jordan Henderson is that it’s the wrong thing to do no matter which angle you approach it from.
Dictionary365: J is for Jabulani, Japan, jaunt, Jenas, jinking, Johnstone’s Paint and Juninhos
The first slightly tricky letter in our rundown of the lexicon of football, which is why we’ve got about 300 words about an infamously unreliable football.
Man Utd Mason Greenwood plan and Antony sh*tstorm at heart of football grimness
It’s not all about Man Utd, Mason Greenwood and Antony, but that’s the worst of it in a summer of Jordan Henderson and Luis Rubiales.
Frozen out: Ranking all 20 Premier League clubs by the size of their unwanted Bomb Squad
Forty-four names is down to 17 on the bomb-squad list, but Spurs still have two big earners to shift.
Erling Haaland has actually scored precisely zero proper goals for Man City
We got rid of every single one of Harry Kane’s England goals for a laugh once, so now a new challenge: can we chalk off all of Erling Haaland’s Man ...
The 11 worst answers in Jordan Henderson’s execrable interview explaining his Saudi Arabia move
Jordan Henderson’s answers in his Athletic interview are, frankly, absolute bullshit. Here are the worst of them, picked apart at furious length.
Son spreads his Angeball wings to show he, not Richarlison, was always Spurs’ best Kane replacement
Son Heung-min is the best central striker available to Spurs in the post-Kane Angeball era, as he showed emphatically against Burnley. Poor Richarlison.
Archer and Beto offer reason for cheer but Sheffield United and Everton remain winless and fragile
Was that a must-win game, or a must-not-lose? Should Sheffield United and Everton both be happy? Or should neither of them? We don’t know, but it was fun.
Big Weekend: Arsenal v Manchester United, Newcastle, Beto, O’Neil, Old Firm
Arsenal v Manchester United on Sunday afternoon, after a bit Rangers v Celtic at lunchtime. Not a bad way to head into the first international break.
Chelsea’s blue away shirt has rattled us thoroughly but a Palace sash soothes the soul in our 2023/24 away kit rankings
There are some stunning away/third kits in the Premier League this season, but Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Manchester United have all gone wrong.
Ange Postecoglou makes first misstep as Spurs manager – but it’s a big one
Ange Postecoglou made his first mistake as Spurs manager; one of only two realistic routes to a trophy is closed in August after limp Carabao effort.
Dictionary365: I is for Iceland, idiot, inexperience, injuries, Intertoto, Internazionale, Italy and Izzet
It’s on to the ninth letter of the alphabet we go in our round-up of assorted football words that we’ve remembered. We nearly forgot Italy in this one.
Transfer gossip: Wolves star on strike to force through Man City move, Big Six swap shop opens for business
Wolves’ Matheus Nunes has gone on strike to force through a Manchester City move, but will face zero consequences if he fails. So that’s nice for him.