When John Stones first burst onto the scene with Everton as an up and coming home-grown centre-back with plenty of potential to go on and take the English game by storm, few initially saw much wrong with over-hyping the now 22-year-old defender as one of the brightest top-flight prospects in the entire country – as
Let’s face it, whilst much was expected of Jose Mourinho’s highly anticipated Stamford Bridge homecoming this weekend, the current Manchester United boss simply endured a troubling 90 minutes to forget as Antonio Conte’s Chelsea ran rampant over an out of sorts Red Devils outfit. 4-0 was the final score in the end – yet
When Pep Guardiola was first given the go-ahead to succeed Manuel Pellegrini down in the Etihad dug-out for the 2016/17 campaign, much was initially expected of the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss – who supposedly represented one of the most highly sought after managers on the entire European circuit. And at first, the
Although Claudio Ranieri’s triumphant Leicester City outfit were nonetheless offered something of an ‘easy’ run of opponents among the Champions League group-stages this season, no one could accuse the ever determined Foxes of failing to take their historic European duties seriously in 2016/17. With a maximum nine points taken from their opening three Champions
Crystal Palace’s latest big money striking acquisition has three Premier League goals to his name so far this season. The 25-year-old Belgian international has also been in fine form upon the international scene as of late, whilst seeming intent on helping Alan Pardew’s Eagles raise their collective stock among the English top-flight as soon as
Whilst it remains far too early to judge the 23-year-old French international in his second spell down at the indomitable cauldron that is Old Trafford, Paul Pogba simply hasn’t reached those dizzying heights everybody was expecting of the former Juventus midfielder when he first made his big money switch to the Premier League this summer.
As soon as Theo Walcott first broke onto the scene with Southampton several seasons ago, much was subsequently expected of the pacey wide-man who seemed to possess a range of attacking skills worthy of troubling even the most well-versed defences out there. Since the now 27-year-old front-man initially made his big money move to North
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