Champions League winners and losers

Winners Manchester United, doing it again If not the best performance of Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United tenure, certainly the best result. Comeback victories over Bournemouth and Newcastle United proved that United still had some fighting spirit, but repeating the same trick against Juventus is a great deal more impressive. “I think Juventus, we started the …

Clement sacked by Reading after four wins in 20 matches

Paul Clement has been sacked by Reading after less than nine months in charge, the Sky Bet Championship club have announced. The Royals are outside the relegation zone on goal difference after winning just four of their 20 league games this season. “Reading can announce that Paul Clement has left his position as manager of …

Klopp gives spiky reaction to Liverpool midfield questions

Jurgen Klopp responded in a spiky manner to questions about his Liverpool midfield sometimes being “overrun”. Gini Wijnaldum, James Milner and Jordan Henderson struggled to contain Marco Verratti in the first half in their 2-1 loss to PSG in the Champions League on Wednesday. And, with Fabinho and Naby Keita still trying to bed into …

Poch tells Spurs to be ‘grateful’ for playing at Wembley

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino is adamant his club are lucky to be playing their home games at Wembley. Spurs have been in the national stadium since the beginning of last season and recently committed to staying there until at least January following significant delays to their new stadium. Fans are beginning to suffer from ‘Wembley …

De Gea frustrated at being ‘singled out’ on Spain duty

David de Gea is becoming increasingly fed up of being ‘singled out’ for his performances while on international duty with Spain, according to reports. The Manchester United goalkeeper hasn’t been in the best form for his club this season but criticism of his performances has been more vocal around the Spain set-up. De Gea came …

Ferdinand gives verdict on Man Utd display against Arsenal

Rio Ferdinand thinks Manchester United need to “build on” their 2-2 draw against Arsenal on Wednesday night. The Red Devils had to come from behind twice in the match through Anthony Martial and then Jesse Lingard to get back on level terms. The result means that United are now eight points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, while …

Mourinho conspiracy theory is utter, mouth-breathing horse sh*t

Have yourself a lovely weekend and send us some mails: [email protected]   Mourinho’s millions So once again the Mailbox is full of the idea that Mourinho is ‘trying to get sacked’ so that he can get whatever pay-out his contract would be (Apathetic Anon). Presumably this has been the case for a fair while, given …

Five January signings that have done more harm than good

Alexis Sanchez Jose Mourinho stopped just short of suggesting Alexis Sanchez would be ‘like a new signing’ for Manchester United – although the same cannot be said for their club website – in an interview in July. “It is not easy to come in the middle of the season,” said the Portuguese. “I’m not a big …

F365 Says: Time is ticking for Mark Hughes to make history…

Only one manager has been in charge of more than Mark Hughes’ six Premier League clubs. He may never now match Sam Allardyce’s record seven-club haul (though nothing would surprise us as money continues to flow for old, ropey managers) but he is now almost guaranteed one landmark: Hughes has one month to become – …