After being a bit-part player for so long down on the South Coast, Mark Travers has slowly become one of the best goalkeepers in the Championship this season under Scott Parker.   Making fleeting appearances here and there in the Premier League and the second tier for The Cherries, he has become a first-team regular…

After taking charge of the club in October 2015, Jürgen Klopp led Liverpool to an eighth-place finish in the Premier League in his first season and took them past Manchester United and former side Borussia Dortmund en route to the Europa League Final, where they would lose to Unai Emery’s Sevilla.   The following summer…

Clermont Foot have managed to fill 76% of their available stadium capacity across the 21/22 season. That’s the sixth-best attendance in Ligue 1 but in all honesty, if it wasn’t for striker Mohamed Bayo, the attendance (and Clermont’s place in Ligue 1) would sink.   The 23-year-old Guinea forward is responsible for ten league goals…

Since ending a 34-year absence from the top-flight in 2017, Brighton & Hove Albion have gained a reputation for being a club that, perhaps more than any other Premier League team, scours the entire world for raw youngsters for bargain prices.   It has reaped benefits, with the likes of Alexis Mac Allister, Leandro Trossard,…

In a Manchester City side so jam-packed with unbelievably talented footballers, it can be difficult for the slightly less glamorous players to shine.   The technical quality of Pep Guardiola’s squad is eye-watering and it seems ridiculous that a player as brilliant as Rodri goes relatively unnoticed, but that’s the nature of the beast with…

Missing out on a move to Liverpool at the very last minute on transfer deadline day, Fabio Carvalho would have been dejected.   Moving to Liverpool would have been a great move for the young starlet, playing under a manager in Jurgen Klopp who utilises fresh young talent effectively – just see his insistence to…

Leeds United forward Dan James has clocked a top speed of 35.1km/h in this season’s Premier League. For reference, Usain Bolt’s world record 100m time of 9.58 seconds was ran at an average of 37.58km/h.   It’s fair to say that the winger is no slouch.   Marcelo Bielsa, a long-term admirer of James, nearly…

After making that illustrious run to the World Cup final in 2018, Croatia is building a new generation of superstars to take over from that storied team that captured the eyes of the entire footballing world 4 years ago. Joško Gvardiol is one of the faces of that new generation.   Despite the centre-back being just…

Diogo Dalot has endured a turbulent career at Manchester United. There have been up and downs in the four seasons he has been at the club after being bought under then manager and fellow countrymen José Mourinho.   But in the 2021/2022 campaign, Dalot seems to have found his feet at Old Trafford and now…

The best sides tend to exhibit a perfect blend between the youthful exuberance of their youngsters and the experienced heads of their veterans.   It displays a good balance for the squad, with a reliable support system the youngsters could benefit from. But things inevitably start falling apart when the experience starts showing signs of…