In the world of football these days, it takes bold minds, great thinkers, risk-takers and innovators to change the usual norm, to use a limited budget to achieve success, to outthink the richer clubs, and to use unorthodox methods to succeed in a hugely competitive sport. This is exactly what Mathew Benham has achieved at…

This is the final part of my three-part series analyzing the different Premier League Squads before the January Window. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.   In Part 1, I discussed how the top 8 teams (after Matchday 14) were placed in terms of squad depth before they enter the January…

This is Part 2 of my three-part series analyzing the different Premier League Squads before the January Transfer Window. You can read the first part here. In Part 1, I discussed how the top 8 teams (after Matchday 14 ) were placed in terms of squad depth before they enter the January Transfer Window. In…

The winter transfer window is upon us once again. However, we cannot expect clubs to be very active like how they are in the summer transfer window as the season has already begun and most of the managers are content with the resources at their disposal.   That being said, certain clubs still need additions…

Serie A is still often depicted as a defensive league, the home of Catenaccio. Fabio Capello’s 1993/94 AC Milan side did win the Scudetto whilst only scoring 36 goals, so this claim isn’t entirely unjustified, but Italian football has progressed since then. Take Atalanta for example. They managed 98 goals last season and provided some…

It’s the best start in Vitesse Arnhem’s 128-year history. They’ve lost one in eleven and sit second in the Eredivisie, just two points behind Ajax. But they also have a 37-year-old technical director with no experience in the role and a manager that has been sacked from his last two jobs. So how have Vitesse…

Last Saturday saw a plethora of major stories across football — Real Madrid beating Barcelona at the Camp Nou, West Ham grinding out a 1-1 draw against Manchester City  — but the most shocking headline came in the Netherlands, when Erik Ten Hag’s Ajax put 13 goals past VVV-Venlo in their own stadium. The league-record…

Despite being the oldest club from the biggest city in Germany, Hertha Berlin have struggled to consolidate a spot in the Bundesliga’s upper echelon. After an impressive 2009/10 season that saw them finish fourth in the league, the club yo-yoed between the top flight and second tier over the next few seasons, culminating in a…

Reading FC have made an unexpectedly extraordinary start to the 2020/21 Championship season. Under the tutelage of new manager Veljko Paunović, The Royals have won seven of their first eight games, netting 15 goals and conceding just three.   Reading were predicted by many to settle for mid table mediocrity this season so it comes…

There he stood, hair slicked to the side, black jacket waving in the wind as his eyes scanned the Coliseum. The September wind in Madrid was cool, but the football was not. Here, Getafe were on fire.   It comes as a relief that José Bordalás has belatedly begun receiving praise for his management. Unceremoniously…