Champions Manchester City were without comparison in the Premier League. Here I pick my heroes and villains from the season. A disclaimer: I am a Liverpool...
Hugo Broos is a train wreck waiting to happen. Forget any five-year plans, he is unlikely to be around in 18 months. Whatever the situation, the...
Adam Walton reflects on the short lived proposition of the European Super League (ESL), and Florentino Perez’s complete oversight of the sentiments and importance of soccer’s...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport, reflects on the success of Jose Mourinho over his managerial career as well as his relative success at Spurs –...
Mark Keohane, writing for the Cape Times and IOL Sport, reflects on Pep Guardiola’s impact on Manchester City and English football as a whole. On the...
Adam Walton writes about Sergio Aguero leaving Man City, “that goal” against QPR and the role Aguero played in his affection for football. I started properly watching...
Mark Keohane, writing for “Keo’s Corner” on IOL Sport The corona pandemic has turned the world upside down but it doesn’t seem to have altered the...
Adam Walton reevaluates the standing of Arsenal Football club, 28 weeks into the Premier League season. For Arsenal supporters, the most soul-crushing moment from last season...
Mark Keohane, writing for “Keo’s Corner” on IOL Sport What a week it will prove for Mamelodi Sundowns when its owner and inspiration Patrice Motsepe today...
In the second installation of “weekend moments”, Oliver Keohane reflects on three sporting moments from Friday to Sunday that sparked joy and excitement. KOLBE CONTINUES TO...
Mark Keohane, writing for IOL Sport. Keane was the hard man of Manchester United and he is the hard man of football’s television analysts. The sporting...
In a season of big signings but mixed selections, Mason Mount has survived and thrived under both of Chelsea’s managers, and continues to be the constant...
Antonio Conte changed the traditional nature of English football with the formational revelation of the “full back” which has proved to become a recipe for success...
As a lover of sport as a whole, and primarily rugby and soccer, the lack of action across the board during 2020 put into perspective the...
West Ham versus Tottenham was a clash of old school ways, a battle of managerial dinosaurs, writes Adam Walton. In 2013, a meeting between David Moyes...
Ryan Vrede writes that Liverpool will be a domestic and European force again, but right now nobody fears them. Liverpool has lost something far more significant...