Player Focus: Five Premier League Fantasy Football Tips to Consider
by Martin Laurence
at Friday, Jul 17 2015 17:07
With three weeks to go before the return of the Premier League, now is very much the time to be setting out the initial plans for your fantasy football teams, with plenty of newcomers to the league to consider.Here are a handful of summer signings ahead of the upcoming campaign that could represent ...
Player Focus: Flamboyant Firmino Will Bring Carnival Atmosphere to Liverpool
by Dinesh Hardayal
at Wednesday, Jun 24 2015 16:12
A little after a week from Roger Wittmann confirming that his client would be transferring to an English club, Liverpool confirmed they had agreed a deal with Hoffenheim for Roberto Firmino. The reported fee, with all the trimmings, would be the most expensive transfer in Bundesliga history, but the...
Player Focus: Who Liverpool Could Target to Replace Wantaway Sterling
by Martin Laurence
at Monday, Jun 8 2015 16:39
Raheem Sterling is now public enemy number one in England, with ill-advised interviews and statements from his agent having sullied his reputation to the degree that he is now being booed at international, as well as club level.It's a lot for a 20-year old to have to deal with and you could forgive ...
Match Focus: In-Form Firmino the Player to Exploit Lahm's Absence
by Ben McAleer
at Thursday, Nov 20 2014 16:45
Team Focus: Defensive Improvements Have Maturing Hoffenheim Flying High
by Dinesh Hardayal
at Thursday, Oct 16 2014 12:35
At first glance it may seem as though not much has changed in football over the past 14 years. In 2000 Bayern Munich were the reigning Bundesliga champions while Real Madrid were the conquerors of Europe. For some, however, the changes in fortunes have been drastic. In a small village in Baden-Wurtt...
Player Focus: The Best Players Not Selected for the World Cup
by Alistair Tweedale
at Tuesday, May 20 2014 13:54
With the announcement of every national squad ahead of this summer's World Cup, we have been ceremoniously presented on social media with the players considered most unfortunate to miss out. Brazil's current strength in depth was exhibited to the masses with an unbelievably impressive starting XI of...
Player Focus: Players of the Month for March
by Alistair Tweedale
at Tuesday, Apr 1 2014 14:03
March is the kind of time that fatigue really starts to set in for players that have endured long, tiring seasons, and it isn't unfair to say that this is the month that best sets apart the good from the great. Those who can maintain top level performances right the way through to this stage of the ...
Player Focus: Golden Boy Firmino Awaiting International Call
by Martin Laurence
at Wednesday, Mar 5 2014 16:50
Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Under-21 XI
by Martin Laurence
at Friday, Nov 15 2013 10:18
International breaks are a time for reflection, as well as moaning that there is no domestic action to look forward to. The tables are taking shape across Europe's top 5 leagues and in turn those playing have had sufficient time to impress their respective national coaches.With a World Cup year appr...
Player Focus: Golden Displays Could Yet See Firmino Earn Brazil Call
by Daniel Busch
at Tuesday, Aug 20 2013 11:50
Having only secured their Bundesliga status with a 2-1 away win at Dortmund on the final match day of the 2012/2013 season and two further victories over Kaiserslautern in the relegation play-off, Hoffenheim do not want to face another relegation battle in the new campaign. Quite the contrary, manag...