Early loser: Barcelona, precisely where they deserve to be
Barcelona are a club who usually end up where they deserve. This year is no exception, but not in a good way.
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Early loser: Europa greats Sevilla ballsing up a Europa group
Europa League specialists Sevilla were handed a Europa-style Champions League group. And they’re f***ing it up.
Early loser: Spurs and NES, going nowhere fast
Spurs are a team going nowhere fast and the fact is West Ham have now overtaken them.
Early losers: Ancelotti, Real Madrid and ultimately all of us
Real Madrid losing to Sheriff is astonishing and funny. But enjoy results like this while you can.
Early loser: Aston Villa – a positive performance ruined by more mistakes
Aston Villa turned in their best performance of the season while shooting themselves in the foot. Twice…
Early loser: Bruce avoids ignominy but Toon Army turn
Newcastle claimed their first point but the St James’ Park faithful made theirs loud and clear and Steve Bruce can’t sway them…
Early loser: Manchester United’s lack of a Plan B
More dropped points for Southampton, 27 away games unbeaten for United. Yet the visitors will be the more disappointed.
Early Loser: Steve Bruce and punctured Newcastle optimism
Steve Bruce wants his Newcastle team to excite the fans. He might need to specify which team’s fans.
Early loser: Leicester City and history repeating
The FA Cup win will rightly sustain the fans, but missing out on top four again would really hurt.
Early loser: Klopp, needing Liverpool to ‘calm down’…
A frenzied game of football suggests Klopp’s pre-match words should have been directed at Liverpool, not us…
Early loser: Robert Lewandowski and avoidable injuries
PSG v Bayern was a truly wonderful Champions League tie. It could and should have been even better.
Early loser: Jurgen Klopp and the search for good answers
Liverpool’s boss has plenty of questions to ponder, and good answers aren’t coming quite so easy now.
Early loser: Home strife derailing Everton plan for Europe
Everton have been overachieving under Ancelotti and they appear to have caught a dose of whatever Liverpool have…
Early Losers: Incompetent Lee Mason, impotent Brighton…
Lee Mason and Brighton shot themselves in the foot at West Brom. Only Brighton missed…
Early losers: England missing out on record-breaking Musiala
Born in Stuttgart, made at Chelsea, Musiala has opted for Germany over England…
Early loser: Daniel Levy and buyer’s remorse
Barcelona are obviously and literally the big losers. Yet Daniel Levy must have felt a tinge of regret on Tuesday evening.
Early loser: Crumbling Crystal Palace waiting to be rebuilt
This Palace could be condemned before their huge rebuilding job in the summer. Who will oversee it?
Early loser: Man Utd’s attack handicapped by defence
Man Utd have one of the PL’s most potent attacks but the worst defence in the top half…
Early loser: Spurs, somehow even worse than everyone expected
We thought Spurs might be quite bad at Brighton but were wrong. They were absolutely dreadful.
Early loser: Marcelo Bielsa and a season low for Leeds
Leeds turned in their worst performance of the season. Bielsa will take the blame, but for what exactly?
Early loser: Willian, that was really nothing
Harsh to single out one Arsenal player when they’re all so bad, but we’ve done it anyway.
F365’s early loser: Leeds and a rare opportunity slipping away
Leeds now have the Premier League’s leakiest defence after shipping four to a goal-shy Palace. It’s not ideal.
Early loser: Real Madrid, somehow getting away with it
Their woes have come in Barcelona’s shadow thus far, but Real Madrid are still in a right old mess themselves.
F365’s Early Loser: Crystal Palace and a lack of attacking ambition
Crystal Palace had not one shot before their penalty, and not one shot after it. That’s not really good enough.
F365’s early loser: Frank Lampard and Chelsea’s defensive handicap
Chelsea’s defence suffered another catastrophic failure, individually and collectively. Lampard is flunking this particular test…
F365’s early loser: Ed Woodward, witness to his own incompetence
Crystal Palace shone the brightest light on glaring weaknesses Man Utd are stubbornly refusing to address…
F365’s early loser: Defending champs Liverpool fail to firm up
It may seem churlish to focus on a negative after a breathless seven-goal thriller. But Jurgen Klopp surely will…
F365’s early loser: Jose Mourinho’s dreary miserabilism
Jose got a point and made his point. But is this really all Spurs can expect for £15m a year?
F365’s early losers: Anyone taking the Mik out of Arteta
The tide was starting to turn for Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. But this was a statement to confound the critics.
F365’s early loser: Mourinho and his meandering midfield…
Jose Mourinho has plenty of midfield options yet none of them can form a functioning pair. No pressure, Gedson Fernandes…