After their impressive campaign last time around, West Ham United have failed to maintain those high standards this season. Dimitri Payet is undoubtedly the club's most important player, but the Frenchman's performance levels have also fallen.…

In a week when Lionel Messi broke records for Barcelona, the most technically gifted ‘big man' in world football, Peter Crouch, stole sporting headlines with a sublime volley to dent Manchester City's title hopes.The 6ft 7in striker's goal…

With the pre-match hype all about Roberto Di Matteo's first Premier League game in charge of Chelsea since Andre Villas-Boas was sacked last week, it was Stoke's Ricardo Fuller and Chelsea's Didier Drogba that played pivotal roles in the outcome…

Much has been praised about Tony Pulis's evolution of his Stoke City squad since promotion in 2008. The team has managed three successive, comfortable mid-table finishes and an FA Cup final appearance to boot by employing a shrewd transfer…

Before the start of the game I was glad to have Danny Higginbotham back in the starting line-up.  This hasn't changed after the game despite of him not being at the top of his game for the whole 90 minutes. And after the 5-0 defeat at Bolton,…

When I collected my Europa League tickets at the revamped ticket office at the Britannia Stadium, a sense of deja vu struck me.I had the exact same feeling of disbelief when I purchased my F.A. cup final tickets. This was because I knew that…