The Premier League’s paying spectators are being left in the dark by ‘ridiculous’ and lengthy VAR checks, such as the benchmark of five minutes and 37 seconds during West Ham’s …
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IAN LADYMAN: Newcastle are a shadow of their former selves and it’s the manager’s job to fix it… keeping Eddie Howe would be the smart choice but could he survive a bottom-half finish? It would buck all modern trends if he did
by Alexanderby AlexanderHalf an hour after his ordeal in the rain in Manchester, Eddie Howe sat in a chair in a press conference room and it must have felt like a refuge. …
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As football chiefs get their snouts in the trough of the cash-spinning new Champions League, here’s what many at the top of the English game DON’T understand, writes IAN LADYMAN
by Alexanderby AlexanderOne of the most discouraging conversations of the season was with a Premier League club executive about plans for a 32-team summer Club World Cup that FIFA will launch with …
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‘Manchester United WILL beat Liverpool on Sunday’, says Ian Ladyman on It’s All Kicking Off… as he claims Erik ten Hag will be ‘FURIOUS with Denmark’s coaches’ for revealing Rasmus Hojlund could return
by Alexanderby AlexanderIan Ladyman has claimed that Manchester United will beat Liverpool this weekend in their decisive FA Cup quarter-final clash at Old Trafford on Sunday. Erik ten Hag’s side will host …
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IAN LADYMAN: Jurgen Klopp’s X-factor at Liverpool is impossible to replace. In their last frenetic dance at Anfield, a red blizzard threatened to engulf Man City – and Pep Guardiola has never solved the German’s puzzle
by Alexanderby AlexanderStanding on the touchline, hands on his head and the smell of sulfur in the air, Pep Guardiola had been here before. Watching a red whirlwind – a red blizzard …
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The true story behind Paul Gascoigne’s problems. And DON’T blame football, writes IAN LADYMAN
by Elijahby ElijahPaul Gascoigne’s Autobiography was Sportsbook of the Year in 2004 and rightly so. It is absolutely convincing. Accepting the award back then, Gascoigne said: “This is the third time I’ve …
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Meet the new Arsenal: Not too emotional like their manager, powered by the pain of last season’s collapse – and proving Gary Neville’s prophecy right. IAN LADYMAN writes on a team who nobody is laughing at now
by Alexanderby AlexanderSheffield United suffered a 6-0 thrashing at the hands of a rampant Arsenal Mikel Arteta’s players have reinforced their title intentions with a series of winter victories Liverpool cannot play …
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Marcus Rashford thinks he’s an easy target – but the opposite is true. After his poor behaviour, his passionate new essay reads like an excuse and a gamble, writes IAN LADYMAN
by Alexanderby AlexanderRoy Keane is a good man to listen to about discipline and indeed success at Manchester United. He has seen both sides of both. But recently, when the former United …